The Dark and Hollow Places / Carrie Ryan / 376p.

Annah has been waiting in the Dark City for Elias to return for three years now and has decided to give up.  The city is no longer safe, the Recruiters are no longer looking out for the good of the people, and she wants to see if anything is left of her original home or if the Unconsecrated (zombies) have taken it over.  As she is leaving the city she sees her face in the crowd of people entering - her long lost twin sister, Gabry.  Gabry has returned to the city with Catcher and is looking for Elias (all three characters we first met in The Dead-Tossed Waves) as well as hoping to find Annah.  When "the horde" of Unconsecrated get into the city, they find refuge in the Sanctuary thanks to Catcher being immune to the virus.  Elias, Gabry, and Annah are, however, held prisoner in the Sanctuary to make sure that Catcher (their only source for food and supplies from the outside world) will continue to work to bring back supplies.  That is, until they plan their escape.  But how can they escape without being attacked by the undead?

In this third and final book in the Forest of Hands and Teeth trilogy Ryan, once again, creates a love story in the middle of terrible circumstances.  If you liked The Forest of Hands and Teeth and The Dead-Tossed Waves then you should eat this title up as well.  As annoying as it is when authors turn a trilogy into more than three books, I would be willing to forgive in this instance - I am dying to know what happens next!