A review by troutgirl
The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso

I usually enjoy YA fantasy of this type, but this one could have used a better editor, as there are waaayyyy too many similar scenes of the heroine -- whose major personality trait seems to be that she wishes she could wear pants and read books -- obsessing over her teenage problems. Also her "investigation" seems to largely entail various obvious baddies monologuing at her.