The story follows the life of a young woman named Mary. Mary lives in a small, highly religious village within a forest. Sounds simple enough except that the village is gated off from the forest. Why? Because the forest is invested with zombie-like "Unconsecrated".... oh my.
Mary grew up with her mother telling her stories about what the world was like before the Unconsecrated took over and forced people to stay in the village. Stories about buildings that touched the sky and water that went on for miles and were unbelievably deep. Mary always thought of these wonders but it was not until she was betrothed to a man she didn't like and the man she did like was betrothed to someone else that she started to question her continued existence in the village. (hmm...)
The book is filled with romance, mystery, suspense, action, murder and so much more but yet it feels like it was lacking something, I don't know what... maybe it was how INFURIATING Mary is.
There are so many instances in this book where I found myself mentally screaming at Mary to stop fussing over whether Travis loves her and pay attention to what's going on! Also, even though the author tries to make the ending suspenseful (Will she live? Will she end up with Harry or Travis?!) I knew how it was going to end at about the middle of the book.
That said, it's still an interesting story that's worth the read, I guess. If you like the Peeta-Katniss-Gale esque kind of romance and you're into zombie and post-apocalyptic stories - then this is for you!
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