I did not like the plot of this story. It was hard for me to follow and I disliked the characters. I feel like the author was trying to make it too modern, and it did not seem realistic to me.

I received an advance reader copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I would like to thank the author, publisher and Net Galley for the chance to read and review this book.

I'm not the target audience for this book, but I really enjoyed the story. And it left me very grateful to be an "old married woman" and not needing to deal with dating! Cause - wow! Hiring ghost writers for your dating profile sounds a bit extreme, but I don't doubt that some would resort to that. Knowing what to write in a bio - or book review! - can be rather difficult at times!

Overall, though I enjoyed the story of Miles and Zoey - and that of Jude and Bess - the book did move rather slowly overall. The emails from the boss intros to each chapter got to be annoying as well,e because it felt like it should be important, but really didn't add anything to the story. A few lines of comment from each character could have explained that silly work story line. And some of the out-there points - Hotel the for example - were just a little too out there. For me, at least. But overall, I enjoyed the story. The characters were fun to get to know and silly in a realistic way. I didn't ever really come to the point of cheering on the characters, and I'm not sure I'd want to be friends with any of them in real life, but they were entertaining, and I enjoyed the book.

Thank You NetGalley, Kensington Books and Tash Skilton for gifting me an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
If you’re a fan of enemies to lovers books, you are in for a treat with this romantic comedy! A love a good slow burn romance, I typically find the pace of romance novels to be way too fast to be realistic. The first half of this book focuses on their careers and the ghost writing aspect to the book and in the second half we start to really see sparks fly!
This book is the perfect pick me up palate cleanser after a heavy read or a down slump. I would read these two in another book.

This is a well written and entertaining romantic comedy that was a perfect distraction. Native New Yorker miles and reluctant transplant from LA zoey bump into each other and immediately create a rivalry based on their fight over the free day old biscotti. Both of them are starving artists and unknown to them they have the same unique job - ghostwriting for clients on dating web sites. Miles is trying to put his life back together after his fiancé cheated on him and got pregnant by the other guy. Zoey is trying to come out of her shell and embrace life as a New Yorker.

This was so cute. I was intrigued by the concept and totally drawn in by Miles and Zoey's love story. I breezed through it quickly, and thoroughly enjoyed the time I spent in their world. The first kiss was one of my favorite scenes.

A couple things kept it from being a 5 star read for me.

1) Miles's daddy dealbreaker. This came from left field for me. I know he'd waxed poetic about the baby his ex was having and there were some things with his family, but that was maybe at a level 3 or 4 and then he's at 10, no baby, no Miles.

2) I also didn't totally buy that Miles wouldn't send Zoey some sort of message after his ex came by. For four days. Esp when they lived across the hall from each other? Didn't seem like something he would do after coaching his clients to end the chat properly instead of ghosting and this was after one conversation.

3) The "hotel scene" felt out of character. Their romance had such a good slow burn and then all the sudden they bang it out. It kinda came from out of nowhere. Again, Zoey had advised her clients about jumping into the sack too fast.

4) The pot smoking didn't seem necessary? I"m not against it, but it just seemed like a thing that didn't need to be there? Maybe this was because we met Zoey and she wasn't smoking? There were a few funny bits related to it with the ex delivery guy and maybe this existed for those bits?

So altogether a great 4 star read that I enjoyed a lot. Will definitely be reading more by these authors.

I thought this book was going to go in a different direction. I feel like it missed the mark. It had the potential to be sexy and funny and just so much fun. It's not a bad book at all, but I wanted it to be hotter, and spicy.

Thank you Netgalley for the early copy of this book.
I enjoyed it so much. It was completely different than anything I’ve read before. The characters were absolutely delightful and witty, fun and entertaining. The plot was very interesting to me. I really liked the book.

I absolutely LOVED this book. It was classic romcom at its very best - It reminded me of old-school romcoms from the 90s like When Harry Met Sally and You've Got Mail and I couldn't get enough of Miles and Zoey! Funny, sweet, and romantic, with just the right amount of edge, it was the perfect temporary escape from the heartbreaking reality we are all facing right now. I never would have guessed it was written by two different authors either. All I know is that Fame Adjacent by Sarah Skilton is on my Kindle and will now be pushed up in my TBR. I hope these two co-write another novel because I will absolutely read it.

