This short story was a very welcome break after the more series reads I've completed this month.

Untethered Sky is such a fun read because we get to see this entirely new world where there are these giant birds that they can control that help protect the people from these dragon-like creatures (not sure if they were dragon like or not but that's what the description reminded me of). Ester is one of the few young women who have a bird they are in charge of and because of that, we see her rather isolated except for one person who she has become friends with. Throughout this story we see Ester and this friend help protect different villages, but we also see them deal with loses. 

Overall this was a really fun short story. I think it could potentially be a whole novella series if the author wanted it to be because it could follow so many other characters that we meet that are vital in this world. 

Highly recommend if you want a short fantasy book that is outside of your usual reads.