Grace Hamilton has written many series about the aftermath of a life as we know it event. She always has a great story to tell with great characters who must learn to survive the hard way. Every series is different, no story repeats, no recycled events. That alone is an amazing feat, but her stories are engrossing. Your attention is focus'd on how these people will get out of this alive, much less manage to live through the next disaster. I love her books and share with all of my reading friends.
Burned World continues the story of the McDonald family and the trials they will battle to survive. Fires are destroying many settlements as they rage towards Hickory Falls. As new survivors join the community, their skills will help keep the settlement safe and allow them to prosper. It will also add some less than savory characters to the battle all must join.

This is the fourth book in the Surviving the End series by Grace Hamilton. This is an exciting series that follows the McDonald family's survival after the apocalypse and life in the settlement, Hickory Falls, that they helped to build.

Description:
The apocalypse is over. But the struggle for survival has only just begun… A hard-won peace has been earned by the McDonald family’s Georgia settlement, Hickory Falls. The rural community offers shelter, food, and safety. At least for now… But in the aftermath of the solar flare, and the fall of the old world, danger takes many forms. It begins with a drought that threatens crops. Then a flood of refugees arrives, driven from their homes by a raging wildfire. They’ve lost everything, and the inferno is spreading. Taking in the dispossessed means more mouths to feed—but it also means willing hands to do vital work. And one refugee in particular has valuable skills. Greyson was a firefighter, and he’s got a plan to make Hickory Falls safe from the encroaching fire. But there’s something a little off about the man. Beth, the McDonald matriarch, doesn’t trust him—though she can’t say why. But, like it or not, he’s part of the community now. Will his preparations save Hickory Falls? Or plunge the community into fiery doom…

My Thoughts:
In this book the McDonald family, as well as the entire town of Hickory Falls, is faced with the threat of wildfire. This is another exciting installment to the series with lots of risk, tension, and threats to their survival. The very blunt cliffhanger at the end left me furious though - I really wanted to know more! This entire series is tense with peril at every turn. It will definitely get your heart rate up. Waiting impatiently for the next book....

Thanks to Relay Publishing through Netgalley for an advance copy.