The Grace Year, by Kim Liggett, is a fast-paced, can't-put-down YA novel. Set in a secluded society where women have no rights and are feared for possessing magic, we follow 16 year old Tierney James who is setting off for her grace year. Tierney's always wanted something different than the other girls her age who aspire to be picked for marriage and childbirth before embarking on their grace year, she yearns to be free of the strict restraints her society has set upon her. However, talking about the grace year is strictly forbidden, so no one is certain what awaits them for their year away. All they know is that not everyone ever makes it home, and those that do are forever changed. The girls are led to the encampment by two guards to protect them from the poachers who are waiting in silence to sell their skinned alive bodies on the black market. Can Tierney make it through her grace year alive?
Written in beautiful descriptive prose, Liggett has given us a riveting novel that is sure to be a hit when it hits the shelves October 8th. Every page brings about new drama and new threats that leaves the reader on the edge of their seat, waiting to find out what happens to our heroine Tierney. While I wish I'd been given more of a back-story on certain characters and how this society evolved to become what it is, I literally couldn't put this book down and stayed up until 4am devouring the pages.
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