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If you thought that The Line Between was intense and riveting, you'll be just as enthusiastically engrossed by its sequel!!! This is just as action packed and the surprises and hits just keep happening!! Toca Lee has another hit upon her hands!! Wynter is so much stronger, she's more determined and maybe even more reckless! Chase is right by her side as they have to once again navigate a dangerous world that is forever changed! As the clock upon humanity ticks away they race to find their future. I loved how this concluded!! I had tears in my eyes and felt so hopeful for this new world. I really don't want to say goodbye to these characters!! I'm just not ready...
The sequel to The Line Between, A Single Light, pushes and tugs your emotions from start to finish. Once again, Tosca Lee crafts a thriller to challenge us to think how we would react, really react, if the world as we knew it changed and morphed into something out of our biggest fears. Could we make the right choice? Is that right choice the right choice for me or must we choose the right choice for a bigger, collective “us” before being being able to choose what satisfies our hopes and our desires? Do we look after just ourselves and the ones closest to us or risk it all for the sake of the greater good. Join Wynter and Chase and see what happens when they emerge into the new America!
Riveting. Thrilling. Edge-of-your-seat. Action-packed. A Single Light legitimately has everything you could ever hope for in a novel. I had the privilege of being an advanced reader for both The Line Between and A Single Light, and I have yet to be disappointed. I could not put A Single Light down...thank heavens I was stuck in a vehicle on a road trip! It had twists and turns I hadn’t anticipated, features that sometimes made me audibly gasp or shriek (but not always in glee). To be honest, as soon as I finished it, I texted and messaged several friends to tell them to read A Single Light when it’s available in September. That’s saying something because I don’t often recommend books. I am constantly reading novels in my free time; sometimes, I struggle through poorly-written stories with underdeveloped plots and never pick up the books again. A Single Light, though, I know is one I’ll read multiple times and catch new details upon each read-through. I have high standards for novels, and Tosca surpassed them. A hundred fold.
What I loved most about A Single Light--outside of the obvious action and thrill that left me clinging to my Kindle with white knuckles and gnawing on my fingernails--was that it was believable. The dystopian world Tosca created wasn’t farfetched or unrealistic. Instead of questioning the accuracy of the epidemic-suffering society of A Single Light, I found myself being curious about the possibility of its existence. It was easy for me to picture the trials the characters faced and relate to them. Wynter and Chase grew into better people, and they had a real relationship, complete with all its ups and downs. They weren’t superheroes of invincibility; rather, all of the characters in A Single Light had flaws and faults--all things with which we all struggle on a daily basis. Tosca pulled me into her imagination from the first page, and I loved every step of the adventure. Easily one of Tosca’s best works, and definitely one of my favorites.
Read The Line Between. Read A Single Light. I guarantee, you won’t regret it.
I had not read The Line Between but found that it was not completely necessary. I will definitely go back and read The Line Between though. This is not your ordinary mystery thriller but is a fast paced post apocalyptic thriller that kinda keeps you on the edge of your seat. I found it very interesting and I don’t think there are other books out there like this one! Tosca has gained another loyal reader! I look forward to reading more of her books
And now I can sleep. The stunning sequel to The Line Between kept the pages turning into the wee small hours. I couldn’t imagine after the first book, how many more twists and turns an author could dream up, but Tosca Lee has done it again. The characters were vivid, even the new ones, fresh heartbreak was hauntingly conveyed and the conclusion shocking and satisfying all at once.
Not a series I’ll ever forget.
o say this book is a superb follow-up to The Line Between is an understatement. The story of Wynter Roth continues in this fast-paced, taut thriller, where Wynter finds herself facing the world after six months locked away in an underground bunker. She and boyfriend, Chase Miller, must race against the clock to locate desperately needed medications in cities that have been ravaged by disease, and those that take advantage of the breakdown of society. Along the way, you will meet new characters, as well as revisit with characters from the first book.
The setup of the book works extremely well, leaving one desperate to read each chapter and find out what happens next. It’s an incredibly realistic and frighteningly possible type of scenario that will leave some readers wondering what they can do to better prepare themselves should something similar ever come to pass. Can we trust our food supply? How safe are we from foreign governments? Can we trust our own neighbors?
The two books in this series would make a great and suspenseful movie or TV series, but only with someone committed to staying true to the books. Each character and scenario is vitally important to the storyline. Tosca Lee was a new author to me prior to The Line Between, but she has secured her place as a favorite author for me and a master of suspense. I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone who loves thrillers and dystopian novels.
If you thought “The Line Between” was intense, hold on to your britches! Lee cranks up the intensity, and the body count, in this heart-pounding sequel. With no good place to put this fast-passed thriller down, “A Single Light” will keep you reading well into the night. This character driven novel picks up in the underground silo where secrets come out and tensions run high. When the door finally opens, nothing is as expected. The area has been decimated and at first it’s unclear if anyone else has survived. A desperate need for medicine sends Wynter and Chase into a dangerous new world where everything that could possibly go wrong, does. Once again, the key to saving the world is Wynter, if she can stay alive long enough to save it.
Wow! What an explosive sequel to The Line Between. From the first page, I was sucked in and could not put this down. The action doesn't stop, and that is absolutely not a bad thing.
This picks up shortly after the events of the first book, showing what life is like living in the silo as the virus ravages the world above. Though the occupants know little of what goes on above, Noah keeps them informed with daily updates...until one day things go wrong. The daily video feed is cut short and never comes again. Two weeks of daily videos, and then they are left in silence. The not knowing would be enough to terrify even the bravest.
In this book, we meet new characters that shape Wynter's character even further. There is deep sadness, heart-stopping thrills, and joy. Wynter's journey has never been easy, but her drive to protect those close to her drives her to do whatever she has to to keep them safe.
A Single Light picks up where The Line Between left off. 63 people are living, surviving and cooperating together in an underground silo, a well planned and well constructed shelter. They are sealed in to be protected from a flu-borne pandemic, total chaos and mass destruction going on above ground.
Imagine being locked in underground. You are safe and your needs are being met. What would you miss the most? Sunshine, rain, animals or even freedom...?
As the days spent underground add up, tensions, anxieties and fear levels also go up. Any unbridled fear would yield to lunacy. Everyone wanted to know what was going on above ground. Had issues been resolved or had they worsened? How many of the original 63 will surface on opening day and what will they see and find?
As the underground survivors finally surface, they find that their world is almost unrecognizable. So much has changed. Food, water, medicine and fuel are scarce. Currency holds no value. Law and order is non existent. Is there any good left in the world?
As Wynter and Chase navigate through their new normal, they do so with a determined purpose and a strong will to survive. Their new normal is filled with surprises, challenges, disappointments, victories and many opportunities to work together and depend on one another.
This book is filled with villains and heroes. Also filled with plenty of people who are in need of rescue and those who are willing to take up the challenge and accomplish the job, no matter the cost. Many examples of bravery and self sacrifice point to the fact that there is still good left in Wynter and Chase’s much changed world.
I love stories where people and places get opportunities to change for the better, where old thing are made new and where beauty can rise from the ashes. Well done!
I received a complimentary copy of this awesome book from Howard Books. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.