I really enjoyed this; it took a turn about halfway through that I really didn't see coming, but still managed to (spoiler alert -- do not scroll any further if you don't want to know)










have a happy ending.

*Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing an e-galley in exchange for an honest review.

I think that I have read too many #psychologicalthrillers because I now automatically assume that something sinister is going to happen, especially with a title like this book. I could not have been further from the truth.

Great story, quick read about two people whose paths should have never crossed. Not because of something that was said or done, but because of something that was put in motion years and years ago. But sometimes fate plays a stronger hand.

I really enjoyed how this story wove in the use of social media into the story and how it can help, but also hurt us. This is a good summer read!

Sarah meets Eddie and with their chemistry and shared interests, they spend the next week together until he gets ready for a vacation and she attends a work meeting. They trade numbers, emails, etc. but Sarah never hears from Eddie again despite her calls and messages. She even gets hang up calls and messages for her to stay away from Eddie. She knows how they felt about each other despite her friends telling her to let it go. About halfway through the book you begin to find out why Eddie ghosted Sarah and it is nothing what you might expect.

This book was nothing like I thought it would be, which made me glad I stuck with it. I think it will be important to let readers know in some way that the story is more complicated that a woman gets ghosted and is upset about it. Near the beginning I thought this was the whole story.

I liked the set up of the mystery of what happened and really liked the twist but I felt it was all tied up too neatly.

Without giving much away, this was a disappointment and I feel like it is kind of false advertising. I think I was expecting more of a serious ghost-ing, not one that becomes evident and/or understandable fairly quickly. We've all read stories like this before - two people meet and have an affair that they don't quite resolve and in the meantime, they realize they are connected by their pasts in a way that would have completely changed how they acted toward one another had they known. I wasn't impressed and I would honestly skip this one.

Ghosted comes out next week on July 24, 2018, and you can purchase HERE.

I laughed, and he kissed my nose, and I wondered how it was that you could spend weeks, months--years, even--just chugging on, nothing really changing, and then, in the space of a few hours, the script of your life could be completely rewritten.

Ghosted by Rosie Walsh is the perfect read if you like to have an unexpected twist thrown at you. It's one of those books where you think you know what's happening and the plot is moving along at a fairly predictable pace and then Wham!, the author has thrown a massive curve ball into the story. This tale is told via different narrative voices and switches back and for the between the present time and a week in the past when the two main characters fell in love. Read and enjoy!

Okay, this was NOTHING like what I was expecting and I say that in the best way. When I hear about a book called Ghosted, I think it will be about millennial dating, however, this centers on a couple in their 40s and has way more heart and substance - and no “swiping app drama” - perfect for fans of JoJo Moyes. A unique story with tons of heart and many unexpected twists along the way!

Ooooooh, very solid debut. Is it suspense? Is it romance? Is it domestic drama? It has the feeling of all of those, but it's not quite any of those either. I'm not quite sure what it was about this book that made it so good though. The plot was not as "exciting" as you'd expect it to be from the blurbs, but that was ok because the plot that was there was still interesting. The characters weren't the most complex, but their internal thoughts and struggles added immensely to their complexity. The plot relies on major coincidence, and yet I found it very easy to suspend disbelief. I think Walsh is just a very gifted writer, in terms of language and structure and flow.

It's hard to say much about this book without revealing enough to ruin the read a bit, so I'll leave it there. This is a great summer read - easy to fly through pages, enough food for thought to keep your mind engaged. Walsh will probably draw comparisons to Liane Moriarty and the like. I can't wait for more of her work to make its way into the world. I'm hoping she'll be a new favorite!

A bit of a slow and scattered read. After being "ghosted" by a man she spent a wonderful week with, the protagonist frets and worries and bores readers. My desire to like this book was strong, but the constant flashbacks and back stories made the story lag and I found my interest waning.

Rosie Walsh’s Ghosted (called The Man Who Didn’t Call upon its British release) takes the reader into a labyrinthine tale about the power of romantic, parental and familial love, and the lengths a person in love might be willing to go to in order to protect that love.

For one perfect week, in a halcyon summer fling in the Gloucestshire  countryside during their family vacations, thirty-seven year-old American-dwelling British ex-pat Sarah Mackey and Brit Eddie David fell in love.  It was a spontaneous, out of nowhere love, but it feels true and real to Sarah; in her mid-30s, she’s never felt a connection like this to a man before, and Eddie confesses that he feels the same way about her.  They make plans to meet again after Eddie finishes a business trip to London; when a week goes by and he doesn’t make contact, Sarah is convinced something serious has happened.  She believes the connection between them is so strong that he’d never ghost her.

Sarah’s oldest friends, Jo and Tommy, think she should forget Eddie; it was just a single week, after all.  But when Sarah begins to withdraw emotionally, Jo encourages her to keep chasing Eddie.  As she does, memories flood back of a tragic incident involving her sister, the irrepressible and now fully estranged Hannah, and of her failing (and still undisclosed to Eddie) marriage to a doctor named Reuben; her own vocation as a doctor and the charity she started with him.

