Michelle:

Karen Sanders is a young woman working at a coffee shop to earn extra money. She has a trust fund, but needs that little extra to make life comfortable.  Travis Miller is a writer who spends his day at the coffee shop writing. He does not talk to the staff, but when the waiters come over, he gives them a $20 bill for coffee and to be left alone.

Neither character has had a good life; each has his or her own demons from the past, which the story deals with as it goes back and forth between the characters.  As the story develops and progresses toward the ending, the author joins the characters together to work through their individual demons.

The author did a nice job in describing the places and really bringing them alive.  In some cases, they were almost an essential part of the story.  The descriptors that Mr. Palmer used really put the reader in the location, and it felt like he included the reader as an additional character.  The reader could be have been having a coffee while the main characters were conducting the main action.  This very visual representation added a great deal to the story.

While the author’s descriptions were a definite plus, the beginning of the story hooked me.  I really liked the premise of the story coming back to the setting, each time there was a point of view change.  As the story progressed, I settled in for what I thought would be a good read, but the characters in THE LAST PAGE didn’t match the setting.  It was unfortunate that a story that really had a lot going for it at the beginning just didn’t live up to its premise.

Tami:

Karen Sanders works at the Coffee Cove. For the most part she enjoys her job, the people are friendly, the pay is adequate, and she gets to people watch all day. Often as Karen watches people, she tries to figure out their story. Actually she's pretty good
at this game. That is until she met Travis Miller.

 Travis is a regular at the Coffee Cove. Everyday, around ten o'clock, he comes into the café, sits at the second table from the counter, takes out his laptop computer, and starts to type. The introvert never
says a word to anyone. In fact, Travis simply gives the café server a twenty dollar bill with a note stating his order for as many coffees as the money will buy, spread throughout the day.  Karen wants to unlock the mystery of this strange behavior, but
Travis rebuffs all her efforts.

THE LAST PAGE is a refreshing story of healing and love. This story is unique as the female character is more assertive and extroverted while the male character is more introverted and troubled. This realistic yet rarely written about twist of traditional gender specific character traits makes for interesting reading. Likewise, this book does an exemplary job of creating fully developed characters, likely because of these specific, well thought out personality traits. Furthermore, even as these characters evolve with the story, each character stays true to his or her foundation personality. This creates a seamless storyline with depth and a credible feel.