The Dark and Hollow Places (Forest of Hands and Teeth, Book 3) by Carrie Ryan

The Dark and Hollow Places is the final installment in the Forest of Hands and Teeth series and you will NOT be disappointed.

The book starts off in the Dark City and is narrated by Annah. I strongly suggest you read the first two books in the series before you read this one otherwise you will lose the dynamics of the relationships between the characters.

This book is perhaps the darkest of the three, which is saying quite a bit since this series if full of dread in a world that feels void of hope. Ryan's ability to capture individuals feelings and personalities is superb, which in turn makes her writing realistic and entertaining.

This is one of the best conclusions to a trilogy that I've read --- I'm not normally a huge fan of zombie books but this series has make me a fan. I am sorry that this one is over and hope to read more from Ryan.

Grade: A

Overview [B&N]

There are many things that Annah would like to forget: the look on her sister's face before Annah left her behind in the Forest of Hands and Teeth, her first glimpse of the Horde as they swarmed 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 Elias to come home ever since. Somehow, without him, her life doesn't feel much different than the dead that roam the wasted city around her. Until she meets Catcher, and everything feels alive again.
But Catcher has his own secrets. Dark, terrifying truths that link him to a past Annah has longed to forget, and to a future too deadly to consider. And now it's up to Annah: can she continue to live in a world covered in the blood of the living? Or is death the only escape from the Return's destruction?