Review: Tess of the Road

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Tess of the Road Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Tess has always been the black sheep of her family. That's saying a lot when she has a step-sister who is half dragon and half human. She isn't your average ya heroine either. She is full of self loathing, anger, jealousy, resentment and just a mess!

This story is her life journey. She hasn't had an easy life. She's always been inquisitive to a fault. From the early age of six she gets in trouble for kissing her cousin/uncle because she wants to understand where babies come from. Her view is misdirected as most children's are.

Fast forward to her being sixteen and spending all of her strength to find her twin sister a husband. She would do anything for her twin. Unfortunately she screws that up too on her sister's wedding night by punching the groom's brother in the nose in an aristocratic society where women shouldn't do such things.

Tess has some intense secrets of her own and would do anything to keep them hidden, including running away after her seventeenth birthday to remake herself and change her destiny. This is just the beginning of Tess's journey through magical lands with lizard type sentient creatures and dragons. All on her way to true self discovery and fighting through her arduous past.

I would definitely recommend this novel to someone who wants to deep dive into a made up world and immerse themselves in someone else's life and problems. There are heavy topics dealt with in this book so don't go into this book thinking it will be an easy read.

One thing I found myself struggling with was Tess's alcoholism and her using it to escape her problems rather than dealing with them.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this novel for a fair and honest review.

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