A young man is killed on a lonely stretch of road in Oregon. It seems there were entities following him wh.en he took his motorcycle on a ride for a wearing a camera for a couple of his buddies and their supernatural podcast. Now there are four young woment who take this road as a detour since there is a traffic tie-up on the highway.

Told in two timelines, with memories of trauma for each of the four in the present and in their shared past. The road seems to be able to make everyone remember traumatic times from their childhood and things that put them in danger.. Hallucinations for each of the women, although not at the same time, make all of them wonder what is happening. They run into the friends who were filming when the young man was killed and use their vehicle to try to make their way to the end of the road after during a hallucination, their car was undrivable.

Now the group is trying to get off this road and just survive. The ghosts/apparitions made the 15 mile drive horrendous, but not murderously so.

I enjoy thrillers and I thought this book would be a thriller. It is not IMHO. This is more of a horror book that kind of horrorred itself out midway. The ending did put everything in perspective.

The opening of White Line Fever only hints at the dangers of Country Road 951 (also known as The Devil’s Driveway), but that brief motorcycle ride was more than enough to pull me in for the real story of Livia and her friends. This is an intense and thrilling adventure. And while definitely not perfect, I certainly enjoyed the ride. But in the future I’ll definitely be avoiding shortcuts I’m not familiar with, lol. I’d like to thank Tor Publishing Group | Tor Nightfire and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review an eARC of White Line Fever.

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This book was strange in that in the first 20 pages, I didn't understand what was happening. The writing was almost ethereal and did not make much sense. As such I had such a hard time enjoying this book.

“A trip from Hell..” is the understatement of the year, the psychological roller coaster that the characters went through in this story was insane!
I liked the characters and the different timelines, it was fast-paced and heartbreaking at times.
It was definitely more about overcoming their childhood trauma, how much that was still deeply rooted within the friend group. I liked the supernatural part of it, the “is it real or is it not?” was definitely my favorite part but I do wish there would’ve been just a little more.

💀💀💀💀/5

3.5 stars. Much longer than it needed to be. This is the story of the Girls Trip from Hell. Or maybe to Hell? Since the ladies have to travel down the Devil's Driveway in order to get to their destination of a relaxation spa. They take this road as a shortcut and come to the very limits of their sanity. Something terrifying has been haunting Rt 951 for a long time. It will take all their strength and willpower to fight the demons on this road.

*Special thanks to NetGalley and Tor Nightfire for this digital e-arc.*

Don't let this pretty cover fool you. This is one spooky, creepy read.

Liv, Ash, Mo and Becca - are back together again as Liv hits a very rough time in her life. They've been friends since they were kids, these 4, and they're coming back together to gather around Liv and take her to a nice spa and retreat weekend. But the drive seems to be taking forever and after an uncomfortable run in with another car on the road, they decide to take a suggested shortcut and cut their time and commute down to just 15 minutes.

However, this shortcut is everything but. I love how this story unfolded. It really did keep me guessing and wonder what was going on and what would happen next. The additional characters was a great addition and I was glad it pulled that first prologue into the rest of the story.

This was a wild adventure, frightening to imagine the horrors and nightmares required to survived. I loved this group and their lasting friendship. This was a great read, I loved it!

A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.

"White Line Fever" is a gripping story about friendship and survival as a group of friends take a shortcut on a dangerous road in Central Oregon. The road, known as The Devil's Driveway, turns their joyride into a fight for their lives as they are pursued by a terrifying force. The women must rely on each other and their own inner strength to make it through this harrowing ordeal.

I used to live in the Pacific Northwest, and reading this book brought back memories of driving around in the woods there. This is the first book I've read by this author, and I must say, I found it quite enjoyable despite its bizarre nature. It's a typical horror supernatural book with a lot going on, making it hard to fully grasp, yet impossible to put down.

The story follows several characters, including Livia and her friends, as well as Drew and his friends. The narrative jumps between both groups and their experiences during a drive. The nonlinear timeline allows us to uncover Liv's secrets and past, creating a sense of mystery and intrigue. It reminded me of a mix between Stranger Things and The Sixth Sense, set on the road.

The eerie descriptions in the story made it captivating and difficult to set aside. Having lived in Seattle for four years and frequently traveled to Oregon, the vivid imagery made me feel like I was right there with Liv and her friends on the Devils Driveway.

