In Three Graces, every seven years the village's Best Boy runs into the forest to face the devil and most of the time, he doesn't return. Mairwen, Arthur and Rhun have grown up watching men sacrifice themselves to keep the village safe and healthy but a mere three years after the last run, the forest calls for another, and everyone knows it's Rhun's turn next. As the next Grace witch, Mair is determined to keep Rhun safe, and with Arthur's help - between the three of them - maybe they can still save Three Graces from the devil's wrath.

Teresa Gratton has a wonderful power in the way she weaves words where she makes nature come alive and dance just the way she wants it to. I've read it previously in The Queens of Innis Lear, and I saw it again with Strange Grace. The forest in this story is almost another character entirely within the story, and the strongest, most magical entity hovering over our three heroes. I loved the magical way Teresa wrote the land, the animals, the forest, and I really felt like I was there.

The polygamous relationship between Mair, Rhun and Arthur was really interesting and I loved the way it all came about and how the reader gradually began to understand what Gratton was saying about them. It was never one of them, or two of them, it was always the three of them - they were a unit and it seemed almost unnatural for one to exist outside of the others. There was so much respect and love so clearly laid out on the page between them all, and it was honestly so beautiful to read.

Teresa Gratton has definitely become an author for me, and I will be reading as much of her work as I can because her writing definitely clicks perfectly with me.