Tosca Lee is one of those authors you thank god you’ve found and “The Line Between” is the testament to that.

What an incredible book this is, but before we tell you why, let us talk a little about the skills the author offers.

The first thing you will realize, is the authors ability to make us hold our breaths in expectation of what will happen next. More than once you will have to “consciously” take a breath in order not to faint while reading scenes on this book, because you can be assured that your heart will be running a lot with this read.

The second thing is how well she portraits insanity, delusion and fear. It isn’t common to find a writer that can paint dementia and sheer insanity so calmly, so smoothly, so casually, which adds to the spookiness of the whole thing. There are scenes that the only reasonable reaction is: “ what in the name of Christ….?”.

Delusion is a BIG aspect in here, and although we will explain more later on, there is a strong emphasis on it and narcissism, portrait in a stellar and vivid fashion, adding contrast to the whole book in a pleasing way, and you will find out why later on in this review.

The third great thing about Tosca Lee is the ability to make us, readers keep us enjoying the book, even when things are eerie to the point that our mouths are wide open. It’s amazing. 

OK. What is the book about and why did we like it so much?

Well, “The Line Between” is about Wynter, a girl that grows on a secluded “church-camp” created by Magnus Theisen, a former CEO of a multimillion dollar company, that claims to be “The voice of God”. Wynter, along with her older sister Jacklyn, moved there with her mother when she was just 7 years old. After she reaches 22 years old, having been raised in such “tight” and closed community, she is thrown out from the “church-camp” with nothing but her clothes due to her sins just as the outside society starts going completely insane for an unknown reason.

THIS is the main premise of the book and we will not delve deeper in order not to spoil your reading session.

There are MANY goodies in this book, and this is why we think that “The Line Between” will forever be one of those little gems of literature. There are passages so good that the you will want to repeat them, and the main passage of this book, that gives its title, is repeated TWICE in the book, but the thing is, the author is able to add power and meaning to the same quote the second time around, making it EVEN better. It’s Amazing! Once again, I will not reveal the quote in order not to spoil your fun.

The characters are very well constructed, and original.  There is the narcissistic, charismatic villain that you can hate without remorse, the main character, Wynter, that doesn’t start off “strong” but grows as the book progresses, there is also a very cool “sidekick” that is very lovable and a GREAT example of male characters, there is the “redeemed villain”, and Noah. Hahahahahah.  Yes, there is a guy called Noah.

The author CAN and DOES make the interaction between them flawlessly good and realistic, both from the positive aspects, as well as in the negative, there are LOTS of plot-twists that you don’t see coming, action scenes, and some of the most realistic romance scenes out there.

The book is outright enjoyable and we learn a lot from it.

GEEK ALERT!: There is LOTS of science here, so if you like biology, chemistry and the related, this book will please you a lot! It’s very well made in terms of SCIENCE!

Sexual harassment here is outstandingly portrait and the setting that it was put in shows us that we should be more vigilant on certain sectors of society, specially those that are trusted the most to give a holy example. Mrs, Lee makes a very good call on this book.

This is a great book recommendation from us, because it will please ALL types of readers, even those who aren’t into thrillers or suspense. It is a very good thriller, very well done by Tosca Lee. Find this book and is sequel on her site.

Pros:

• GREAT plot with an original and witty take.
• GRIPPING and consistent narrative that doesn’t “tone down” much.
• GREAT and original characters that are very well constructed and play consistent roles on the story.
• Unexpected plot-twists.
• The takes on insanity, dementia and delusion on this book are OUTSTANDING! VERY well portrait! Excellently put scenes and ambience.
• No loose knots. Everything was wrapped as it should have been, but not as expected.

Cons:

• There is an initial  patch of the book that makes the story get “slow” for around 20 pages. But after that, it’s smooth sailing to the end.  It’s necessary, but still somewhat long.

Favorite Character : Chase

Lesson from the book: “Hell is inside our heads”

Cover score: 9.8/10

Final score: 8.5/10

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