Blog Tour Review: The Last Dance by Aimee Brown

The Last Dance by Aimee Brown

Published: 16th April 2019

Publisher: Aria

Pages: 354

Available on Kindle

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Rating: 5/5

Blurb

Can you truly forgive and forget?

Ambri and Henry have been best friends forever. They've been through the highs and lows of life with each other by their sides. The worst? When Henry's wife, and Ambri's sister, died. Together, they can face it all. Until one night destroys everything.

Two years after he stepped out of it Henry walks back into Ambri's life and she's more than a little shocked. But as old friends fall into even older habits they need to decide whether they can forget the past and embrace their future.

Perfect for fans of Nicholas Sparks, Jodi Picoult and Anna Bell.

Review

The Last Dance by Aimee Brown is a book which really surprised me. Not knowing anything about the writer I was expecting just an ordinary romance novel, but this is way beyond that, and I really loved it. The sizzling chemistry between Ambri and Henry is on every page and really makes this a believable romance.

Ambri and Henri have been best friends for eleven years and they’ve grown up knowing everything about each other. When Rory, Ambri’s sister and Henri’s wife dies of cancer everything changes. The two grow closer as they support each other through their own emotional trauma at losing someone so close. One night their relationship takes a dramatic turn which leaves Henry racked with guilt and running off to L.A. and Ambri left heart-broken.

Two years later and Henry’s back in town with his new girlfriend and he knows its time to heal old wounds and try and mend his broken bridges. Ambri’s still angry with Henry, who wouldn’t be, so its going to be tough for Henry to win back her trust but surely when two people belong in each other lives they’ll find away.

I warmed to Ambri instantly, she’s so down to earth and cares about her friends immensely, so much so she loses her job defending one of them. I loved that she adored food and could never make her mind up what to order, I so wish I had enough confidence (and money) to order two meals whenever I went out so I could try more dishes. She felt very real to me as her flaws are shown throughout the book and its obvious, she’s coasting along in life like most of us with no real plan or direction, just doing what feels right.

I wanted to dislike Henry so much, who does what he did to his best friend on her birthday and then leaves her life completely for two years. But Henry’s a likable character and somehow, he won me over. I think this is because Aimee Brown has chosen to write The Last Dance from both Ambri and Henry’s views, so we get their take on each event, which I feel was a clever way of writing this book as it adds to the emotions. Things don’t always go to plan when they’re together and its great to read about what happened from their differing perspectives.

I loved all the interaction in this book, between both Henry and Ambria and their friends Ben and Claire. The have such a close bond realistic bond between the four of them its easy to see they’ve spent a lot of time together as old jokes and memories pass easily between them all.

I have loved reading The Last Dance and discovering Aimee Brown as an author, she has a real talent for creating a believable but also magical romantic tale which I highly recommend to any romance fans out there.

Thank you so much to Aria and Netgalley for sending me a copy to review honestly and inviting me to be part of this blog tour.

About the Author

Aimee Brown is a writer of romantic comedies set in Portland, Oregon, and an avid reader. She spends much of her time writing, raising three teenagers, binge-watching shows on Netflix and obsessively cleaning and redecorating her house. She’s fluent in sarcasm and has been known to utter profanities like she’s competing for a medal. Aimee grew up in Oregon, but is now a transplant living in cold Montana with her husband of twenty years, three teenage children, and far too many pets. She is a lot older than she looks and yes, that is a tattoo across her chest. (In the Portlandia spirit, yes, I lived many years in PDX and I do indeed have a bird tattooed on me (2!)) Aimee is very active on social media. You can find her at any of the networks below. Stop by and say hello!

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