Zombies, Zombies, Everywhere!

My Rating: 4/5

Review: The first three words that come to mind after finishing this book are dark, tragic, and beautiful. I was intrigued by Mary's world from beginning to end. There is so much tragedy in this poor girl's life that one could not help but feel for her. Yet, she is incredibly brave, and has such a deep unyielding faith in the stories her mother use to tell her of the world beyond their village. There is an ocean to find, a place where they can be safe from the unconsecrated, as the zombies are called. She dreams of it, becomes obsessed with it even. When a mysterious woman comes to their village one night, everything changes. Events soon hurl Mary and the people she cares about out beyond the village into the Forest of Hands and Teeth. I was gripping the book so tight during the last few chapters, I may have left a dent in the pages. I'm anxiously awaiting the next book in this series to become available at my library.

Book Description: 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 about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. When the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, she must choose between her village and 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 in so much death?