Review: Red Hill – Jamie McGuire

When the world ends, can love survive?

For Scarlet, raising her two daughters alone makes fighting for tomorrow an everyday battle. Nathan has a wife, but can’t remember what it’s like to be in love; only his young daughter Zoe makes coming home worthwhile. Miranda’s biggest concern is whether her new VW Bug is big enough to carry her sister and their boyfriends on a weekend escape from college finals.

When reports of a widespread, deadly “outbreak” begin to surface, these ordinary people face extraordinary circumstances and suddenly their fates are intertwined. Recognizing they can’t outrun the danger, Scarlet, Nathan, and Miranda desperately seek shelter at the same secluded ranch, Red Hill. Emotions run high while old and new relationships are tested in the face of a terrifying enemy—an enemy who no longer remembers what it’s like to be human.

Set against the backdrop of a brilliantly realized apocalyptic world, love somehow finds a way to survive. But what happens when the one you’d die for becomes the one who could destroy you?

Red Hill grabs you from page one and doesn’t let go until its stunning conclusion. This is #1 New York Times bestselling author Jamie McGuire at her unforgettable best.

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Release Date: October 1, 2013
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Source: Amazon, via my own wallet
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

Wow! Talk about something different!!!

Zombie (or shufflers, teds, infected, etc) are the thing lately, so I thought I try this one. It’s very different from what I would normally read, but there was just something about it that I liked. it’s not a touchy, feely story that will leaving you feeling good at the end. It’s dark, gritty and at times a little frightening. But what kind of post apocalyptic story wouldn’t be these things?

We get several different character perspectives in this story, all starting from a very different place on the day the world “ended”. Through their eyes we get to see just how the world changed, what they had to go through to find their “safe place” and what they lost as the epidemic started by one man changed their lives forever.

This definitely won’t be for everyone, but if you enjoyed World War Z this is one you’d probably want to pick up.