I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in return for my unbiased opinion. 
 Everyone Brave is Forgiven follows a small group of young people during World War II. Mary is a society girl who enlists as a volunteer as soon as war is declared and is assigned to be a teacher. When Mary's class evacuates to the countryside after a week, she is left behind because the headmistress does not think Mary is a good teacher. Tom works in the Education Authority and has been given a school district in London to run after most of his co-workers enlisted in the army. Tom's roommate, Alistair, also enlists. Mary goes to Tom to convince him to let her teach the students who have been left behind because no one in the country wanted them, and they start dating. The story also focuses to a lesser extent on Mary's best friend, Hilda, and Mary's student, Zachary, of whom she has become fond. 
 I thought the story did an excellent job capturing the mood and feelings that would have been felt during World War II, both by the soldiers and those left behind in London. The description of the book mentions a love triangle, but I didn't feel it was really much of a triangle. I would love to see a spin-off of this book to find out what becomes of Zachary when he grows up.