While I understand that this book may not be for everyone based on the ratings, I personally was not disappointed. From start to finish, I was engrossed and couldn't stop reading. I was fortunate enough to also listen to the audiobook, and the narrator did an excellent job of bringing the story to life. If you struggled with the writing style in the book, I highly recommend the audiobook as a great alternative.

If you enjoy supernatural thrillers with a touch of horror and an overall atmospheric feel, then this book is definitely worth checking out. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it!

Thank you, Macmillan Audio and Tor Nightfire, for the digital ARC copy. I am leaving this review voluntarily.

My thanks to NetGalley and Nightfire Books/Tor Publishing Group for the ARC of 'White Line Fever' in exchange for an honest review.
Horror hits the road on a literal Highway to H-E-Double Hockey Sticks.
This is a familiar primal story for all aficionados of horror books and movies......four girls on a vacation road trip sidetracked on to a notorious 15 mile stretch of highway.. A curving, middle-of-nowhere road littered with stories of wrecked cars and the bodies of drivers and passengers. It's a vehicular version of a roach motel......you drive in, but you don't drive out.
But these girls will be okay, right? After all, it's only 15 miles, right? Feel free to rub your hands in anticipation of horrific events to befall Livia, Ash, Morgan and Becka as they foolishly navigate their way through this demonic short cut.
Whatever it is that lurks and stalks County Route 951, it knows what scares you and wastes no time in piercing the girls' secret anxieties and fears;......especially our narrator Livia, a survivor of terrible abuse and cruelty she suffered at the hands of her odious father. Their 15 mile trip evolves into a perilous, almost hallucinatory funhouse ride of 'did-you-hear-that? -Did-you-see-that? sights and sounds.
My only problem with 'White Line Fever' (as I think it will be for a lot of horror fans) is the overlong, repetitive length of the book. Pretty much the same kind of scares are repeated over and over and over again, which only served to dilute the overall impact. Toward the last third of the book, I felt it was equivalent to watching an 85 minute horror movie that's been stretched out to the running time of 'Lawrence Of Arabia'.
I did enjoy all of the familiar fearful tropes put into play and the sense of escalating dread built up by each new fresh, nightmarish event thrown into the girls' path. But I also found myself muttering, 'Yeah, I get it, I get it.....they're minds are being messed with. C'mon already', move it along'. It''s up to each individual reader if they''ll roll with the excess or lose patience with it. But I'm sure dedicated, hardcore fans of books to give you bad dreams will want to snap this up in racing heartbeat minute.

Be careful taking that detour!

Livia and her longtime girlfriends go on a weekend getaway. Early on in their journey, they hit traffic and decide to take a detour down this isolated stretch of road, and from there things take a dark turn.

I loved the premise of this book, but I had an issue with the pacing. A lot of the story was slower paced and I did lose interest in parts of it. It did take me a while to get through the book.

I liked the main character and the close friendship she had with her three girlfriends. The story fluctuates between the past and present timelines. I thought the past timeline seemed to drag a little. I liked getting to know more about the characters’ past though.

There were some creepy parts, but a lot of the book is about Livia trying to overcome her traumatic past with her father.

I did like the ending and I think it was fitting for the story. I would like to read this author’s other book now because I did like their writing.

3.5⭐️

I really loved the prologue, but everything that came after fell short of its mark. The dynamics between the scoundrels were interesting to a point, but I found myself wishing the novel leaned more heavily on the past sections because they were the most compelling. The road trip horror element never truly gripped me, only ever leaving me with the subtlest discomfort. I believe it could have been elevated by switching POVs more regularly, like a series of vignettes or short stories that all take place on the Devil's Driveway.

A trip on a haunted highway that is scary and creepy. Who thinks it is a good idea to go through a fence that says road closed? Can anything good come from doing this? On this highway all the traumas of youth come alive. Can the Liv and three of her friends from childhood make it to the end of the road alive? The traumas that come to life are really scary and the road seems so long. There is even a creepy tunnel at the end of the road where many people had accidents.

This is a wild ride. You will not know what is going to happen next. I have not read a lot of horror books, but this one can keep you up at night. I you like horror then give this book a try.

Thank you to #NetGalley, #KCJones, and #TorNightfire for a copy of this book.
#WhiteLineFever

This creepy, mind-bending tale of horror forces the main character Livia and her friends to confront a mysterious and terrifyingly haunted stretch of highway and their real-life demons. I found myself invested from the first chapter and glued to the page as the suspenseful and scary story unfolded. I highly recommend this book for fans of psychological horror.

