
It explores a lot in it’s scant three hundred pages and the plot moved along quickly in bouts of action that at times literally had me cringing, just knowing that something terrible could happen at any moment. I felt that this was a particularly good start to the series and arguably one of the best YA zombie books out there. Beginning with the Forest of Hands and Teeth, it explores a world that has struggled to survive after the zombie apocalypse. So it’s with that sort or mindset that I approached Carrie Ryan’s series. No matter how cheesy or campy or overly bloody the genre may get, I’m going to be a fan.


With zombies becoming increasingly more popular it’s no surprise that a slew of young adult and new adult titles featuring the formerly human creatures have been hitting the market over the past few years.
