Four Corners of the World

There is only one author who can take a zombie apocalypse and turn it into a beautiful expression of what humans fear and desire most in the world. Carrie Ryan is exquisite, she has created a trilogy of some of the most unbelievable literature. The characters are all full of life and are so real even though they are living in a very unreal world. Each of the three books had it's own lesson or meaning...the first, The Forest of Hands and Teeth,  symbolized wanting more, not being happy with what we have and always thinking there is something better out there. Every person goes through this at some point in their life. The second book, The Dead Tossed Waves,  was the realization that the choices we made were not the right ones, regretting what we gave up because what we thought we wanted, did not turn out to be all that we dreamed it would. And finally the last book, The Dark and Hollow Places, is the proof that once we figure out what we want, we should go for it and fight for it until the end. It is the realization that survival is no longer enough, we need love and family in order to make our existence worth anything.