BOOK SUMMARY:
Reaching for sunlight…
Finn survived the ambush and came home to me, but in his head, the battle is still raging. He’s falling apart and I’m trying my best to pick up the pieces of him, to find the us we used to be. I love him as much as I ever did, but love isn’t enough to fix this. I thought telling my father about our relationship would be the hardest thing we’d ever have to face. I was wrong.
Lost in shadows…
All I wanted was to be worthy of Carrie. One mission, just one, and I’d be able to give her the future she deserved. Then everything went wrong, leaving me tainted and broken. Carrie wants me to be who I was, but all that’s left is what they made of me. I’m no good for her. No good for anyone like this. I have to figure out how to move forward. Alone.
Sometimes love isn’t enough…
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REVIEW:
A man who can’t understand why he survived while everyone else died.
A woman who doesn’t know how to help the man she loves – the one who seems to be slipping away from her a little more each day.
A journey that will tear both of them down, but hopefully build them back up again.
Finn’s mission is over, and it’s left him physically and emotionally scarred. Carrie’s mission has just begun, but it seems like everything continues to go against them as they fight to stay together despite nightmares, alcohol, and tragedy. They said they’d never give up on one another, but Finn can’t see past his depression and anger, so he does the one thing he thinks is best – he pushes Carrie away in order to keep the sun shining, but what happens when that brightness only fades? How do two people find their way back to each other when one has lost hope and the other can’t find a way to reach the person she doesn’t want to live without?
These questions and more are answered in the final book of Jen McLaughlin’s Out of Line series, Out of Mind. The emotions felt throughout the first two books are nothing compared to book three. As a reader, my heart broke for both Finn and Carrie as Finn struggles to work through his pain, and Carrie can do nothing more than try to stand by him. Finn has always been a manly man in this series, so when he can’t take care of himself or control all of the feelings stirring around inside, he feels insignificant and sees nothing more than a battered and scarred man when he looks in the mirror. He never thought he was good enough for Carrie, and now this new version of Finn is even more unworthy. His struggle is heartbreakingly real; Jen McLaughlin does a fantastic job of portraying the damage PTSD causes, both the one suffering from it and those who are standing in the wing trying to help him, and she also clearly shows that the person who is suffering cannot get healthy unless that person chooses to do so – no matter how much the people who love him try to push him or comfort him.
“Love is forgiveness, compromise, and dedication.”
Finn and Carrie’s journey to their happily ever after is definitely not an easy one. Finn is going to have to work to get Carrie’s forgiveness after the lies he told; Carrie’s parents will have to concede and allow Finn and Carrie’s relationship to continue if they want their daughter to be able, and in order for Carrie to feel solid in her relationship with Finn, he needs to dedicate his life to proving that his love is worth the risk.
Out of Mind is a fantastic conclusion to a love story that has seen its fair share of highs and lows – there have been tears, anger, and happiness as Finn and Carrie struggled to make a relationship work that, at first, had to be kept a secret. But what it truly comes down to and what Jen McLaughlin does a fantastic job showing is that even people who seem to be complete opposites can end up being each other’s saving grace, and for Finn, Carrie’s his.
A complimentary copy of the book was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
5 poison apples
OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES:
OUT OF LINE (Book #1)
Amazon – http://amzn.to/17HLrFu
B&N – http://bit.ly/17hfkvi
OUT OF TIME (Book #2)
Amazon – http://amzn.to/1daxXYL
B&N – http://bit.ly/1g7hPas
Author Information
Jen McLaughlin is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. She writes steamy New Adult books for the young and young at heart. Her first release, Out of Line, came out September 2013. She also writes bestselling Contemporary Romance under the pen name Diane Alberts.Since receiving her first contract offer under the pen name Diane Alberts, she has yet to stop writing. She is represented by Louise Fury at The Bent Agency.
Though she lives in the mountains, she really wishes she was surrounded by a hot, sunny beach with crystal clear water. She lives in Northeast Pennsylvania with her four kids, a husband, a schnauzer mutt, a cat, and a Senegal parrot. In the rare moments when she’s not writing, she can usually be found hunched over one knitting project or another. Her goal is to write so many well-crafted romance books that even a non-romance reader will know her name.
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