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Tethered
Private Roberta Buckle is a promotion-dodging security guard at an aging and forgotten monument. An outdated hero from a war half-remembered, she searches for her fiancée. His disappearance coincides with the return of a dreaded serial killer stalking the city streets and Roberta is left wondering if the love of her life is predator or prey.
Duty-bound to investigate as the city’s magic begins to fail, Roberta stumbles into the centre of a brewing war. One her beloved Voidgaze is completely unprepared for. As the Margrave refuses to send for reinforcements, Roberta and her comrades must fight a rising tide of monsters alone.
She should have taken early retirement.
Duty-bound to investigate as the city’s magic begins to fail, Roberta stumbles into the centre of a brewing war. One her beloved Voidgaze is completely unprepared for. As the Margrave refuses to send for reinforcements, Roberta and her comrades must fight a rising tide of monsters alone.
She should have taken early retirement.
278 pages, Paperback
Published June 1, 2019
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About the author
Zenia Platten
5 books4 followersZenia contracted chicken pox within her first week of life from her loving brother. He insists it was an accident, but she has her suspicions. Despite that rocky start, she seems to have gotten on alright. She lives on Canada’s west coast with her partner and their pooch.
Zenia did not expect to stumble into writing, but she has fallen wholeheartedly in love with it. While she has dabbled in writing non-fiction blogs within the emergency preparedness industry, her strong preference is story telling. She has no formal training but gets by on a combination of stubbornness and autocorrect.
The Last Eclipse series and its spinoff, The Grimm and the Reaper, are her current obsessions.
Zenia did not expect to stumble into writing, but she has fallen wholeheartedly in love with it. While she has dabbled in writing non-fiction blogs within the emergency preparedness industry, her strong preference is story telling. She has no formal training but gets by on a combination of stubbornness and autocorrect.
The Last Eclipse series and its spinoff, The Grimm and the Reaper, are her current obsessions.
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October 17, 2022
Huh. Good Reads let's you review your own book. Well - I liked it! Everyone should own a copy. I'm sure the next one will be even better!
June 6, 2019
My Review of Tethered by Zenia Platten.
Tethered by Zenia Platten made me shudder and want me to keep reading at the same time. I thought the idea of a magical war with monsters and evil creating what they call their puppets was really interesting and easy to imagine. I also like that the chapters were of a good length to be able to read in the evening and put down reluctantly until I start reading again.
The story itself is about Roberta as she tried to protect her world from evil forces. However, Roberta and her friends are not ready to fight the monster about to come to their land. Amidst the fear and planning of a war full of monsters and mystical beings, Roberta has a personal goal to find the person she loves and discover if he’s still on the side of good or not. Will the war result in the destruction of Roberta’s world and those who fight beside her? Or does the monster not stand a chance in her world? You’ll have to read this book to find out.
One of my favorite characters was Angel. He had a nice energy about him throughout the story and was a very well-rounded character and as a reader I wanted him to survive against the monsters. I thought it was emotional at the end when Roberta was thinking of Angel.
I thought the author did a fantastic job of creating an emotional and magical atmosphere throughout the story and really created a way for readers to feel the emotions of all her characters before and during the war. She also does a great job of keeping readers guessing until the very end.
I loved this book as it had excitement, magic, monster and lots of emotions. I think this made me able to connect to the story very quickly and immerse myself into the story world. I would highly recommend this book particularly if you like stories with magical beings and a war between thoughtful characters and ruthless monsters.
Tethered by Zenia Platten made me shudder and want me to keep reading at the same time. I thought the idea of a magical war with monsters and evil creating what they call their puppets was really interesting and easy to imagine. I also like that the chapters were of a good length to be able to read in the evening and put down reluctantly until I start reading again.
The story itself is about Roberta as she tried to protect her world from evil forces. However, Roberta and her friends are not ready to fight the monster about to come to their land. Amidst the fear and planning of a war full of monsters and mystical beings, Roberta has a personal goal to find the person she loves and discover if he’s still on the side of good or not. Will the war result in the destruction of Roberta’s world and those who fight beside her? Or does the monster not stand a chance in her world? You’ll have to read this book to find out.
One of my favorite characters was Angel. He had a nice energy about him throughout the story and was a very well-rounded character and as a reader I wanted him to survive against the monsters. I thought it was emotional at the end when Roberta was thinking of Angel.
I thought the author did a fantastic job of creating an emotional and magical atmosphere throughout the story and really created a way for readers to feel the emotions of all her characters before and during the war. She also does a great job of keeping readers guessing until the very end.
I loved this book as it had excitement, magic, monster and lots of emotions. I think this made me able to connect to the story very quickly and immerse myself into the story world. I would highly recommend this book particularly if you like stories with magical beings and a war between thoughtful characters and ruthless monsters.
June 12, 2019
It's been a while since we read indie books, and boy, is this one good! Released just last week, the tale is intriguing and has so many things going from it. From a detailed world, brilliant characters, and a story which demands your attention, bringing you right in the midst of the action, in the heart of Voidgaze.
Rating: 4/5.
Rating: 4/5.
July 29, 2019
The world Zenia created is immersive and I could easily imagine being there. The idea of the edge of the world being the stage was novel and interesting. Loved it. Looking forward to the next installment.
October 26, 2019
This was a great read - whole world created that I was immersed in. The strong female lead, Roberta, is a very engaging character and likable. I hope there is a second novel.
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