As much as I love Jenessara and Enzo, who were the focus of Shielded, Ren and Chiara are just as compelling. This story is primarily told from Ren and Chiara’s perspectives, though several other points of view are sprinkled throughout the story, and I loved the switch. I became so invested in the characters and their stories that the book was impossible to put down.

This is one of my most anticipated reads of the year, and I adored it! A story with amazing characters, a suspenseful and intriguing plot with several surprising revelations, and a wonderful love story, the book takes you on a total roller-coaster ride of emotions. This takes them on a dangerous and heart-stopping adventure and tests their limits, their loyalty, and their strength. Ren and Chiara try to save their kingdoms and families from the evil pursuits of the power-hungry mages. When Ren learns of Chiara’s disappearance, he vows to find her and bring her home. Believing she is the only one who can leave and help, Chiara starts a quest to find her family member.

While in Turia, Ren learns that one of the members of the Turia royal family is missing and potentially kidnapped. When he feels an insistent magical pull toward Turia, where his sister now lives, he quickly arranges to leave. He deeply mourns the loss of his father and is struggling to figure out his place as the leader of his kingdom. Ren is now king and adjusting to his new role in a kingdom where he can’t trust anyone. The story begins several months after the end of Shielded. Untethered is a brilliant sequel to Shielded, and I savored every heart-stopping second of it. So when a member of the Turian royal family goes missing and Chiara finds a clue about the rumored resting place of the mages’ long-lost artifacts, she decides it’s time to be seen.Īs Ren’s and Chiara’s paths cross, they find the depth of the mages’ hold on the Plateau is more powerful than anyone suspected, and that they must learn to trust themselves, and each other, before the mages retrieve their artifacts and become too powerful to ever defeat.ĭisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon, and I may earn a small commission, at no cost to you, if you purchase through my links. She longs to help restore peace on the Plateau, but with no magic and no fighting skills, she doesn’t stand a chance against a mage. Now Ren rules over a divided kingdom, with some who want him dead, and a Medallion that warns of worse trouble brewing in the south.Īs second born, Princess Chiara is the perfect Turian royal–perfectly invisible.

Synopsis: Although King Atháren’s sister, Jennesara, saved Hálendi from the Gray Mage, the reprieve came at a steep price–the life of their father.

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