The deeper Sarah crawls into the wormhole of Eddie’s disappearance, the more she learns about him, and the messier her life becomes.  Might Eddie have been driven off by Googling her?  Might he really be dead now?  Or is he hiding something?  All she knows is that she wants the merry, laughing Eddie back in her life, and she will do anything to find him.

To reveal too much about Ghosted would be a sin.  Let’s just say that that the situation with Sarah and Eddie is far more complex than either party even anticipated, which is what kept me eagerly turning the pages. The writing is smooth and engaging; very rich, lyrical and even ornate. it’s perfumed with longing and romance, with the pain of feeling the absence of one’s partner.  It is about true love, in all of its forms, about secrets,  about children lost and found, infidelity and change.  It’s very human and very beautiful; heedlessly romantic and deeply tragic, sometimes quite soapy and sometimes quite kitchen-sink real.

Their romance is easy to believe in.  Sarah’s uncertain future and dark past disappear whenever she’s around Eddie, and while she’s intently focused on him, her life continues and she continues to live it in all of its complications.  Sarah and Eddie both have their guilt, layers and complexities, and unraveling them alongside them is fun work.  It’s a very old-fashioned novel in many ways; it reminded me of early-period Danielle Steele in the best of ways.

Only one thing didn’t work for me - the events at the very end of the book felt a little too fairytale, a little too wave-the-magic-wand-and-all-is-well.  But some readers will adore this, and in the end it doesn’t detract from the novel’s enchanting whole.  Ghosted is ultimately a an appealing jewel of a novel with some very surprising and captivating twists.

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What an amazing debut novel! I can't wait to read more from Rosie Walsh. I admit that I thought the premise of the book might be a bit corny but I was so wrong. I loved her writing style (read it in less than 2 days) and the twist and turns just kept coming. Thank you for the advanced reader copy, I have posted a glowing review on my FB page and have recommended to the library!

What would happen if you met the one, then they just disappeared? That's what happened in this book. Sarah doesn't want to give up on Eddie, but has to move on with her life. Will they ever see each other again, and just who is hiding a secret? I really liked this book.

As Sarah's life is falling apart she unexpectedly falls in love with Eddie. When Eddie disappears she is left asking why and then worrying that something happens to him. As Eddie stays missing Sarah has a revelation as to what from her past might have scared him away. As past and present collide will they be able to let go of the tragic past to have a future?

I generally really liked this book. I thought it was very well written, the twists were huge and skillfully carried out, I was interested in finding out why Eddie was ghosting Sarah, and I found the answer to be quite satisfying. There were a couple of things I didn't like or didn't consider realistic, though. Without giving too much away (I hope!), I can totally understand why certain characters would have never been able to forgive the person they held responsible for a tragic event that took place many years earlier--unfathomable grief can certainly make such a response understandable. However, there was one character whose estrangement from and lack of forgiveness for person being blamed I didn't buy. I reread the description of the event to see if I felt any differently on second reading, and I don't. I feel that the person being blamed was not at fault and reacted out of love in a terrible moment of no good choices, and I don't understand how this could result in such an unforgiving reaction from the very person who was the recipient of the love.

The other development I didn't like and was the event at the end of Part 2. It felt like a cheap and unnecessary trick. The author should have had more faith that the strength of her writing and storyline would keep the reader interested without resorting to such a gimmick.

Other than those two points, however, I thought the book was terrific and would definitely recommend it.

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

Super fast and easy read. I was very surprised by the twist in the middle and didn't know how this book was going to end. Great summer read!

This is a well-paced domestic thriller which is hard to put down. It is we-written with lots of twists and turns; at times heartbreaking but with a good ending. Truth matters.

Ghosted is a promising read for those who enjoy domestic thrillers and suspense. There are enough very well-crafted plot twists to keep predictability away, but not so many that it feels contrived.

I received an early copy of this book in exchange for an honest opinion. #Netgalley

I wasn't sure what to expect from this book, but I was interested to check it out. This book was very well written and really affecting. I had a hard time putting it down. The pace was really good. I highly recommend it.

If you recently finished Kristin Hannah's Night Road or JP Delaney's The Map That Leads to You by J.P. Monninger, you'll no doubt enjoy Rosie Walsh's Ghosted! Told through texts, letters, and Facebook messages, Sarah Harrington Mackey is at a loss to figure out why she hasn't heard from Eddie, the man she spent a blissful, unforgettable week with. When she starts getting threatening messages to stay away from him, it only plagues her more. Was their blip of a relationship real? Was it something she did? Was he pretending to be someone he wasn't all along? Slowly and sadly, the truth comes out and past traumas haunt these two lovers. It's a heartbreaking story, but has an unexpectedly positive ending.