salythereader

The Last Goodbye was a pretty good read.
Tyler Adamson is a pretty successful man, he runs a furniture company when one morning Ally confronts him telling him that his father is dying of cancer and kind of berating him. Tyler thanks her and doesn't do anything. Might seem cold but it is not. Tyler's father was verbally and physically abusive who thrived on terrorizing his children(Jon and Tyler), so they left as soon as they could and only remained in contact as long as their mother was alive(she too wasn't that great).

Ally Bishop doesn't know Bob(Tyler's father), but she was there when he collapsed so contacted his son. She soon realizes her folly in judging a situation she knew nothing about and I liked that. She apologizes to Tyler as well.

Tyler despite not wanting to do anything with his father is pulled by some force to the hospital and when his father says he wants to die in his home, Tyler steps in. Tyler is surprised by how frail his father is but he is still mean but Tyler decides to be a better man but it is not easy there are some painful memories in his childhood home and there is a part of him that wonders why and hopes to confront his father. Tyler never told anyone about his past but in one moment he opens up to Ally.

Ally considers herself a gypsy. She writes a advice column and has no roots instead she house-sits and tells herself it is for the best she does not want to hurt anybody that is why she resists the attraction between Tyler and her but when an emotional Tyler comes to her she falls. Their relationship grows into love but Ally is still scared.

I liked how the situation with Tyler's past was handled, there was no happy ending that made up for what their father did. Ally too had issues which she had never confronted, issues to do with how she grew up and I loved how Tyler had faith in her in the end and completely saw her.