Review of Anna Jarzab's Tether
Release Date: March 10th, 2015
Synopsis as found on GoodReads.com:
Tether, the sequel to Tandem, continues the captivating tale of rebellion and romance that spans parallel worlds.
Everything repeats.
Sasha expected things to go back to normal once she got back on Earth. But now that she knows parallel worlds are real, and that an alternate version of herself exists in a world called Aurora, her old life no longer seems to make sense . . . and her heart breaks daily for Thomas, the boy she left behind. Troubled by mysterious, often terrifying visions and the echoes of a self she was just beginning to discover, Sasha makes the difficult decision to journey once more through the tandem.
Thomas is waiting for her on the other side, and so is strange, otherworldly Selene, Sasha’s analog from a third universe. Sasha, Selene, and their other analog, Juliana, have a joint destiny, and a new remarkable power, one that could mean salvation for Selene’s dying planet. With Thomas’s help, Sasha and Selene search for the missing Juliana. But even if they can locate her, is Sasha willing to turn her back on love to pursue a fate she’s not sure she believes in?
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The sequel to Jarzab's incredible book about Parallel worlds, an imminent war, and a force that can be stopped by no one... Love.
In Tandem, we met Sasha. A regular girl living a boring life about to go off to college. She had a crush on "the boy next door" and her future was all but set in stone. That is, until the boy next door finally notices her. The tides seem to be turning... especially when that boy ends up to be her crush's doppelganger from another universe. She is thrust into a world very similar to her own, except America is ruled by a monarchy and her doppelganger, or alternate, is the future queen.
In Tether, Sasha has returned home, but all she can think about is Thomas. The boy she left behind in an parallel universe. She doesn't know what happened to him... until one day she finds a note. The only thing it says is "He's alive." This will bring her on another whirlwind adventure back into another universe to find him. But she finds more than she bargained for... another alternate of herself from another universe. Her name is Selene and she has come to enlist both Sasha and her alternate, Juliana, to help in bringing her dying world back to life.
Book 2 is definitely continuing where the first left off. We still have the same villains in the story, the General & Libertas, but this story has us not knowing who to trust. Who is working for them and who is working against them? While the entire book I thought I know who the good guys were, Jarzab knows how to leave you shocked at the ending. I am definitely rooting for a happy ending for everyone, but I know not everyone will come out smiling in the end. She gives us nail biting suspense, as well as an all new group of characters to get to know... not all of which make it out alive in the end. I was pretty happy with how the story continued, but I wasn't psyched about the characters getting strange new powers. The telepathy I can see as being an effect of being tethered together, but the rest is a little less believable.
Here's hoping the trilogy ends well. I guess we'll find out when book 3 is released.
If you enjoyed Tandem, check out these other books about alternate universes:
Kasie West - Pivot Point
Erica O'Rourke - Dissonance
Amy K Nichols - Now That You're Here
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