Untethered by Kaylyn Flanders - HIGH

Untethered (Shielded #2) by Kaylyn Flanders, 464 pages. Delacorte (Random), 2021. $18 

Language: G (0 swears, 0‘f’); Mature Content: G ; Violence: PG-13 (bloody fighting, deaths) 

BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - ADVISABLE 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH 

Graymare may be dead, but the other sorcerers are determined to find the Black Library and take its power for themselves. Jennesara and Enzo are planning their wedding, while Chiara. Enzo’s sister struggles with feeling invisible. Ren, meanwhile, is now King, but too many of his nobles wish to see him fail – or dead. When Enzo and Chiara’s father goes missing on his way to another royal wedding AND Chiara finds a reference to the location to the Black Library, she sets off to fulfil both goes, not realizing that she is setting in motion a deadly set of circumstances that will entangle every royal heir on the plateau. 

 While the first book was focused on Jenna’s POV, Untethered alternates between Ren and Chiara’s POV – a great way to show what is happening in different places, but a little confusing while trying to keep track of all of the players. But the story is exciting and dangerous, with a twisty way to the (hopefully) final resolution. 

Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS