My end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it series -- about world-wide catastrophe and climate change caused by an asteroid colliding with the moon -- is suddenly about a dystopia! And that's not at all what I wanted for this series. 
 The Last Survivor series started out strong, focusing on a family and their survival through horrific conditions, including a world-wide winter, starvation, disease, and every bad natural occurrence you can imagine. In this new book, set four years after the asteroid strike, society has become fractured into enclaves of the privileged ("clavers") and the laborers ("grubs") who serve them. It all felt a bit too much, too soon to me, especially in how very much the clavers seem to have internalized the caste-system and look upon the grubs as sub-human. 
 I liked the original trilogy very much; I'm not crazy about the new direction the series seems to have taken. It was a quick and compelling read, with plenty of action and drama, but I'm not sure that I'd want to continue past this point. 
 Note: I received an advance copy of this book via Edelweiss in exchange for my honest review. 
 (My full review is now available at Bookshelf Fantasies.)