In some ways this was a lot different than Jamie McGuire's other books, in others it was exactly what I expect from her. 
 As a viral outbreak spreads, turning humans into walking (attacking) corpses, Scarlet is determined to find her daughters before something happens to them. As the outbreak spreads, along with panic and fear, she makes her way to Red Hill, hoping her daughters will do the same. 
 The book jumps between the perspectives of several individuals also trying to find safety, whether to Red Hill specifically or just out of the cities. As each group that eventually makes it's way to Red Hill experiences slightly different challenges and meets different people along the way, the variety of narrators added to the complete story in a way that learning of their journeys in hindsight could not provide. 
 While I'm not typically a fan of zombies (I sit in the room while The Walking Dead is on, though I don't watch with my complete attention), Red Hill surprised me. Yes, I had several descriptive scenes that left me feeling slightly ill, but as the story progressed, the descriptions were toned down -- one only needs to read about how to kill a zombie before it can be referenced without the gore and still get the point across. Jaime McGuire did an excellent job conveying the panic and fear of an epidemic spread, while retaining the humanity of the survivors. And when it came time to turn out the lights, it was a struggle to remember that I did have to function in the morning, and sleeping was probably more important than finishing the last 10% of the book right then.