the dark and hollow places by carrie ryan

There are many things that Annah would like to forget: the look on her sister's face when she and Elias left her behind in the Forest of Hands and Teeth, her first glimpse of the horde as they found their way to the Dark City, the sear of the barbed wire that would scar her for life. The first and last parts of the book were quite fast paced and binge worthy, but the middle did slog.Hurray! I just saw that the listing for The Dark and Hollow Places is up on Amazon - squee! It lists the release date as Maalso big yay! No cover yet, though - it's not final and as soon as it is and I get permission to post it I'll be shouting from the rooftops :) However, the flap copy describing the book on Amazon (and elsewhere) is wrong so here's the official description of the book:

It did give some good bonding moments between Gabry and Annah, and Catcher and Annah which I did really enjoy. We spend most of our time on an island of soldiers trying not to get raped, which was just lovely. Yeah but the dick is really good *shrug* Plus Elias decided that fucking off and leaving a teenage girl in a city with no law enforcement and a fuck ton of zombies was actually an okay idea. There was one particularly memorable scene where Annah asks Gabry how she's okay with Elias essentially handing over people to be tortured to death and she's like. She's by far my favourite character of the three girls and really made the read worthwhile, particularly towards the final pages.Įlias and Gabry did not come across as well however.

While Mary and Annah's twin sister Gabry spend most of their time whining and letting everyone else fix things for them, Annah seemed much more independent after being left in the Dark City by Elias three years ago. Honestly, this book made slogging through the first two worth it. And now it's up to Annah: can she continue to live in a world covered in the blood of the living? Or is death the only escape from the Return's destruction? Dark, terrifying truths that link him to a past Annah has longed to forget, and to a future too deadly to consider. Until she meets Catcher, and everything feels alive again.īut Catcher has his own secrets. Somehow, without him, her life doesn't feel much different than the dead that roam the wasted city around her. But most of all, Annah would like to forget the morning Elias left her for the Recruiters.Īnnah's world stopped that day, and she's been waiting for Elias to come home ever since. There are many things that Annah would like to forget: the look on her sister's face before Annah left her behind in the Forest of Hands and Teeth, her first glimpse of the Horde as they swarmed the Dark City, the sear of the barbed wire that would scar her for life.

The dark and hollow places by carrie ryan