A review by egraney
The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan

2.0

I was really looking forward to reading this as I very much liked "The Forest of Hands and Teeth." But it seems like the author (or publisher more likely)decided strong female leads put off readers. So instead of creating another complicated and independent female character like Mary from the first novel, she instead recreated Bella Swan complete with dueling brooding love interests. Gabry consistently makes, and causes others to make, careless and unnecessary decisions that result not just in the death of individuals but the destruction of entire villages. She is whiny and weak and always looking for someone to protect her. While there are flashes of Ryan's interesting musings on the nature of death and the psychological results of imprisonment as the only means to survivial, this sequel otherwise fell completely flat.