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​​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
 

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