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The Edge Of Nowhere
Some roads lead home. Others lead to nowhere. And some take you places you can never return from…
Lara Lawson is used to running. As a paramedic in Chicago, she spends her days saving strangers while barely holding her own life together. But when an unexpected call from her oldest friend, Mia, pulls her back into a past she thought she’d left behind, Lara agrees to one reckless escape—an impromptu road trip north. Just like old times.
But Mia is keeping secrets. The kind that leave bruises. The kind that make a woman look over her shoulder, even when the road ahead is clear.
As they push deeper into the wilderness, leaving the city and its complications behind, the two women find themselves at an isolated truck stop, which changes the course of their journey and their lives forever.
And when the truth catches up, they’ll have only one keep running, or face the darkness they thought they left behind…
For fans of Rebecca Yarros and thrilling women’s fiction, The Edge of Nowhere is a gripping, atmospheric novel of friendship, resilience, and the dark corners we sometimes have to drive through to find the light.
Lara Lawson is used to running. As a paramedic in Chicago, she spends her days saving strangers while barely holding her own life together. But when an unexpected call from her oldest friend, Mia, pulls her back into a past she thought she’d left behind, Lara agrees to one reckless escape—an impromptu road trip north. Just like old times.
But Mia is keeping secrets. The kind that leave bruises. The kind that make a woman look over her shoulder, even when the road ahead is clear.
As they push deeper into the wilderness, leaving the city and its complications behind, the two women find themselves at an isolated truck stop, which changes the course of their journey and their lives forever.
And when the truth catches up, they’ll have only one keep running, or face the darkness they thought they left behind…
For fans of Rebecca Yarros and thrilling women’s fiction, The Edge of Nowhere is a gripping, atmospheric novel of friendship, resilience, and the dark corners we sometimes have to drive through to find the light.
249 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 28, 2025
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December 29, 2025
Self-pub or not, this book was far from ready for its publication. While better than a first draft, it had a long way to go before “final draft” should have been considered. If it had been properly edited, the most glaring issues were easily fixable. As is, the excessively repetitive wording, combined with the constantly recycled descriptions, were enough to drive a reader mad.
Examples: The author referred to something “crunching on gravel” over 25 times. Every time someone stepped outside, or stopped a car? Gravel crunched; every time they stopped anywhere, there was a flickering neon sign; the wind “slapped” everyone in the face when they felt it; the warmth enveloped everyone like a “warm blanket” time and time again; the author described every building in the entire book as “weathered,” and described the forest shadows so many times my head hurt.
On top of that, the same descriptors were used to describe each MC until they weren’t only worn thin, but frayed through. We get it: when Mia cries, her eyes get red and swollen; when Lara talks, her voice is firm, then softens; Mia sits everywhere with her knees drawn to her chest, and plays with the hem of her sweatshirt in almost every scene; Lara’s “tension” was also described or referred to - in a nearly identical manner - 20+ times in the story.
Furthermore, the amount of times the author described a tone of voice, then added “but not unkind” is staggering. Every time someone spoke, she narrated their tone with two describing words. Nothing was left up to the imagination, and she did not try to infer tone through actions.
She would also describe an emotion or scene, then repeat the same thing a few lines down, nearly verbatim… as though she had copied and pasted, or forgotten what was already said. Again, further editing would have fixed these things. Without it, all the repetition was 100 percent distracting. It was literally an issue from the first chapter until the very end.
I also didn’t find the story believable in any way that mattered, and the lesser parts that were? Cliches; things I’ve seen in movies time and time again. The fact that Lara was a paramedic, yet was so untrusting of the police, made no sense. Working in her field, she would have had contact with her local police department frequently. As such, her reputation would have greatly helped bolster her reputation, and she would have known at least a few influential people in the medical and legal worlds… which would have greatly helped her in any future legal proceedings. It was quizzical why her first thought was to go on the run, then more or less sacrifice her life rather than surrender. It was never explained. It just was.
Many other scenes felt forced, almost like the author did no research and had no firsthand experience, but was relying on things she’d also seen in movies.
Lastly, I think a lot was lacking when it came to the character building. I didn’t feel anything towards either of the main characters, and that has never happened to me when reading before. Their friendship (and their romance) failed to elicit emotion for me. I felt like I was reading a fleshed-out outline: the makings of a story that needed far more work than the author put in before marketing this. Pivotal things were rushed, and inconsequential things were constantly regurgitated. There was far too much “telling” and not enough showing. Her good lines - and there were a bunch - were lost in a sea of monotonous, overdone, unneeded lines that were already delivered countless times before.
