This is a tale of survival, following Mary as she attempts to make her way through her life and find safe haven. Then, one day, disaster strikes, and all is chaos. Surrounding the fenced village, and throughout the forest, are zombies who crave human flesh, forever pressing against the fences in hopes of breaking through it. The whole village is surrounded by fencing, with forest beyond, completely isolated from the rest of the world. She lives in a small community run by the sisters, and protected by the Guardians. The story follows Mary, who recently lost her father, and, close to the start of the story, looses her mother. I still occasionally find myself dwelling on the story, and wondering about certain aspects of it. I wasn’t able to put it down, and it stuck with me for weeks. And while I can’t say I particularly liked this story, I must say it is very well written. As I mentioned, it is a zombie story, and I am usually not a zombie fan. I came across the book a few years back, and was quite taken by the title, but I only recently got around to reading it. This time, I decided I would read The Forest of Hands and Teeth, by Carrie Ryan. While I am a huge mystery fan, I try to read from a variety of genres – there are so many amazing books out there. Now that my initial horror has faded (I was haunted by this story for weeks), I find that I am eager to write about it. Oh what a chilling read – for me at least! I’ve never done well with anything that resembles horror, and I am afraid I consider zombie stories to be horror.
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