The Forest Of Hands and Teeth / The Dead-Tossed Waves

[Kellyflower]

I've read both of these books by Carrie Ryan
The Forest of Hands and Teeth
The Dead-Tossed Waves


The second book is more a companion book to the first. I thought both were really good and kept me reading to finish them so I could see what was gonna happen.
I can't say which book I liked better , because they both had characters I really liked.
Blurp from The Forest Of Hands and Teeth

"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?"

The Dead Tossed-Waves
Gabry lives a quiet life. As safe a life as is possible in a town trapped between a forest and the ocean, in a world teeming with the dead, who constantly hunger for those still living. She’s content on her side of the Barrier, happy to let her friends dream of the Dark City up the coast while she watches from the top of her lighthouse. But there are threats the Barrier cannot hold back. Threats like
the secrets Gabry’s mother thought she left behind....
Like the cult of religious zealots who worship the dead. Like the stranger from the forest who seems to know Gabry. And suddenly, everything is changing. One reckless moment, and half of Gabry’s generation is dead, the other half imprisoned. Now Gabry only knows one thing: she must face the forest of her mother’s past in order to save herself and the one she loves."

I'd give both book 4 out of 5 stars
(I had gotten both these books out from the library and now I'm thinking about owning my own copies so I can let friends borrow them and read them)