I really wanted to like this book. But I just could not get into it and the plot felt very flat. I really didn’t connect with any of the characters and it felt like it was just trying to hard to be mysterious and suspenseful but just wasn’t.

This started off really strong with an unsettling trip down a haunted highway. We then switch over to a group of friends who take the highway as a shortcut on their way to a girls trip.

For the longest time, I couldn't really figure out how these two were connected until their stories crossed about 2/3 of the way through the book. I really liked the concepts presented in this book, but I felt like some of the storytelling drug on for a little too long and lacked a bit of clarity for me. I don't think it was a terrible book, but I think it could have been rewritten a few more times to reinforce certain scenes.

CR951 in central Oregon has been deemed by the locals as the Devil's Driveway. Livia is embarking on a much needed getaway weekend. What started asca nice pleasant drive turns into a horrific race against all the ghosts of their pasts and those wretched souls trapped along the Devil's Driveway. A pulse pounding thrill ride, spooky and atmospheric horror at its best.

4 stars

White Line Fever by KC Jones’s multi-character non-linear timeline failed to capture my interest. Because the supernatural entity, The Harrower, feeds on the things that haunt people ; the story focuses on a lot of negative, scary and sometimes traumatic events in the characters pasts. For me, it was an unfortunately unpleasant and unsettling reading experience. ARC was provided by Tor Nightfire via NetGalley. I received an advance review copy for free and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

White Line Fever was pretty good. Started off slow, and maybe a wee bit longer than it needed to be, but after the slow start I was definitely invested. The atmosphere is incredibly on point, and I could certainly imagine how messed up it would feel to be on this abandoned road and can't really be sure if you can trust your own mind. Add to it that there is a pretty intense backstory for Livia and her friends as well as the road, and you definitely have an intriguing story! Sure, it's odd, but I was very invested in the characters and what was going down on this road, so it was worth the ride (pun absolutely intended).

Bottom Line: Atmospheric and eerie, I also really cared about the characters and the history.

A road trip gone wrong thanks to a detour to the Devil's Driveway. Livia, Ash, Mo, and Becka are meant to be on a girls weekend at a resort in Oregon but a snap decision turns things sideways. This is billed as a horror novel but fans of the genre might quibble about that. It is a scary story with elements of horror as the past comes back to haunt these women, No spoilers from me. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. Good characters make this a good read.

Thank you to NetGalley, KC Jones, and Tor Publishing Group for the ebook. This was a wild, mind-bending tale that kept me questioning everything! The supernatural forces and deep-rooted ties from the past had an eerie grip on both the road and its travelers, leaving me completely captivated. A thrilling and unforgettable read!

There’s something about a horror novel that takes place on a desolate, tree-lined country road that always piques my interest. Something as mundane as a country road can conjure up so many creepy situations: the lone hitchhiker, the eerie rest stop, the vehicle following you closer than is considered normal. Don’t even get me started on the old diner that is smack dab in the middle of this desolate road, filled with locals who don’t like strangers.

As soon as I began reading White Line Fever, I was feeling the creep factor crawl up the back of my neck. I felt the fear and the apprehension. When four friends decide that they are in need of a girls’ weekend away, they didn’t anticipate that it would end up being doomed by an ill-fated shortcut on Country Road 951, also known as The Devil’s Driveway. This was a road that had been closed years ago due to all of the fatal accidents that had occurred on it over the years. Yeah, if that name doesn’t make you think twice about shaving a few miles off your road trip, I don’t know what would.

KC Jones gives the reader a look at the childhood friendship between these four women. We see how much their friendship meant to them, how their late-night get-togethers brought them closer together. Each of these women had experienced their own share of pain and misery during their childhood years. The memories of their darkest most painful times would come back to haunt them in their most vulnerable times.

White Line Fever was more than just a road horror novel. This road was aptly named. It ended up being more dangerous than any narrow lane, twists and turns, sharp drop-offs, or any strange traveler looking for a lift on the shoulder of the road. This road was far-reaching, manipulative, deceptive, and made you question what was real and what wasn’t.

While the majority of the novel moved along at a quick pace, I found that it did drag on a bit. I was intrigued by the story, the characters, their histories, and the country road, but found that my interest waned slightly toward the middle. I was pulled back into the story as it was reaching its pivotal moments and I certainly wanted to find out what was to become of these characters and this road.

White Line Fever was an entertaining horror novel that will make me think twice on my next road trip.

*4 Stars