"Far From Over" Breaking Out Series, Book Four

Breaking Out #4

by Carol Gambill

It was all that Matt Lamont could do in keeping his life separated from his past, but now things were far from over. When a stranger, Autumn Reynolds, picks him up walking alone and confused along a country road, Matt is reluctant with the assistance that eventually brings him back to a life of meaning. But there happens to be a little matter of dealing with his failing memory. When flashes of that memory begin to surface, they only tell of a seedy lifestyle filled with torment and heartache. Who is he and what had he done? Autumn helps link the pieces of the troubled past and brings him to the inevitable truth, but in the end, might Autumn be the one to ultimately suffer.

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First published August 11, 2011

Reviews

[Lhenry · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good amnesia story - has all the right elements with a hero who thinks he might be a bad guy and is gradually regaining his memory. Just the right amount of angst as he remembers who he is and his awful childhood. The story is told from several different points of view, which help heighten the suspense of know just why the hero had been captured in the first place. The shifts in viewpoint were confusing but I think that added to the confusion the hero is feeling and it worked well for me as the reader. The heroine, Autumn was not the focus of the book - her role as healing angel sounds silly but was actually quite believable, and her character was well developed through her actions.

This would have been a five star for me except for the large number of errors that could have been corrected with editing - mostly dealing with mixing up words such as using the word dredge instead of trudge. Normally these things bother me a lot but in this book the story was so good, I could still really enjoy it.

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading books in the third person is not typically my style and therefore it made it difficult or me to get into the story, but once I got into it I liked it. The plot was fairly predictable and the characters were a little flat and I felt they required a bit more fleshing out for my liking. The plot itself was interesting, but lacked a little in description at certain points.

Overall a likeable, but not necessarily loveable book for me. A solid 3/5.

[Pamela · Rating 2 out of 5]

You see this sexy, hard-bodied male-specimen that graces this cover? Well, that man does not exist in this book. Talk about disappointing. Yes, yes, I know, don't judge a book by it's cover but ladies, come on! You can't tell me that when you see a ripped body like this that you don't think there's going to be some hot sex between the two protagonists of the story, Matt and Autumn, do you? Hate to be the bearer of bad news but except for some kissing, there's none, zero, zilch. I didn't even feel any heat, chemistry or sparks between the two. Reading the synopsis I thought I was in for a real treat; I loved the way they met and how Autumn took such good care of Matt. Hoping for more intrigue and romance, I kept reading accompanying Matt's road to discovery of who he really is as he has absolutely no idea. Little by little we bear witness to his abusive childhood at the hands of his unloving mother; to growing up to become a very hard, and unfeeling man. As interesting as his background is, he still came across as flat to me. Then there's Autumn who I really liked when the story started, but once she started talking about life in general with Matt, I found her to be a complete and utter bore. For a 28 year-old woman she came across as a silly little daddy's girl. For someone who thinks there's good in every one, she must have forgotten her loyalty to her fiancée when she was kissing Matt, and then lay beside him on the bed - trust me, they just lay there and slept (cue eye-roll). There's some action near the end with Matt trying to save Autumn and his own life, but everything in between, quite the yawn-fest in my opinion. Sorry but I just didn't find this book to be exciting at all. So in the end I leave it up to you if you wish to read "Far From Over."