Examples: The author referred to something “crunching on gravel” over 25 times. Every time someone stepped outside, or stopped a car? Gravel crunched; every time they stopped anywhere, there was a flickering neon sign; the wind “slapped” everyone in the face when they felt it; the warmth enveloped everyone like a “warm blanket” time and time again; the author described every building in the entire book as “weathered,” and described the forest shadows so many times my head hurt.
On top of that, the same descriptors were used to describe each MC until they weren’t only worn thin, but frayed through. We get it: when Mia cries, her eyes get red and swollen; when Lara talks, her voice is firm, then softens; Mia sits everywhere with her knees drawn to her chest, and plays with the hem of her sweatshirt in almost every scene; Lara’s “tension” was also described or referred to - in a nearly identical manner - 20+ times in the story.
Furthermore, the amount of times the author described a tone of voice, then added “but not unkind” is staggering. Every time someone spoke, she narrated their tone with two describing words. Nothing was left up to the imagination, and she did not try to infer tone through actions.
She would also describe an emotion or scene, then repeat the same thing a few lines down, nearly verbatim… as though she had copied and pasted, or forgotten what was already said. Again, further editing would have fixed these things. Without it, all the repetition was 100 percent distracting. It was literally an issue from the first chapter until the very end.
I also didn’t find the story believable in any way that mattered, and the lesser parts that were? Cliches; things I’ve seen in movies time and time again. The fact that Lara was a paramedic, yet was so untrusting of the police, made no sense. Working in her field, she would have had contact with her local police department frequently. As such, her reputation would have greatly helped bolster her reputation, and she would have known at least a few influential people in the medical and legal worlds… which would have greatly helped her in any future legal proceedings. It was quizzical why her first thought was to go on the run, then more or less sacrifice her life rather than surrender. It was never explained. It just was.
Many other scenes felt forced, almost like the author did no research and had no firsthand experience, but was relying on things she’d also seen in movies.
Lastly, I think a lot was lacking when it came to the character building. I didn’t feel anything towards either of the main characters, and that has never happened to me when reading before. Their friendship (and their romance) failed to elicit emotion for me. I felt like I was reading a fleshed-out outline: the makings of a story that needed far more work than the author put in before marketing this. Pivotal things were rushed, and inconsequential things were constantly regurgitated. There was far too much “telling” and not enough showing. Her good lines - and there were a bunch - were lost in a sea of monotonous, overdone, unneeded lines that were already delivered countless times before.
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June 17, 2025
Ugh, this is such a thinly disguised version of a dozen or more "woman done wrong, so she kills a dude" then flees, films. It's stunningly stupid, done to death by so many versions, I've lost count.
It offers not one speck of mystery or plot challenge. There's an interested detective, a bad guy who wants to catch up with his runaway wife, an EMT who thinks she has to save her stupid friend, and most unlovely of all, the bimbo responsible for playing, "Barbie does the bad dude" scene.
No originality. I have watched countless versions of this story, and I suspect the author has logged on to some of those same tired, cliche accounts of how not to write a good book.
coming in at just 280 ppgs, it's just a tiring thing to plow through. The entire plot is thin, annoying, and tired.
I'm tired just from reading it.
Not recommended.
It offers not one speck of mystery or plot challenge. There's an interested detective, a bad guy who wants to catch up with his runaway wife, an EMT who thinks she has to save her stupid friend, and most unlovely of all, the bimbo responsible for playing, "Barbie does the bad dude" scene.
No originality. I have watched countless versions of this story, and I suspect the author has logged on to some of those same tired, cliche accounts of how not to write a good book.
coming in at just 280 ppgs, it's just a tiring thing to plow through. The entire plot is thin, annoying, and tired.
I'm tired just from reading it.
Not recommended.
May 15, 2025
Two women on the run from danger but the worst is yet to come. I felt myself getting frustrated with them at times because of their naivety but they played there part well. The plot is full of energy with the twists. I enjoyed reading anticipating the danger of what was too come and the chapters just flew by. A highly motivated read that keeps the reader on eggshells!
July 9, 2025
Good Read
Some of the reviews have me baffled. One said it was far-fetched. No it’s not far fetched every thing that happens has happened in real life.
Some of the reviews have me baffled. One said it was far-fetched. No it’s not far fetched every thing that happens has happened in real life.
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