The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43263520-the-grace-year" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="The Grace Year" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1548518877l/43263520._SX98_.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43263520-the-grace-year">The Grace Year</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6693411.Kim_Liggett">Kim Liggett</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3008612556">4 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
I received a complimentary copy of this book through Netgalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.<br />Unlike many of the girls her age, Tierney James is a girl that longs for a future doing field work rather than becoming one of the "marrieds", under the control and ownership of a husband. Only a percentage of girls get chosen for marriage, so when Tierney unexpectedly gets a veil during the veiling ceremony, it's like an invisible target on her back by jealous girls that will live a life of servitude after their grace year. At sixteen, girl's desirability and sexual attractiveness are seen as "magic" that must be burned out before they can return to society and respectable marriages. They are sent away to a compound for a year, at the mercy of the elements, poachers, and each other and only the strongest survive.
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