Thin Line Between

by Anne C. Petty and M.A.C. Petty

In Thin Line Between, newcomer M.A.C. Petty's exciting first book in the Wandijna Quartet series, Alice Waterstone has enough to worry about putting together the long-awaited Land of Legends... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593600429
• ISBN13: 9781593600426
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Cold Spring Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

full of suspense and excitement, well written

Written in a very visual style with great suspense. I was holding my breath in places, turning pages like mad. The characters are interesting and three-dimensional, and easy to get attached to. But the best thing this book has going for it is the dreamtime myths that make the background for the story - this makes the story totally unique and different. Book 1 of this series ends in a cliffhanger, with an important dangerous magical object that was lost for awhile suddenly being found again. A lot of setup has gone into this first plot, so now many questions are waiting to be answered in the rest of the series. I'm not sure if you would call this a fantasy book or horror or mystery. Its all three rolled into one, and I think people who like to read any of those categories would definitely enjoy Thin Line Between.

Spooky, fun and close to home.

I picked up Thin Line Between based on the cover and took it home based on the quote on the back from the book itself: "Telling ghost stories and writing about them was one thing, even fun in a daring sot of way, but it didn't make them real..." This book is both engaging and spooky. Set mostly in the Florida swamps, you begin a tale of a strong mother-daughter team whose lives begin to spin out of control when past legends (local and Australian) come to life. This first of four novels will make you wonder if that monster in your closet or under your bed, when you were a kid, was just your imagination after all.

Thin Line - great book

After seeing so many trashy books out there, this book should really go places. It is full of action and mystery for the reader. Starting off in swamps of Florida secrets of the past start coming to life with a Mother and her daughter. Then when an art exhibit comes to the museum where the mother works, Old legends and folklore from two different Continents bring together an exciting story for readers of all ages. Keeps the readers attention and you do not want to put the book down. Waiting for the next 3 books to come to the shelves. Mary Grimes

a solid fantasy page-turner

Most fantasy books fall into the European-Arthur mold or some kind of medieval style sword and sorcery world. What I enjoyed about this book was the setting of Dreamtime supernatural events, which is very different from typical fantasy setting. I thought the museum setting, for the modern parts of the book, was especially well done. The characters are three dimensional, but the character of Margaret was the most appealing to me, bratty, smart, and a loner. But this is not a children's book, it has plenty of graphic violence and a bit of sex, plus a complicated storyline that is interstingly set up in book one, so I'm assuming book two will fill in some more of the back-story. There are some really effective suspense scenes where the main characters are stalked (and finally encounter) a horrific creature from another world. I read it over a weekend and then loaned it to a friend who works in an art gallery. She's having a good time with it. I think anyone who likes fantasy or the supernatural and wants something a little different will enjoy reading it.

very unusual

Bought teh book on the basis of the cover, and it turned out to be really good. STrange unusual subject matter with a good fantasy plot that pulled all the strings together at the end, but promised much more to come. I am now very interested to see how the next book inthe series turns out. The author is very good at dialog and descriptions. Highly reccommended.