The Last Chance Analysis

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The Last Chance is a series of Southern novelist by one of the genres arguably best writers Hope Ramsay. The first novel in the series was Welcome to Last Chance that was published in 2011. Capturing the essence of the Southern small town of the United States, the series was soon one of the most popular in the genre selling thousands of copies since first publication. The success of the first novel in the series was so much beloved that it spawned several more titles to stand at nine titles published by 2015. The Southern series of novels are about a disparate set of characters with different motivations and dispositions. Even as Ramsay the author of the Last Chance series of novels is a New Yorker, she spent much time visiting relatives in …show more content…

As a contemporary romance writer, Ramsay deals with the adolescent attitudes and selfish inner desires that young persons have to make in the course of becoming mature adults. The process of becoming mature adults is never easy, as they have to overcome many obstacles most of which are of their own making. The narrative in the Last Chance series are fascinating, sweet and endearing tales of enduring love that pulls one and never lets go. They have some of the most charming of characters starting from the lead right down to the minor characters, all of whom are developed well with detailed background stories and motivations. All the novels in the series introduce new protagonists who are just as interesting and entertaining as the last one even as they face different challenges in their romantic lives. Combining similar themes with the ever-popular Southern setting for a contemporary romance novel makes for some exceptional magic. This is even more so, given the authors expert combination of humor and personalities in all the titles that will have any romance fiction buff enthralled. Building a magical romance between the characters in the stories is Ramsey’s specialty as she time and again manages to bring together two lovers or keep them together in spite of the many obstacles in their path. The novel will typically start out with a fling, before developing into an emotional connection that births …show more content…

The heroes in the series range from flaky weak men experiencing mid-life crisis in their thirties to a post high school boy, a non-snobby aristocrat, and a racecar driver. As for the female heroines, they range from a New Yorker lost in the ways of the south, a city girl back home for a humdrum holiday, and a post high school girl fighting for love. Set in Last Chance, a small town where everyone gets their chance at love, the characters for the most part have never believed in love or are never expecting it. They soon find themselves falling in love with the most unexpected of people from the most unexpected of situations. Over the course of the narratives, they go from not being in love to maybe there may just be love to full blown love is the best thing to ever happen to me. Typically both characters come into the story with their own ideas on what love should be only to find that love takes them in directions they had never expected to go. In cute stories full of the usual intrigue and struggles of love, the characters deal with a multitude of problems as they learn that love is cultivated and that if one puts in the effort, it reciprocates and

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