by Kim Liggett
TITLE: The Grace Year AUTHOR: Kim Liggett ___________________________ DESCRIPTION: "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 power...
One of the best books I've read this year. A dystopian novel that manages to be both a deeply thought-through vivisection of what patriarchies do to women to keep them powerless and an action-packed, character-driven thriller filled with intense emotions. 'The Grace Year' is a high impact 'I...
The Grace Year is aptly introduced with quotes from The Handmaids Tale (Margaret Atwood) and Lord of the Flies (William Golding), two classic works that obviously acted as strong inspiration for Kim Liggett’s new novel. Although marketed as a YA title, The Grace Year would also appeal to adults who...
[I received a copy through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.]A strong premise that definitely caught my interest (what’s not to like about a female-driven version of “Lord of the Flies”, so to speak?), but whose execution unfortunately didn’t work for me.The story starts with a typical “d...
White ribbons for the young girls, red for the grace year girls, and black for the wives. Innocence. Blood. Death.❞ The Grace Year has gotten already a lot of hype. Pitched as a combination of two very popular books you can easily see why. Heck, this is why I requested an ARC in the first place. ...
I was sent this ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.For a book that's 416 pages, it really didn’t say anything that I hadn't read before.The Grace Year is a book with a strong premise and a lacklustre execution with plotholes, poor pacing and a structure that makes it feel twice as lo...
‘The Grace Year’ is the brutal and harrowing story about the young women of Garner County who are forced to spend their sixteenth year in a secluded encampment outside the town as they ‘embrace their magic.’ They must release their powers before they marry or go off to work in the fields or labor ho...
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