The story was fresh and interesting. A love story, yes but it’s also wonderful to have the friendship of two girls alongside the main story. I have a mega smart bestie, so it reminds me of us.
The Trekkie fan-girl in me, loved all the nods to that fandom.

The dialogue between J & D is cute, funny and full of tension.

The setting of New York is perfect, it’s the best place in the world.

Ghosted, by Sarah Ready, is a most unique story of love, lost and found. Jillian Nejat is a relationship advice columnist for an online newspaper. The problem is that Jillian has no real relationship experience and is hard pressed to be able to speak to men. With her career on the line due to the negative feedback received by her boss, Bernardo Martin, her lack of relationships, and the thought that she may have to move back home and work for her cousin, Jillian is becoming desperate.

Soon after moving into her new apartment, a fourth floor walk up formerly occupied by a fellow who used it for boisterous liaisons with its red carpet, chandelier, and mirrored surfaces, Jillian encounters a shirtless man in her apartment, but when Jillian uses the bat her dad left her for protection he disappears. When he later pops back in sight, Jillian discovers she has the ghost of a man named Daniel that has sought out her energy. Upon deciding they have been brought together to help each other, beginning with Daniel helping her with the issues she is having with her job, but how will Jillian help Daniel in return? But this is just the beginning.

This is such a well thought out story with a plot that will keep surprising the reader. Ms. Ready has used the unique correlation between the Planck energy constant and the afterlife once discussed by Einstein to explain Daniel’s appearance. In the case of this story it is Jillian’s best friend, particle physicist Serena who works at the CERN, making this connection. This is truly a distinctive work of fiction unlike any I have previously read. I very much enjoyed this book and fought a battle with myself between wanting to read faster and wanting to make the story last. I certainly do recommend this brilliant tale!

Ghosted is “Just Like Heaven” in book form. I found Jennifer’s condition (and speedy recovery from it) a little unbelievable, which slightly detracted from my enjoyment. However, this remains a cute and fun story that reminds us the importance of love and the hope to find someone who will love us for ourself.

Wow, this one has a huge variance in ratings! I'm going to have to go with the 5Star people. I'm not usually a paranormal gal, so I was worried about that, but the point that love transcends everything won me over.

Jillian is pretty much an awkward person. She's gone on 150 dates that her mom's neighbor set up, but didn't talk to any of them. A traumatic event from her past has somehow frozen her socially. When she moves into a new apartment and discovered that a shirtless male ghost inhabits it, she just wants him to go away. Instead he decides that in order to move on, he's supposed to help her with her awful social life and her dreadful stories she writes for her job. The more he hangs around, the more she really likes him and wants him to stick around. But apparently, death can throw you as many curves as life can.

This was a pretty lengthy book that I really sank my teeth into. The story made me ache for Jillian and made my heart swell at times. It was beautifully written and quite frankly I had the urge to sleep with it hugged to my chest when I was finished.

I had an ARC and ALC narrated by Sarah Naughton and Rob Brinkman. Brilliant narrations! It really carried me away.

Thanks to W.W. Crown and NetGalley for the gifted copies. All thoughts are my own.

The audio was great! I had already read the ebook and love to hear audios of books I've loved. The narrator did a great job bringing Jillian and Daniel to live. Definitely recommend!

I loved hearing this story it was a paranormal ghost romance. Loved this the characters I couldn’t stop hearing I had to keep listening. Thank you netgalley for the book! Perfect listen.

OK… so this one at the beginning, I was like, what is going on? Why is a girl obsessed with and practically dating a ghost? As the story progressed, I began to understand the purpose behind Daniel, the shirtless ghost who occupied Jillian’s tiny mirror covered NYC apartment. Jillian, a relationship columnist, who is awkward at talking to men at best, suddenly falls head over heels for this ghost. Seems odd to me. When her friend sets her up on multiple dates to bring her back to the real world of dating, Jillian brings along Daniel who coaches her through them, but all Jillian can think about is Daniel. There was too much sci-fi in this contemporary romance for my liking. I enjoyed the second half of the book better than the first. Besides Jillian and Daniel, other characters seemed to fall by the side. This felt like a mash up between Sliding Doors and Ghost. I could see this one becoming a lifetime movie. Even thought this was a love story, I am starting up spooky reads… kind of.

I really enjoyed listening to the book. I’ve read a couple other “ghost” books but I really enjoyed the twists and turns in this one.
Both main characters were enjoyable to read and everyone had their own unique personalities (side characters).
The added in science and theoretical theories were a nice touch and how it’s explained makes since as you read it.
Everything was tied nicely together and I loved how raw the emotional parts were.
Definitely would recommend.
I’ll be posting a video review on my YouTube channel soon.

4.5 stars round up

TW: suicide

I had the opportunity to listen to the audiobook version of Sarah Ready's upcoming book, Ghosted. The narrators did a great job reading the book. A special thanks to NetGalley and Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) for the free advance copy of this book. The opinions expressed in my review are solely my own.

