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....
This book has possibly-quite-actually become my favorite book I have read in a good long while. Brilliant, it is the debut novel of Carrie Ryan, but you wouldn't have guessed it from the writing. The story is told in a manner that is both beautiful and descriptive, as well as straightforward enough that I wasn't pulling out my hair waiting for something to happen.
I have to admit something: I have an issue with female protagonists. I don't, as a rule, prefer to read books with them. Same goes for watching movies. But Mary, (the protagonist in The Forest of Hands and Teeth) I could read a hundred books with her as the lead and still be wanting for more. She is a no-nonsense type of gal, who is real enough to be realistic, and also awesome enough that I kind of really want to be like her, in a lot of ways.
The book itself is set generations after the zombie Apocalypse, (whom they call the unconsecrated) and is a tale of living and loving and never giving up on the things that you believe in. It pulls at your heartstrings the same time as it makes you want to yell with excitement. I truly loved the characters within this book, each and every one of them, and was truly sad when this book ended. Not to give anything away, but the ending... well, let's just say if some of these story lines aren't expanded on in the next book, I will cry. Unabashedly. Possibly in public.
To conclude: Buy this book. Buy it for your friends, your classmates, your co-workers, the nice lady at the bakery. Read it, you will love it, I promise. Because really, what's better than zombies and paths-you-are-not-allowed-to-go-down-by-order-of-creepy-nuns?
5/5 stars. definitely.
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