The Grace Year is a feminist read for sure. It reminds me of The Handsmaids Tale as it is set in a fictional society that oppresses women and a young girls fight against the society. In the Grace Year, Tierney lives in a society that believes women have powers that let them control and seduce men. Because of this, girls are sent away for a year after their sixteenth birthday so the magic can expel into the wild and they can hold no power over women. The book displays the many way men subtly keep women down in our own society. I would definitely recommend.

They don’t care

about my life.

They stare at my

cheap suit

and empty hands.

They feel sorry

for me.

They shouldn’t. 

They should feel

afraid.

I am smarter

than they realize,

stronger than they know. 

They want to

break me.

But I am

unbreakable.

They try to 

intimidate me,

but you can’t

intimidate

the alpha.

They don’t care

about my life.

They stare at my

cheap suit

and empty hands.

They feel sorry

for me.

They shouldn’t. 

They should feel

afraid.

I am smarter

than they realize,

stronger than they know. 

They want to

break me.

But I am

unbreakable.

They try to 

intimidate me,

but you can’t

intimidate

the alpha.