Tetherless (The Port Allegiance Chronicles: Book 1) by C.K. O'Donnell ARC from BookSirens

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Blurb

Sometimes evil is masquerading as an ally…
In the near future, eighteen-year-old Abbie Spencer and her family live hand-to-mouth in their decaying town of Eureka, California, living on high alert because the East Bay Serial Killer has struck again.
When Abbie’s lucky enough to secure a live-in servant job for the most affluent family in Port Allegiance, the sparkling neighboring city surrounded by a massive wall to keep out the riffraff of Eureka, she discovers that her predecessor didn’t quit, as everyone believes, but was actually abducted because she knew too much.
Thrust into a frightening world of murder, lies, and betrayal, where few can be trusted and nothing is what it seems, the stakes grow higher after Abbie and her friends discover the nefarious connection between the missing girl and the dead bodies trickling into the morgue back home. Will they uncover the shocking conspiracy before more innocent people die, or will those in power silence them?


Tetherless by C.K. O'Donnell 

I have been having a great time with dystopian adventures in the last few months and have read some lovely stories that have stimulated me intellectually and also entertained me. More hits than misses for me and this story also falls somewhere in that range.

The blurb was intriguing and the book cover serves as a reminder supporting the blurb.

The story starts off slow and continues at that pace for some time but the context setting for a serial killer on the loose and also the physical wall of the town that divides is reminiscent of many similar walls that exist and have existed across the world. The class divide is something that has been used in numerous dystopian stories especially in post Armageddon stories of the 70's and 80's like the Escape to LA type of movies.


The lure of the other side is strong and our protagonist Abbie tries and is able to get access to the other side and then the tagline starts making sense as she starts seeing the fallacies and life on the other side not as smooth or easy as she imagined. The story picks up pace and Abbie is forced to see the gamut of forbidden emotions and atrocities that exist in Eureka.


The story despite being two decades in the future seems pretty dark and bleak, which is well imagined by the author and an appreciation for what is her first novel; she seems set for great things in future books.


I liked the story and would love to read the sequel. Recommended.


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