Ghosted by Rosie Walsh– Audio
Book Blurb:
When Sarah meets Eddie, they connect instantly and fall in love. To Sarah, it seems as though her life has finally begun. And it’s mutual: It’s as though Eddie has been waiting for her, too. Sarah has never been so certain of anything. So when Eddie leaves for a long-booked vacation and promises to call from the airport, she has no cause to doubt him. But he doesn’t call.
Sarah’s friends tell her to forget about him, but she can’t. She knows something’s happened–there must be an explanation.
Minutes, days, weeks go by as Sarah becomes increasingly worried. But then she discovers she’s right. There is a reason for Eddie’s disappearance, and it’s the one thing they didn’t share with each other: the truth.
My Review: 4 stars
Ghosted was a contemporary romance with a mystery pulsing through it. This was a delight to listen to. The narrator was fabulous and perhaps added a bit extra to the story due to her cadence and exaggeration.
Was it a stretch for a forty-year-old divorced woman to find the truest of true loves over a week-long stretch with a complete stranger? Maybe. Maybe not. But that’s the beauty of fiction. Let it be true and let’s believe in that kind of love! Why not? Reading is escapism!
Sarah’s character bordered on completely sane to off her rocker. The author did a great job of letting the reader decide. Her friends were interesting minor characters that gave a fullness to the book. Eddie’s character was at the heart of the mystery as he “ghosted” her. Ghosted being the millennial term for disappearing from someone’s life. His story proves to have some unsuspecting twists that I really enjoyed.
This book is perfect for a day at the beach. It’s a light and easy read!
Quotes I liked:
Then Eddie kissed me again and I felt it all dissolve. The sadness of the past, the uncertainty of the future. This was what was meant to happen next. This.”
– “Nobody warns you that life continues to be complicated after you’ve Done the Right Thing. That there is no reward, beyond some intangible sense of moral fortitude.”
“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.”
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I enjoyed this as well. It tackled some heavier emotions with a lighter touch and I appreciated that. I didn’t see the twist coming at ALL, so I felt that was really well done. Sarah’s single-minded search for Eddie was done well also; she got that she was coming off as nuts, but she was still driven by the bad feeling she had, and I thought the writing there was balanced. I wouldn’t have found this book without it appearing on a few book blogs, which made me even happier to be a part of this community! 🙂 Great review!