I went into Ghosted knowing it was a paranormal romance, but it ended up being so much more than I was expecting. It made me feel such a range of emotions, from laughter to tears. At times it did feel a little long, but then the story took a big turn in a direction I wasn't necessarily expecting.

The author has a very descriptive style of writing, thoroughly painting the scenes throughout the book. Characters were complex and interesting, with side characters that had big personalities and their own character developments. All of this really brought the story to life.

I will note that Jillian, the main character, is a huge Star Trek fan, so many references to the show are made. I'm familiar enough with the various series to be able to appreciate the references, but readers not familiar with Star Trek might find themselves a little lost at times.

I don't want to give away any of the plot here, so I'll just say that I ended up enjoying this book so much more than I expected. It was hard to tear myself away from the story, and I finished the whole thing in just over a day. I would love to read more books by Sarah Ready!

Many thanks to NetGalley and W. W. Crown, Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Audiobooks for gifting me an audio ARC of the latest book by Sarah Ready, perfectly narrated by some favorites, Sarah Naughton and Rob Brinkman - 4 stars!

Jillian is a dating and relationship expert for her job, but in real life is incapable of speaking to men. If they’re living, if they’re breathing, it’s game over. She moves into a tiny NYC apartment and quickly finds it's already occupied - by Daniel, a gorgeous shirtless man is is apparently dead. Only Jillian can see him and she can talk to him like she can't talk to any other man. Daniel decides it's his mission to get Jillian a real man so that he can move on. Only they both seem to realize they have feelings only for each other.

While you definitely have to put aside reality (there are ghosts involved!), this is such a fun, sweet, book. And it includes many, many Star Trek conversations, so that alone gets a good rating from me! I've only read the last two books from Sarah Ready, but she is definitely a must read author if you are in the market for a great rom com with lots of heart.

This is a fun, entertaining, intriguing, good story. I enjoyed both the romance and the various subplots in this book. Daniel and Jillian are captivating, interesting, relatable characters. I enjoyed both of the main characters and what they brought to the story. Their development was well done. I also enjoyed the various secondary characters as they added depths to the characters and the story. This story has twists and turns that will keep you turning the page until the end. The epilogue was perfect for this couple and their romance.

I listened to this on audio and enjoyed the story and narrators.

Triger warning: discussion of the affects of suicide on family/friends and grief.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

**** 4.5 stars ****

Jillian is the only dating and relationship expert on the planet who is incapable of speaking to men. If they’re living, if they’re breathing, it’s game over. Jillian moves to a new apartment and soon discovers the apartment is already occupied by Daniel, who is also dead. He’s a ghost but is the only man Jillian can talk about and is soon falling for him but may be the only man she can never have.

I had a great time reading this book ! I loved it 7 was a very unique story, not like anything I have ever read before. This book was such a rollercoaster of emotions. This is my first Sarah Ready, and I will definitely be looking up her backlist ! If you can suspend disbelief, then I would highly recommend this book !

I listened to this on audio book. I found the audio easy to listen to and welll read and bought the characters to life.

Thank you to Netgalley, W.W. Crown Independent Book Publishing and Sarah Ready for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

3.5/5
Thank you NetGalley for this audio ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Phew where to start! I really struggled to just rate this book let alone word a review. I wanted to love this book so much, it’s a first ghost romance for me.
So let’s start with what I enjoyed:
- Confusion I felt thought out trying to figure out what was happening.
- Her best friend and the co workers (well some)
- Nerdiness of sci-fi, conspiracy, star trek, science
What I was not a fan of:
- too much detail on every tiny detail
- Delayed climax
- Why is Daniel constantly being compared as a sexual deviant?
- Drawn out but yet we don’t see how he figures it out until the very end and yet not much detail about that.

I wasn't expecting to like this book so much, but that's exactly what happened.
It's an easy read, funny and sweet.
The audiobook was really good, I loved the narrator's voice.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of “Ghosted” by Sarah Ready. All opinions are my own.

Ghosted follows the story of Jillian, who moves into her new NYC apartment and finds its already inhabited. Only problem, he’s a ghost. Over time they become friends as Daniel helps her get out of her shell in her personal and professional life. When suddenly the ghost disappears, Jillian runs into Daniel, alive and well. But will he remember everything they shared?

This book was all over the place. I’ve read a few of the authors books before (French Holiday - loved!! Josh & Gemma Make a Baby, enjoyed. The sequel, hated.) I guess it’s hit or miss with me. Sometimes the descriptions felt unnecessary and over the top, definitely some of that could’ve been cut. Given how drawn out the rest of the book was, I felt the ending sort of rushed and convenient that he suddenly remembers everything and it’s all fixed.

I listened to this as an audiobook which was narrated by Sarah Naughton and Rob Brinkman. Both did wonderful jobs with the narration.

When I read this synopsis, I instantly thought of “The Dead Romantics” by Ashley Poston where the main character also falls in love with a ghost. SInce I enjoyed that book, I thought I would give this book a try as well.