Ghosting: A Love Story by Tash Skilton

Funny, Heart-warming, Gives you all the feels story.
I burned thru this bad boy in a day! It's that good. The author really makes it easy to relate and fall for these enemies to friends to.....well you have to read it to find out story. I was rooting for a happy ending right off the bat and boy oh boy this story does not disappoint. Fun and fast read that will leave you wanting more.

5/5 Stars!

Thanks to #NetGalley and #kensingtonbooks for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Ghosting is such a fun read. The two protagonists meet early on and establish their initial antagonism, and then continue throughout to build a real relationship that is completely independent / parallel to their online correspondence, so that by the time things escalate between them, it's truly based on their friendship and the choices they've made to bridge the gap and get to know one another. I appreciated that because the whole time they were chatting with each other as other people, I was in full "reading-through-my-fingers" cringe mode, waiting for something super embarrassing or revealing to occur. And while that correspondence was outside their relationship, it adds this cute sort of "id" level to their romance, underscoring how right they are for each other. I loved the voice of each narrator. I loved their banter both in the dialogue and in their written correspondence. The side observations are hilarious. And there were several subplots that kept the whole story compelling and came to a very satisfying completion. Super quick and fun read.

LOVED IT! Never a dull moment with this one!!

The alternating POVs kept you engaged with the lives of both Miles and Zoey. This story was swoon worthy, exciting, and presented the here and now with online dating perfectly.

The enemies to lovers trope is one of my favourites, and these two did it perfectly. You already know that these characters are going to get together at some point, but it's all about the journey getting there, that slow burn romance, that keeps you hooked and turning page after page.

Both Zoey and Miles were relatable characters who've had a hard hand dealt to them, and just trying to make it through each day. They were almost complete opposites but they complimented one other perfectly, enough to make you wish they figured it out sooner. He helped her discover more (both outside and within herself), while she helped keep him grounded and living in the here and now. While also keeping him on his toes 😋

The supporting characters were entertaining as hell too! They were all quirky and fun in their own way, and this rom com would be awesome to see on the screen some time.

Overall, this book reminded me of Christina Laurens ability to keep me hooked until the very last page. To smile as I read, and to have moments of laughing out loud. This was the first book from these authors for me, and I can say I will be glad to read more from them.

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*Thank you Netgalley and the Publisher for providing me with a copy of this book for review, all opinions are my own*

I hate this book and I think I just finished reading because I want to say bad things about it with the property.
I didn't know what this book was about until I started reading it and as soon as I started reading I knew it wouldn't be a good book, and as soon as the reading started to drag on for days I started to get angry with everything about the book, the dull writing, the poorly done and completely unpleasant plot to read, the awful characters.
I admit that the last 100 pages the book has improved but at that point, I was so sick of everything I had already read, that the end was unable to redeem the book for me. Could it be that I'm being a little biased in my disliking this book based on the bad reading experience I had? Yes, but I really believe that this is not a good book and I really regret having even wasted my time reading and irritating myself with this story.

Super adorable rom-com about dating and how social media plays a roll in it. I enjoyed reading about the quirks of both Zoey and Miles. It reminding me of Cyrano de Bergerac because both Zoey and Miles are ghost-writers for dating companies. Companies that are each run by a divorced couple. It was funny and charming, and the story moved along at a nice pace. Of course there is a misunderstanding, but in the end there is happiness.

What can I say? In my opinion, this was a predictable, overly-saturated-with-coincidences-and-misunderstandings-kind-of-story. I was shaking my head a lot while reading, thinking, "you're kidding me, right?" especially because I really thought the "ghosting" would be played out much differently. I think with the title and brief description I read, I had different expectations that this book didn't live up to.

Keep in mind that I questioned a lot. Although I'm older, I've been through the dating sites and apps era that still continues today. Unfortunately, I've never heard of this concept for ghostwriting and meeting clients to do so... that just lost me and I couldn't relate to a lot of the details pertaining to the story because of that.

