The Grace Year

Wow! What a powerful book! Tierney James is the strongest, smartest, most ambitious protagonist I have ever read. This book is The Hunger Games meets The Handmaids Tale, yet it is also very much it's own story. The theme of women being controlled by men and the hope of joining together for independence was illustrated so incredibly and powerfully. This story was written so beautifully.

I give this book 3 (3.5?) stars because, despite being very powerful and moving, I found many different chunks o