ABANDONED. Fantasy book where they burn the forest except for one area

[Lauren]

I'm finding this for a friend, so I don't have a lot of details. This is a fantasy novel about a world where some evil stuff lives in the forest, so they burn the forest down except for one small area. Much later, the main characters have to go in to that last forested area to get some vital information.

[[deleted user]]

I just read a book where this is part of the plot at the end:

The Magicians and Mrs. Quent

[Clare]

You're thinking of The Forest of Hands and Teeth

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Lauren, is either of these the right book?

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Ok, weirdly enough, GR is showing the OP as not active since almost a year prior to posting this thread.

I sent off a PM to her. IF there is no response, the next Mod to read this can move it down to abandoned.