Reviewed at http://www.nightlyreading.wordpress.com 
 You know how sometimes you pick up a second book in a series and really do not expect it to live up to the hype of the first? Well, I can honestly say that Carrie Ryan did a fantastic job with The Dead-Tossed Waves. I was so enthralled that I had a hard time putting it down. I LOVE this series and consider it to be one of my ultimate favorites! 
 The book starts out when Gabrielle, her best friend, Cira, Cira's brother, Catcher and some of the other town's kids get together and decide that they are going to sneak past the fence that surrounds the village and go to the amusement park that has been shut down for ages. Gabry does not really want to go, it goes against everything that she has been taught about the mudo or unconsecrated, as her mother calls them. She knows that she is only safe behind the fence in the town. But Catcher convinces her that he will not leave her side and he will keep her safe. So they slowly creep over the fence. With Catcher by Gabry's side, things start getting a little intimate, which Gabry has been hoping for. She has had a crush on Catcher for as long as she can remember. As they share their first kiss, things definitely start going crazy. The mudo have found them and chaos erupts. 
 This sets things in motion for Gabry to leave behind the only home she has ever known. Her mother has always told her stories of The Forest of Hands and Teeth and she is frightened to enter, but she feels like she has no other choice. 
 Gabry ends up having two love interests and learns a whole lot about her past that has been kept from her for her whole life. It was very hard to decipher which young man who I wanted Gabry to be with in the end since they are both pretty great. I loved the ending and cried like a baby. This book really tugged at my heart-strings and I cannot wait to read the next in the series, Dark and Hollow Places. Carrie is a fantastic writer and really knows how to get across to the reader the pain and anguish that the characters are going through.