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Book Review of The Grace Year

The Grace Year
The Grace Year
Author: Kim Liggett
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
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Meet Tierney, unconventional and outrageous, a young woman with a mind of her own who finds herself betrothed to her best friend, Michael. She grew up with Michael. They spent so many hours together that they knew what each was thinking. But Michael didn't realize that she viewed him as a friend not a lover. He, however, was always in love with her.

Presented with a veil which represents his proposal, she and others spend a year in a special camp to lose their "magic". What none of them know is that there is no magic, only a well with water that poisons them and men called poachers who harvest naive young women who stray from the camp for their skin, blood and body parts. It's based on a secret kept by the men of the community who it for healing those in the community. When Tierney discovers the secret she is determined to change it all.