Tess of the Road

Title:  Tess of the Road

Author: Rachel  Hartman

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Pages:544

Date(s) Read:1/7/18-1/13/18

Synopsis (from GoodReads):

In the medieval kingdom of Goredd, women are expected to be ladies, men are

their protectors, and dragons get to be whomever they want. Tess, stubbornly, is a

troublemaker. You can't make a scene at your sister's wedding and break a relative's

nose with one punch (no matter how pompous he is) and not suffer the consequences.

As her family plans to send her to a nunnery, Tess yanks on her boots and sets out

on a journey across the Southlands, alone and pretending to be a boy.

Rating: 3.5/5

We received an e-ARC copy of this book, and it was good, but I don’t

think it will be one of my favorites, but I think my opinion may have been

different if I had read Rachel Hartman’s previous duology, Seraphina, and Shadow Scale.

Tess is the eldest of a pair of twins, who is quite rebellious, she’ll be the first

to be married, although her younger sister is the prettier one.

However, with Tess being the rebellious girl she is, that plan does not go accordingly.

Her younger sister will be the one to be married first, and she is to help her

with picking a husband.

Tess helps her sister to be married, but then she runs off and goes on an adventure

she never imagined with a friend from her childhood, and becomes Tess of the Road.

~Mackenzie