![]() ![]() Returning to the spellbinding world of the Southlands she created in the award-winning, New York Times bestselling novel Seraphina, Rachel Hartman explores self-reliance and redemption in this wholly original fantasy. Tess just knows that the open road is a map to somewhere else-a life where she might belong. What that something is, she doesn't know. The dragon on the cover of this book gives the reader an expectation that this book will star a dragon, but there. This book is a YA retelling of Thomas Hardy's 1891 classic, 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles,' and, in many ways, is just as grim. She's not running away, she's running towards something. The 2018 YA fantasy, 'Tess of the Road,' by Rachel Hartman, is a long, slow, and incredibly detailed read. She cuts her hair, pulls on her boots, and sets out on a journey. So Tess's family decide the only path for her is a nunnery.īut on the day she is to join the nuns, Tess chooses a different path for herself. Unfortunately, the past cannot be ignored. In the medieval kingdom of Goredd, women are expected to be ladies, men are their protectors, and dragons get to be whomever they want. ![]() What she's done is so disgraceful, she can't even allow herself to think of it. ![]() She speaks out of turn, has wild ideas, and can't seem to keep out of trouble. ![]() In the medieval kingdom of Goredd, women are expected to be ladies, men are their protectors, and dragons can be whomever they choose. ![]()
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