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4.3 AVERAGE
4.3 AVERAGE
1/5/2025 - OMG! This was good! Need to compose myself… review will come soon.
1/7/2025 Update:
Angela Jackson-Brown has made it to my favorite author list! Her latest book, "Untethered" is a deeply emotional, moving, beautifully crafted novel and an unexpected love story. In 1967, it captures a young woman's struggles, sacrifices, and triumphs navigating love, duty, and self-discovery in a racially charged and evolving Troy, Alabama.
Since Katia Daniels's father died years before, she has found herself tethered to meeting the needs of her mother and twin brothers. When the boys enlist to fight in Vietnam, she continues to live with her mother to ensure she is cared for. Her poignant journey is marked by personal loss, family responsibilities, and the enduring hope of finding her own happiness and purpose.
Katia's role as a caretaker at the Pike County Group Home for Negro Boys highlights her incredible capacity for compassion, even as her own dreams remain on hold. Her love and devotion to these boys are inspiring, yet you can also see how it is another tether to her life and soul. She gives everything of herself to this job and is on call 24/7. It takes a lot from her physically and emotionally.
The reappearance of Seth, a crush from high school, serves as a catalyst for Katia's introspection, adding a tender and hopeful dimension to her journey and a truly beautiful love story.
The book explores themes like familial duty, the yearning for personal fulfillment, and the pressures of societal expectations. It is deeply compelling. Jackson-Brown's multidimensional characters allowed me to connect with them on a deeper level, making the storylines feel much more intimate and emotional.
Katia's journey to becoming "Untethered" to the things that allow her to discover her true self resonated with me in so many ways. I loved it! Five stars!
Thank you, #NetGalley, #AngelaJacksonBrown, and HarperCollins, for the ARC in exchange for my honest review of #Untethered.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
1/7/2025 Update:
Angela Jackson-Brown has made it to my favorite author list! Her latest book, "Untethered" is a deeply emotional, moving, beautifully crafted novel and an unexpected love story. In 1967, it captures a young woman's struggles, sacrifices, and triumphs navigating love, duty, and self-discovery in a racially charged and evolving Troy, Alabama.
Since Katia Daniels's father died years before, she has found herself tethered to meeting the needs of her mother and twin brothers. When the boys enlist to fight in Vietnam, she continues to live with her mother to ensure she is cared for. Her poignant journey is marked by personal loss, family responsibilities, and the enduring hope of finding her own happiness and purpose.
Katia's role as a caretaker at the Pike County Group Home for Negro Boys highlights her incredible capacity for compassion, even as her own dreams remain on hold. Her love and devotion to these boys are inspiring, yet you can also see how it is another tether to her life and soul. She gives everything of herself to this job and is on call 24/7. It takes a lot from her physically and emotionally.
The reappearance of Seth, a crush from high school, serves as a catalyst for Katia's introspection, adding a tender and hopeful dimension to her journey and a truly beautiful love story.
The book explores themes like familial duty, the yearning for personal fulfillment, and the pressures of societal expectations. It is deeply compelling. Jackson-Brown's multidimensional characters allowed me to connect with them on a deeper level, making the storylines feel much more intimate and emotional.
Katia's journey to becoming "Untethered" to the things that allow her to discover her true self resonated with me in so many ways. I loved it! Five stars!
Thank you, #NetGalley, #AngelaJacksonBrown, and HarperCollins, for the ARC in exchange for my honest review of #Untethered.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was a good story! I hated how the board treated Katia. She did so much for those boys but I’m glad she got her happy ending.
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Thank you NetGalley and Harper Collin’s Focus for the ARC of this audiobook for my honest review
An emotional historical fiction focused on a group home during the Vietnam war. Definitely a read that’ll get you crying but it’s really well done. You love the characters, the way it’s written is incredible and I really recommend
An emotional historical fiction focused on a group home during the Vietnam war. Definitely a read that’ll get you crying but it’s really well done. You love the characters, the way it’s written is incredible and I really recommend
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
It was a nice read and the writing made me care about each character. It was an emotional read. My issue with it was the quick ending that skipped over some important life events.
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book beautifully wrecked me.
The author, with as much gentleness, compassion and empathy told stories of America’s history through the lens of the book’s characters.
Every single character was representative of a larger piece of fabric. Their stories representative of success, failure, anguish, love and a much deeper longing while belonging to a system never created with their futures in mind.
The weaving of historical context and settings with fictional characters help make the story digestible while also weighted with the understanding that while the characters may not exist, their stories indeed are reflective of someone’s journey.
It’s truly a moving work. It’s captivating and challenging in the best ways. It encourages one to truly feel their emotions and seek a greater understanding of the systems around them, and the ones they belong to, or are apart of.
The author, with as much gentleness, compassion and empathy told stories of America’s history through the lens of the book’s characters.
Every single character was representative of a larger piece of fabric. Their stories representative of success, failure, anguish, love and a much deeper longing while belonging to a system never created with their futures in mind.
The weaving of historical context and settings with fictional characters help make the story digestible while also weighted with the understanding that while the characters may not exist, their stories indeed are reflective of someone’s journey.
It’s truly a moving work. It’s captivating and challenging in the best ways. It encourages one to truly feel their emotions and seek a greater understanding of the systems around them, and the ones they belong to, or are apart of.
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes