J.D. Horn

The Line

J. D. Horn

To the uninitiated, Savannah shows only her bright face and genteel manner. Those who know her well, though, can see beyond her colonial trappings and small-city charm to a world where witchcraft is respected, Hoodoo is feared, and spirits linger. Mercy Taylor is all too familiar with the supernatural side of Savannah, being a member of the most powerful family of witches in the South. Despite being powerless herself, of course. Having grown up without magic of her own, in the shadow of her talented and charismatic twin sister, Mercy has always thought herself content. But when a series of mishaps--culminating in the death of the Taylor matriarch--leaves a vacuum in the mystical underpinnings of Savannah, she finds herself thrust into a mystery that could shake her family apart...and unleash a darkness the line of Taylor witches has been keeping at bay for generations.

Vilde

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I really, really enjoyed The Line, love the story and the plot and the characters. It was very intriguing from the beginning, in my opinion, and I really found the backdrop for The Line and its characters really interesting, along the way with the plot twisters came unraveling as you read. I throughly enjoyed this paranormal intriguing Witching Savannah novel!

Sarah Escorsa

Disclaimer: I'm going through a I Hate Everything but Ilona Andrews and Pippa DaCosta and Craig Schaefer Phase (IAEbIAaPDaCSP™). Just sayin'.

☠ DNF at 45%

➽ Shortest Crappy Non Review (CNR™) in the history of Short and Crappy Non Reviews (SaCNR™): 

Want to know how I feel about this one? Look at how I shelved it. Go on now, don't be afraid, my Little Barnacles, my shelves only attack crappy books, not Tiny yet Lovely Arthropods (TyLA™) like you *waits patiently for her Favourite yet Clueless Crustaceans (FyCC™) to go through her Fascinating Shelves List (FSL™)* Are you done? (view spoiler)[
  See? Told you it would be harmless for you. For this delightful little book, however? Not so much. What can I say? It sucks to be a book on my bookshelves.
 (hide spoiler)]  So. Need I say more? Didn't think so. 

The End.





Come on, Edward, let's bail. Time for us to go back to Grown-Up UF Land (GUUL™), where no immature nitwit under 35 25 is allowed.

Becky

Now I was always destined to enjoy this book as witches and magic is my drug. I enjoy magic and such almost as much as I enjoy romance novels. So me and this book were made for each other. This ook had everything, conflict twists and a nice take on magic. I do wish there was more about the actual magic, a greater explanation for it all, but i did enjoy it all the same. After all I think there wasn't any greater explanation as Mercy had no understanding of magic, so I'm hoping there will be greater exploration of that side of things in another book.

Ali Dane

I had the pleasure of reading this book prior to its release courtesy of Kindle Firstreads. As I stated in an earlier post, I have not explored the "witchy" genre too much unless you count the Harry Potter series. I was glad I decided to make the leap! I've been careful to avoid spoilers in my review...

I was very happy to find that this book did not violate any of my major rules and did not ending being a first chapter fail. It was well edited and I thought that it was a great debut novel. It is a thrilling and at times frightening story that never leaves you standing on solid ground. I was constantly trying to figure out what is up and down, good and bad and all the shades of grey in between. I really cannot say too much about the plot without giving away major spoilers but you know I love an epic plot twist. It reads like a supernatural/thriller whodunit.

I loved the descriptions of Savannah and it's earthly and unearthly inhabitants. I have only been to Savannah once for an extremely brief visit, but this book reminded me of the romanticism and old world grandeur that I loved about it.

I initially was annoyed by the love triangle that came with the story but I ultimately ended up REALLY enjoying how it all played out. If you are inherently against love triangles I would encourage you to give this one a chance. You might be surprised.

I think that fans of adult fiction and YA fiction alike will enjoy this book since the main character is about 21. I like how it spans between these two genres and I'd like to see more books like this. I thought the pacing at the end was a little odd, but I can't really elaborate without major spoilers so you will see what I mean. Overall, this book would not end up being one of my all time favorite reads but I did really enjoy it. If you had to ask me what it was that it was missing I couldn't tell you exactly what it was. All I know is that it was missing a magical little something that would have captured my heart. I will say that I easily read the book in a couple of days and the story pulls you right in.