The Grace Year
by Kim Liggett
What is it about:
No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden.
In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. That’s why they’re banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive.
Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life—a society that doesn’t pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that it’s not just the brutal elements they must fear. It’s not even the poachers in the woods, men who are waiting for a chance to grab one of the girls in order to make a fortune on the black market. Their greatest threat may very well be each other.
What did I think of it:
I had a good time with this book, but I really had to suspend disbelief to do so.
Tierney is the super special - not like other girls - heroine in this "Lord of the Flies-esque" tale.
And where I thought that Alderman didn't really think the behavior of teenage girls through in her book The Power, Liggett doesn't either, but in the other direction.
So soon after starting this book I decided to turn off my critical brain and let myself be entertained and to just go with the story even when it was clear as day what was causing the girls' behavior.
All in all an entertaining, but easily forgettable read.
Why should you read it:
It's a nice enough read.
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