The Dark and Hollow Places

By: Carrie Ryan

Narrated by: Allyson Ryan

A girl left behind in a fallen city must fight for her life—and for love—when she meets a strange boy whose mysterious connections link him to a past she’d rather forget in the companion to the New York Times bestseller, The Forest of Hands and Teeth, perfect for fans of The Last of Us.

Annah's life is governed by the memories she'd rather forget.

The look on her sister's face before she left her behind in the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Her first glimpse of the Horde as they swarmed the Dark City. But most of all, Annah would like to forget the morning Elias abandoned her. Somehow, without him, her life doesn't feel much different from that of the dead that roam the wasted city around her.

Until she meets Catcher, and everything feels alive again.

But Catcher has his own secrets. Dark, terrifying truths that link him to a past Annah has longed to forget. And now she must decide: Can she continue to live in a world covered in the blood of the living? Or is death the only escape in life after the Return?

Critic reviews

"Carrie Ryan has penned a story of the undead that magically, unexpectedly transforms into a painful, beautiful, aching story about life. I can't say it more plainly than this: I loved it. I wish I'd written it." —Rachel Caine, bestselling author of the Morganville Vampires series

Buy the book - terrible narrator

I have no idea why they replaced the very capable Tara Sands with a woman whose voice is much older and doesn't match the protaganists' tone - it just doesn't work. Throughout the book, which I did enjoy despite the awful narration, I couldn't get carried away as I had in the previous two novels because the narration was so off. I strongly recommend reading this one as it's a riveting end to the series.

Five stars!

I LOVED this series sooooo much! I wish there were more books, or at least an epilogue. This book is my favorite of the series and also one of my very favorite books.

Emotial and Dark

I was attracted by the name of the book, the title would make an amazing sculpture. I was truly unable to put this audio book down. From the very beginning Carrie Ryan introduces you to a dark new world or should I say what is left of our world and the people who are trying to eek out a life and love in it. In the beginning it did remind me of "The Village" however, you quickly find out it is significantly different. In this book the threat is real, the threat is constant and death is never really the end of existence. I truly found myself wrapped up in the darkness and emotion of the main characters journey in this coming of age novel of love and loss. One thing I felt Mrs. Ryan did well is never let you forget the threat, but always kept the human story in the front.

Keeps getting better

This series gets better with each installment. This one is the best so far. Looking forward to book four.

Didn’t stick the landing

Needed the conclusion for our characters but not as good as Mary and gabry. I genuinely don’t understand the good reviews. People seem to hate book 2 and that was my favorite. After falling in love with this cast of characters via Tara sands - this narrator falls so flat. ESPECIALLY Elias and Connell.
Also just can’t stand Ana. And how everyone hates on her bc of her scars. She just seems like a gabry knock off and it’s painful throughout the whole book.

Also - part of what I loved about Elias and gabry in book2 was that they were always at each others throats - it was like full battery she slapped the shit out of him and they both were very opinionated. Now they’re just like gooey eyed and love sloppy and it’s honestly tired. Wtf