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The Last Dance
James Mueller has spent a lifetime of devotion to his wife Alejandra, and now as her life draws to a close, he looks back to the beginning when it seemed that time and fate conspired to keep them apart.
A story that ends even as it begins, The Last Dance tells of two souls meant to be together but torn apart by war, misunderstandings and hurt. Bittersweet and deeply romantic, it moves through the significant moments in the lives of these two star-crossed lovers, raising the question not of if but how James and Alejandra will ever find their way back to each other and the love they were destined to share.
From a chance meeting to a look and a touch, to the promises made and the disappointment found, The Last Dance is a story of loss, longing, hope and faith, as James and Alejandra are forced to examine who they are and what they really need if they are ever to turn their fairy-tale romance into a lifelong love.
A story that ends even as it begins, The Last Dance tells of two souls meant to be together but torn apart by war, misunderstandings and hurt. Bittersweet and deeply romantic, it moves through the significant moments in the lives of these two star-crossed lovers, raising the question not of if but how James and Alejandra will ever find their way back to each other and the love they were destined to share.
From a chance meeting to a look and a touch, to the promises made and the disappointment found, The Last Dance is a story of loss, longing, hope and faith, as James and Alejandra are forced to examine who they are and what they really need if they are ever to turn their fairy-tale romance into a lifelong love.
198 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 21, 2012
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October 3, 2012
This was a beautifully written romance. The descriptive wording took you to another time and helped you to follow the characters through their life. I felt as though I could reach out and touch the characters which were well written and real. I shed some tears in the first chapter which totally hooked me. A lot of writers can't swap back and forth between time periods fluidly, but this author was able to do it effortlessly. Awesome read for anyone that loves romance. It deserves all five stars.
September 20, 2012
Before reading this book, I knew how old the author was. Sometimes, that's a good thing, sometimes not.
Mr. McIntyre is a young man, and it's his first book of fiction--a love story yet. Love stories are deeply personal, so I was intrigued but slightly apprehensive. How would someone his age portray a love that transcends war, loss, and the cruelty of the passage of time? How would he tell a sweeping epic that I assumed was beyond his own personal experience?
I am very happy Mr. McInytre's treatment of James' and Alejandra's story is done with such care. His skill as an author is certainly not measured by his biological years or his time spent writing fiction. Personal experiences aside, he's dug deep to draw on sadness, pain, and love to create a novel that is truly beautiful.
That the author is also a poet is by no means a coincidence. He weaves a rich tapestry with his prose and lavishes beauty upon his characters. Beauty--not just in the physical sense, but in the very human sense. The dialogue dances like poetic stanzas off the page. The exposition, though at times lengthy, never bores.
In his novel, Mr. McIntyre makes us realize that life is ultimately short, and the human heart, though resilient is oftentimes fragile. Kindness, grace, and empathy are qualities we wish we could all experience more often. The Last Dance embraces these qualities in a love story that is romantic, touching, and a joy to read.
Kudos to Mr. McIntyre for an incredible debut novel.
Mr. McIntyre is a young man, and it's his first book of fiction--a love story yet. Love stories are deeply personal, so I was intrigued but slightly apprehensive. How would someone his age portray a love that transcends war, loss, and the cruelty of the passage of time? How would he tell a sweeping epic that I assumed was beyond his own personal experience?
I am very happy Mr. McInytre's treatment of James' and Alejandra's story is done with such care. His skill as an author is certainly not measured by his biological years or his time spent writing fiction. Personal experiences aside, he's dug deep to draw on sadness, pain, and love to create a novel that is truly beautiful.
That the author is also a poet is by no means a coincidence. He weaves a rich tapestry with his prose and lavishes beauty upon his characters. Beauty--not just in the physical sense, but in the very human sense. The dialogue dances like poetic stanzas off the page. The exposition, though at times lengthy, never bores.
In his novel, Mr. McIntyre makes us realize that life is ultimately short, and the human heart, though resilient is oftentimes fragile. Kindness, grace, and empathy are qualities we wish we could all experience more often. The Last Dance embraces these qualities in a love story that is romantic, touching, and a joy to read.
Kudos to Mr. McIntyre for an incredible debut novel.
September 2, 2013
McIntyre manages to do something that I consider to be rather unique within the overflowing realm of chick lit. Although this is, at its most basic level, a simple story of two people slowly finding themselves in each other, what it truly is, at its core, is a look at the process of loving another person through the emotional level.
McIntyre's THE LAST DANCE strips away many of the pieces that most would consider the necessary pieces of a romance novel and focuses on the emotions of his two main characters, spending the time inside their heads to see the hesitations, the angers, the fears, and, ultimately, the love that brings these two together.
Starting at the end, we are instantly forced to see the bond that these two characters share, and then spend the majority of the rest of the novel wondering how they are capable of working through the many things tearing them apart to finally get to the place we met them in, in utter love with each other.
This is no Ross and Rachel tale, this is a deconstruction of the emotions of falling in love, and is well worth the read.
McIntyre's THE LAST DANCE strips away many of the pieces that most would consider the necessary pieces of a romance novel and focuses on the emotions of his two main characters, spending the time inside their heads to see the hesitations, the angers, the fears, and, ultimately, the love that brings these two together.
Starting at the end, we are instantly forced to see the bond that these two characters share, and then spend the majority of the rest of the novel wondering how they are capable of working through the many things tearing them apart to finally get to the place we met them in, in utter love with each other.
This is no Ross and Rachel tale, this is a deconstruction of the emotions of falling in love, and is well worth the read.
February 25, 2015
I don't normally read romance, but McIntyre pleasantly surprised me with THE LAST DANCE. His unique style of starting at the end and telling this love story in a way that does not follow a linear path at first left me disconnected. However, it didn't take long to get adjusted to his style. McIntyre does a wonderful job of weaving the story together while going back and forth between different times of James' and Alejandra's lives. The writing is poetic and I found myself really caring about these characters and learning what brought them together (and what nearly tore them apart). Good read.
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February 15, 2016198pgs, two souls meant to be together but torn apart by war, misunderstandings and hurt. Bittersweet and deeply romantic, it moves through the significant moments in the lives of these two star-crossed lovers, From a chance meeting to a look and a touch, to the promises made and the disappointment found, a story of loss, longing, hope and faith, as they are forced to examine who they are and what they really need if they are ever to turn their fairy-tale romance into a lifelong love
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