Our main character Jillian is a dating expert who can’t speak to men? Tell me how this happens? How is this your career and you can’t speak to men? At least Raj from the Big Bang Theory had a different career in STEM that didn’t make his inability to talk to women as bad. Anyways, I digress.

Jillian moves into a tiny apartment which turns out is already inhabited… but by a ghost named Daniel. Daniel decides his afterlife mission is to help Jillian fall in love. Okay cute, but also I think we can see where this story might be going? Turns out I was wrong and it didn’t exactly end the way I thought it would. I was right about some parts, but definitely wrong about others.

My biggest issue with this book is 1) the length - it dragged on at certain parts and 2) can we please stop romanticizing stalking? I get it, she wanted to save Daniel, but it’s still not cute, and I guarantee if roles were reversed and it was the man stalking the woman, more people would have had a problem with it.

Everyone repeat with me now, Sarah Ready is a literary magician!

This book gave me ALLLLLLLL the feels. I was up to the weeee hours of the morning finishing it while sobbing and accidentally waking my husband up. Once he realized I was reading, he of course rolled his eyes and went back to sleep as he always does. But AHH! I just want to yell over and over at my keyboard non coherent words. It was that good.

So, truth. I first read this book then went back and listed to the audio. I loved it just as much the second time around when I was being read to by Sarah Naughton and Rob Brinkmann as I did when I was reading it myself. They crushed it!!

Anyway. . . This book is simply beautiful. There is no other way to put it. It’s a story of love and what you are willing to sacrifice for those you love. For Jillian, it’s everything.

Thank you NetGalley and Swift & Lewis Publishing LLC for the ARC!

⭐️⭐️⭐️ listen. Sarah kept me engaged though the whole audiobook.

- Paranormal Romance
- Slow Burn
- Spice (1/5🌶️)

Jillian is a dating and relationship article writer even though she sucks with interaction and cannot talk to men in person. When she moves into her New York apartment she is shocked to find it is also occupied by a ghost.... Daniel.

Daniel doesn't remember how he died or how he knows Jillian, just that he does. He helps her through her troubles, with work and men, while she tries to help him move on.

The feelings between them become undeniable and they they wish they could find a way to be together.

In an amazing twist of events they may find just that.

10/10 recommend

This was an amazing listen for me and I am grateful to have been given the opportunity to be an arc listener with NetGalley.

4.5 Stars

I really love the way Sarah Ready tells stories, and the characters she writes are some of my favorites. I get so emotionally invested in her stories and characters, she is easily an auto-buy author for me and I'm so happy I got to read this one early.

Jillian is in the biggest rut of her life. Her love life is non-existent (even if her godmother continues to set her up on dates), she's at risk of losing her job, and she's just moved into the world's cringes apartment. Oh, and did she mention is appears that her new apartment is already occupied? Daniel is a shirtless, six-pack wielding heartthrob, who appears to be dead. He's also the only man on earth Jillian is actually capable of talking to. Somehow their linked, and Daniel has decided the only way for him to move on is to help Jillian get her life back on track. He'll help her with her job and get her talking to men again, no problem. Of course, it's never that simple. The more time they spend together, the more it seems like Jillian is falling for the one man she can never have.

I seriously loved Daniel and Jillian so much. The way they connected with each other, and just got each other was so great. I loved the little mystery of how they were connected to each other, and I think the way that was revealed was quite unique to the story. I loved the Star Trek references. I think they were a great addition to the story and just a fun thing to spot for those who have watch any of the shows or movies. I loved that at the heart of this book, it was about being yourself and finding your own peace. Yes, of course there is a happy ending here, but I didn't feel like them finding a way to be together was the entire point of the story. At the end of the day, the way the two of them were able to find peace with their pasts was something I thought was really important to the story. I also surprisingly loved that this was told from just Jillian's point of view. Yes, I of course would have loved to have pieces from Daniel's point of view, but I think this one really worked the way it was told.

I also thing the narrator did a fantastic job with this one. I adored the audiobook. This is one I would easily recommend to anyone who enjoys the following.

✔️ Strangers to Friends to Lovers
✔️ Slight Amnesia
✔️ Soulmates
✔️ Ghosts/Paranormal
✔️ Forced Proximity
✔️ Star Trek
✔️ First Person Single POV

When I saw this cover I was intrigued. When I read the description I knew I needed to read it. I haven't heard of the author Sarah Ready yet but you best believe I'm about to read all her books though.

So the premise of "Ghosted"....
Jillian just moves into this sex den apartment (apartment covered in mirrors) when on her first night a ghost named Daniel shows up. Jillian is freaked out like most people would be, but she slowly starts to fall for Daniel as he gives her tips on how to date (see Daniel thinks it's his unfinished business to help Jillian fall in love).

I feel like I can't say more without ruining the book, but just read it. It's really adorable. It is a roller-coaster of emotions but it's so worth reading.