A Ghost in Shining Armour

I enjoyed the story, it was well-written with captivating plot. A great and intriguing romance to enjoy when you need a break.

This book had me rooting for the main characters, Gemma and Levi, they had some tough decisions throughout but it made the story so much more alive and real. Perfect paranormal romance.

An enjoyable read, I liked the writing, I liked the characters and they were well developed and I loved the romance element.

Love is hard enough to find but when one partner is a ghost - it gets all sorts of metaphysically difficult!

Gemma has been "different" for a long time. She's tried to keep the whole sees-ghosts-thing on the down low. But they do have a nasty habit of interrupting her life at the most inopportune moments! Her small group of friends expands when she somehow ends up with a ghost taking up residence in the body of Levi. He's essentially a dead soul from another dimension!

Gemma has a lot thrown at her in this book, life, love, soulsearching, and the realisation that her demanding parents have kept a big secret from her. There is levity in the relationship she has with her friends and the weirdly sweet romance she enters into with Levi.

Gemma and Levi's banter is witty, flirty and very on point. The humour is dry, sharp, sarcastic at times but never mean. Gemma and Levi both have to make choices that affect not only them but their siblings and friends too. A great example of grumpy/sunshine and Levi has a very cinnadom vibe lol! Great read and I'll be adding Ms Beharrie to my must-read-more list!

I LOVED this story, it NEEDS a follow on, maybe from Gaia's perspective...? Beautiful, heart warming story.

Gemma and Levi are a perfect blend, he's so supportive and quietly thoughtful to her, it's just lovely to see their relationship develop. I have so much love for this story, thank you for the ARC.

Such an intriguing book that I couldn’t put down. The MCs were just so very likeable and I was desperate for them to have the happy ending they deserved ❤️ I totally don’t mind a bit of a supernatural element in a romance, this was kind of like a lighthearted Layla.

An enjoyable book with likeable characters and very different from other books I have read. Therese Beharrie can certainly tell a good story and I enjoyed how the story unfolded and Gemma realised how she had spent her life trying to please people while Levi had been living his life for his sister. I did find the beginnings bit slow but once the story took off it was a nice easy read

This book is paranormal ghosts meets strangers to lovers with a smidge of spice 🌶

I love Levi and Gemma together - he’s grumpy with everyone except her (*insert me melting on the floor*) - and their banter was cute and funny

The characters had really in depth character development that flowed with the story and you could see how the characters changed overtime and not suddenly in one go

Overall a cute ghosty romcom that was easy to read and almost gives found family vibes and I definitely want to go and read the book about Gemma’s sister now

This was a fun book. Gemma can see ghosts. She has to help them finish their unfinished business so that they can pass on to wherever it is they go after that. If she acknowledges them openly, then other people can see and hear them (they appear to be normal people, apart from they know that they’re dead).
When she accidentally kisses the ghost Levi, she’s surprised to find that he’s been sent to help her, rather than needing her help himself.
Levi wants to get back to his old life, so that he can save his sister from feeling guilty about his death. If he succeeds in his task of helping Gemma reconcile with her long lost sister, then he will cease to exist in Gemma’s timeline but go back to his sister. If he fails, he will never see his sister again.
I wasn’t very well when I read this, and struggled to get into it at first - but that’s on me, not the book. I didn’t see how on earth they were going to get through to a happy ending, which was a really nice thing. It’s not often you have a conflict that genuinely feels insurmountable. Levi is such a kind (if grumpy) hero and Gemma is definitely the sunshiney one.
I like this new(ish) genre of cosy paranormal romance with less fangs and claws. It leads to some interesting and thought provoking dilemmas. I hope there’s more.
I received a review copy from the publisher via Netgalley. This is my honest review.