The Grace Year: A Novel by Kim Liggett

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The instant New York Times bestseller, Kim Liggett's The Grace Year is a speculative YA thriller in the vein of The Hunger Games and The Power, now in trade paperback. No one speaks of the grace year. It's forbidden. In Garner County, girls are 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. Tierney James dreams of a better life but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that there's more to fear about the grace year than the brutal elements and the poachers in the woods. Their greatest threat may very well be each other. With sharp prose and gritty realism, Liggett's The Grace Year examines the complex and sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between.

  • Product Features

    • Suggested age range - 14-18 Years
    • Format - Paperback
    • Dimensions - 5.3" W x 8.1" H x 1.2" D
    • Genre - Fiction
    • Publisher - St. Martin's Publishing Group, Publication date - 10/27/2020
    • Page count - 416
    • ISBN - 9781250145451

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2 years ago

Couldn’t Put It Down

This book is AMAZING! I finished it in 1 and a half days! Perfect!! Everything about this book was great the romance, mystery, and action! Some parts were kind of goreyish.

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2 years ago

Amazing

Finished reading it 6 days ago and I’m still thinking about it. I haven’t been able to start a new book. Loved this book so much!

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2 years ago

Great story with many twists and turns

I loved this book and couldn’t stop reading. I was very heartbroken and disappointed in the end but it was so good. I wish I could reread it for the first time again.

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2 years ago
from Northern California

This. Book. Is. A. Work. Of. Art!

Major HANDMAID'S TALE meets THE POWER vibes! It's been a little over a year since I finished reading this one, but I *STILL* think about it often and recommend it regularly. I'm a bookseller, so you can imagine I read fairly often. It's rare to find a story that made me feel the way Liggett's did. Not only was the world terrifyingly believable, it touched on some deep issues in society as we know it. A must read!

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3 years ago

Unforgettable!

I was in a rush while at Barn & Nobles and simply grabbed this book because it had a pretty cover. I had absolutely no idea that this would be my favorite book that I’ve read all year! The writing is stunning and the women empowerment theme is magical. I’ve now reread this book 3 times already. Definitely recommend!

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3 years ago
from New Mexico

Everything You Want and More

First Thoughts: Major The Handmaids Tale vibes. In the best way possible. Here I am comparing books to TV series, or in this case, it's also a book to book comparison. Basically, if you took Handmaid's and you lowered it to a young adult graphic level. Obviously they are unique in their own ways. At their core you have women taken back to abuse and use for men and men only. It's horrifying, gripping, and aggravating. I was taken into every emotion from the beginning. Writing: 5/5 It is SO good. SO SO good. Ugh, I just, I really can't even begin to express how good the writing is. I don't think I have anything but high praise to say about it. She took a story line that was terrifying and seemingly hopeless and gave us bravery, love, hope, and beauty as well. So, I'm going to only say this. I did not read another book in 2021 that compared. Plot: 5/5 We know the story line. It's bleak. A bunch of girls go out every year to spend the entire year amongst themselves on an island. Their only other companions are the men outside the border of said island that hunt them and sell their bodies (bits, not as wholes) for the only profit they know. Again, bleak. Very bleak. There is so much going on in this book but it was made easy to follow. I was hooked from the start. I literally couldn't put it down. Not even to work. I had the ebook stashed behind my register so I could sneak pages in here and there. It never left my mind, not even after finishing it. Characters: 5/5 The majority of our characters are girls. We get other characters of interests but mainly our story follows the grace year girls. All of them follow their own character arcs. Some are redeeming, others meet their end. You cant help but hate some of them the majority of the book. However, because of their circumstance you can't help but feel for even the worst of them. What would you expect from girls who are young, terrified of their present and the future that awaits them if they survive. It's not a rainbow awaiting you at the end of the tunnel. If you survive, you get to come back to a husband that you did not choose; expected to bare children and be the most dutiful, complacent wife, nothing more. Some lose their minds. Others take control. Some die. None truly come out alive. As women, we can be cruel to each other, more than we should. Rooted in jealousy, misunderstanding, miscommunication, or whatever the case, we can be absolutely cruel. It is not a shock or an understatement. However, we are our biggest allies. This book showed this in all its stages and for that alone it was beautiful. (but of course there are many other reasons this book is amazing) Romance: 4/5 There is thankfully romance to keep you going. It is the spark in a dark, dark circumstance. The love that is found is beautiful and hopeful. It is a slight enemies to lovers (by miscommunication) romance. In the end, it was the ultimate symbol for hope for the future. Overall: 5/5 This book was by far the best and my most favorite of 2021. It was everything I could've wanted and more. It made me feel every emotion. It made me feel them so deeply. For being such a hyped book throughout the bookish community, I couldn't find one disappointment. It held up to all its expectations. I need more from Kim Liggett and soon.

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4 years ago

Mind blowing. Utterly mind blowing.

My friend had me read this book. Handed me their copy and said read it. I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY TO BE THOUGHT OF!! This book... I can't even begin to explain how I feel about it. From the moment you open this book, you're part of it. You forget it isn't reality. The emotions run through as if they are your own. After I read the last word of the book, I had completely lost touch of reality, I sat on my couch simultaneously laughing and crying because I couldn't identify the feeling I was feeling. The ending is amazing, it completes the story, but you don't want it to. You need more. There has to be a sequel. I also love the usage of flower language. It's something I love, and I've been studying. It just made me happy to see it =) Also the colors and flowers of the cover matched the colors and flowers of my reading blanket!

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4 years ago
from NJ

AMAZING!

This book is one of the best I think I have ever read. I couldn’t put it down! It was amazing from start to finish. 100000% recommend it!

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