Only one of the Unconsecrated could put this book down. I thoroughly enjoyed it.' (Melissa Marr, best-selling author of Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange) She sees the ocean at the very end of the book. Arc Words: Marys mothers story about the ocean. Tropes: After the End: Set generations after a zombie apocalypse. It has two sequels The Dead-Tossed Waves (2010) and The Dark and Hollow Places (2011). This is a beautifully crafted, page-turning, powerful novel. The Forest of Hands and Teeth is a 2009 YA, post-apocalypse novel by Carrie Ryan. 'Opening The Forest of Hands and Teeth is like cracking Pandora's box: a blur of darkness and a precious bit of hope pour out. Mary's world is one that readers will not soon forget.' (Cassandra Clare, best-selling author of City of Bones) 'Intelligent, dark, and bewitching, The Forest of Hands and Teeth transitions effortlessly between horror and beauty. Main character / protagonist Father gone & mother mad. 'A postapocalyptic romance of the first order, elegantly written from title to last line.' (Scott Westerfeld, author of the Uglies series and Leviathan) Surrounds village Protects from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. The post-apocalyptic setting among the undead will. Poignant and powerful.' ( Publishers Weekly, starred) Very well crafted with compelling narratives, this is a complex novel that reveals its secrets slowly. Could there be life outside a world surrounded in so much death? And she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Now, she must choose between her village and her future, between the one she loves and the one who loves her. Its been generations since the zombie apocalypse, and the people of Marys village know they are the only living people left. And, when the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. She's learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth.īut, slowly, Mary's truths are failing her.

In the forest of hands and teeth