I was contacted by the author a couple months ago, if I would like to receive a copy of her new book, and after checking the blurb and already existing reviews for the first book, I gladly said yes. I’m on a thriller and maybe even a bit of a dystopian binge lately. And the overall feel of the plot really spoke to me, as well as the main character being a cult escapee.

The Line Between Series by Tosca Lee

DOUBLE AUDIOBOOK REVIEW

The Line Between & A Single Light by Tosca Lee

An extinct disease re-emerges from the melting Alaskan permafrost to cause madness in its victims. For recent apocalyptic cult escapee Wynter Roth, it’s the end she’d always been told was coming.
When Wynter Roth is turned out of New Earth, a self-contained doomsday cult on the American prairie, she emerges into a world poised on the brink of madness as a mysterious outbreak of rapid early onset dementia spreads across the nation.
As Wynter struggles to start over in a world she’s been taught to regard as evil, she finds herself face-to-face with the apocalypse she’s feared all her life—until the night her sister shows up at her doorstep with a set of medical samples. That night, Wynter learns there’s something far more sinister at play and that these samples are key to understanding the disease.
Now, as the power grid fails and the nation descends into chaos, Wynter must find a way to get the samples to a lab in Colorado. Uncertain who to trust, she takes up with former military man Chase Miller, who has his own reasons for wanting to get close to the samples in her possession, and to Wynter herself.
Blurb for A Single Light: A Novel book 2

Book generously provided in exchange for an honest review.

The Line Between Series by Tosca Lee

my thoughts

So there I was. I had these two books on my shelf but just couldn’t find the time to read them. To fix this conundrum I went to the library and borrowed the audiobooks, and let me tell you – I was hooked!!!

The first book, The Line Between I finished in just under two days (10 hrs and 7 mins). And the second one, A Single Light took only three days (9 hrs and 43 mins). These two books should be read as one book. They belong together and need to be read together to get the full picture and a full conclusion with HEA.

I have always been fascinated with anything surrounding religious sects. Anything from compounds, to the stories from survivors and escapees. Combine that with a chilling plot of a deadly virus that is actually based on real life facts and you got me glued to my phone.

The main characters:

Wynter was a great female character, naive at times because of her background and circumstances, but also ballsy and brave when needed. Her character’s growth was very well done. There was never a point when I felt that she left her former life too easily behind her. Her gradual adjustment to life outside the compound was well balanced and thought through.

My romantic heart loved and adored Chase Miller, he was a great partner in crime. Protective, formidable thanks to being a former solider, and incredibly dedicated to Wynter. Their relationship was an easy one. Based on companionship, attraction and assistance in delivering a cure.

The story:

There were a couple scenes and moments that really tugged on my heartstrings.

The entire story was set up in a way that our main characters were always running against time. Additional setbacks and hurdles kept me on the edge of my seat. The story was full of energy and never boring. It really highlighted the fear, distress and foreboding that comes with a world changing its status quo from one day to another. Millions of people were dying. The economy was gone. Transportation was gone. Food and medicine was gone. The world, as it was known suddenly stopped existing. Everyone fought for themselves. And let’s not forget a killer virus on the loose. Like I said it’s one interesting and dynamic story.

Recommendation:

So, if you love a thriller set in a dystopian USA, with a great romantic couple, non-stop action, wonderful storytelling and an edge of your seat plot – this book is for you.