Book One - The Forest of Hands and Teeth"
"In Mary's world, there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village. The fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth.
But slowly, Mary's truths are failing her. She's learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power. And, when the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness.
Now she must choose between her village her future, between the one she loves and the one who loves her. And she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Could there be life outside a world surrounded by so much death?"
I don't really care for books written for teen's, but this one had zombies, so I'd figured I'll give it a shot. Normally when I read or watch anything dealing with zombies it's all centered around the outbreak, where this book is based several generations after the first outbreak, putting a new spin on the classic horror versions. Some parts were actually really boring and the actions parts were few and very vague. It was a interesting point of view but I wasn't expecting much from a teeny.
Book Two - The Dead-Tossed Waves
"Gabry lives a quiet life, secure in her town next to the sea and behind the Barrier. She's content to let her friends dream of the Dark City up the coast while she watches from the top of her lighthouse. Home is all she's ever known, and all she needs for happiness.
But life after the Return is never safe, and there are threats even the Barrier can't hold back.
Gabry's mother thought she left her secrets behind in the Forest of Hands and Teeth, but like the dead in their world, secrets don't stay buried. And now, Gabry's world is crumbling.
One night beyond the Barrier...
One boy Gabry's known forever and one veiled in mystery...
One reckless moment, and half of Gabry's generation is dead, the other half imprisoned.
Gabry knows only one thing: if she is to have any hope of a future, she must fave the forest of her mother's past."
In the second book the main character is no longer Mary but her adopted daughter Gabry. This has a bit more action but Gabry comes off as a bit of a wimp and I didn't really connect with her as I did with Mary. The most interesting part about this book is the idea of there might being a immunity to becoming a zombie after being bite. This books was not as bad as the first but wasn't good enough to make me want to rush to pick up the third.
Book Three - The Dark and Hollow Places
"There are many things that Annah would like to forget: the look on her sister's face when she and Elias left her behind in the Forest of Hands and Teeth, her first glimpse of the horde as they found their way to the Dark City, the sear of the barbed wire that would scar her for life. But most of all, Annah would like to forget the morning Elias left her for the Recruiters.
Annah's world stopped that day and she's been waiting for him to come home ever since. Without him, her life doesn't feel much different from that of the dead that roam the wasted city around her. Then she meets Catcher and everything feels alive again.
Except, Catcher has his own secrets - dark, terrifying truths that link him to a past Annah's longed to forget, and to the future too deadly to consider. And now it's up to Annah - can she continue to live in a world drenched in the blood of the living? Or is death the only escape from the Return's destruction?"
The third book of the series could be said as the best book between the three. In this one we follow Annah as she tries to survive a horde of zombies that have breached the city. Annah is a character that I could really get behind and wanted to cheer her on. Unlike the first two there are very few parts that don't have anything going on, it's unfortunate that the best was saved for last.