Basically two people brought to NYC, living next door to each other unbeknownst to them, working for opposing companies in the same industry, bumping into and fighting over day-old biscotti who wanted to share information about what they were up to and BAM! They were constantly interrupted,.. it was just too scripted for my taste of romance... and the ending of their demise because of yet another misunderstanding?? I just couldn't....

Thank you Tash Skilton, Kensington Books and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review. Always so grateful for the opportunity to read complimentary books!

Miles and Zoey meet at a coffee shop vying for the same perfect table to work. They don’t know it but they each work as a dating profile ghost writer/coach. They also are “chatting” with each other trying to help their respective clients. Will these two ever give up their “table” and get together?

This was a fun, cute, contemporary romance book. It’s predictable but that’s expected and makes the book fun. How will they get together? Will they stay together?

This is such a fun book! Part "You've Got Mail" and part Cyrano de Bergerac for the 21st century, it's a very entertaining story of love, loss, belonging and trust. I laughed out loud multiple times as I read this (in one day because I couldn't put it down) and will happily read it again.

Thank you to Kensington Books and Netgalley for the advance digital copy.

While I liked the whole premise of the story, unfortunately I couldn't get close to any characters in this story.
It's interesting to see how some people like to connect and what's more important for them.
A story that many will enjoy for sure.

This was a cute love story overall. I liked the idea behind the romance and the premise sounded really promising. In the beginning of the book I just couldn’t get into Zoey’s character but she grew on me... and in the beginning I liked Miles but by the end not so much. I liked the way their romance progressed and I found their banter to be cute and funny. I adored Zoey’s relationship with Mary and felt so bad for the horrible restaurant event with her parents. Zoey’s character really grew on me. She’s funny, quirky and strong. The reason my rating of this book isn’t higher is the one big misunderstanding near the end of the book. Miles... oh Miles.... no. Just no. Anyways.... it’s an overall cute romance book and I really enjoyed the first third of it!

I had high hopes for this one. I'm beginning to love the Cyrano trope and dating apps trope in romance that I requested this book from Netgalley when I saw it. But sadly, it didn't live up to my expectations and maybe that's my fault. Because this book isn't really that bad, it's just lacking the romance that I want.

The characters, Zoey and Miles, individually are not that memorable as well. There are no unique characterization that might separate them from other characters in rom-coms that I already read. I even find Miles as whiny.

It gets better in the second half of the book though, where Miles and Zoey got more physical interactions rather than thru gadgets. So overall, it's an OK read.

After laughing out loud a mere page into Ghosting, I'm sorry to report that I just couldn't get into it. DNF 20% in.

Miles has lived in the city for fifteen years, while Zoey is a recent transplant from California. I get what the authors were going for with Zoey - she's a fish out of water - but the portrayal of her navigating NYC was a bit much for me. She's been in NYC a month, yet she's still having trouble walking down the street? Like, can't go half a block without ogling, glaring, and getting stepped on? Uhhhh unless you're dragging a suitcase in Midtown at rush hour, that's just so completely unrealistic. (She's a young woman in the East Village - shouldn't be such a hassle to walk from her apartment to a cafe!) Further, she's living in an apartment owned by her former employer but all she's got is a mini fridge and a hot plate (not even an oven)? The motivation for her to stay in Manhattan despite that was missing for me. (She's trying at her job, but not putting in the sort of hustle you'd expect were those your living conditions. And bottom line: She doesn't even like it!)

I suspect Miles is going to help Zoey become more comfortable on the mean streets of Manhattan but after a fifth of the book, they've still just had two short interactions. I want Miles to work through his bad breakup. I want Zoey to either figure out the city or leave. But I just don't really care if they get together or if they date other people or if they enjoy being single.

So, obviously, this one's more of a slow burn. Give it a try if that's what you're into! It also seems to be enemies to lovers (they've got a bit of an antagonistic thing going).

Ghosting seemed to be a good fit for me at the outset, and I did generally like the writing. I'll be interested in whatever Tash Skilton write next, but unfortunately, I'm just not engaged enough with this one to keep going.