I purchased The Grace Year not too long ago after giving into the hype that bookstagram had placed around this book. Although I did enjoy The Grace Year, I only gave it three stars. The Grace Year tells the story of Tierney and her sixteenth year where she, and the other girls her age, must be exiled to rid themselves of their magic which one comes into at this time. Tierney is unlike the other girls in her town where she defies the patriarchy that oppresses her and she looks forward to returning from her grace year to be a laborer. Going into reading this book, I thought there would be a lot of feminist messages, which I do agree there are, however the author took the story on a different route than I had thought and I found that Tierney’s character became more passive as the book went on. There was also the addition of a romance for Tierney that I thought took away from the story because I wanted to see how all of these girls together could harness some amazing girl power to beat the patriarchy. Sadly, this was not the case and as a result the book did not settle with me as well. If you like dystopian novels, this book would be a great one to read, I just recommend going into it with an open mind, because the book is not as described on the inside cover.