I received this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I have read another book from her and enjoyed it so I picked this up. I like the twists and wondering!

It took me three months to finish this book, but I finally did it. It was a fluctuating reading because of the way the story was structured. I connect to what many other readers have expressed in previous reviews and confirm that the plot of the story is cute and piques interest, not to mention the dynamic between the characters presents good chemistry. The thing that stops me the structure of the narration. I don’t know if the author had wanted to experiment with some kind of writing or if it is a distinctive feature because it’s the first book I read of Ready so I make assumptions. I must say that on the one hand, it is interestin because it upsets the classic order of narration, on the other, it made me lose interest. An example is the relationship between the two protagonists that develops too fast, when I would have preferred a slow burn. From the plot I expected to find a paranormal story and I was surprised when I found scientific explanations. I did not like the change of route because from the plot I expected a paranormal love story, but I think this is more of a personal taste and is not the main reason why the story didn't excite me. For sure it’s an entertains reading that has fun moments where the dialogues are well structured and the secondary characters are engaging.


Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read the ebook ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This one had potential, but ultimately missed the mark for me and wasn't my cup of tea. I think a lot of readers will enjoy it though. I loved this author's last book. Thank you so much for a chance to read!

This was my first read by this author, and I’ll definitely be reading more. This little paranormal mystery, turn rom-com was full of heady emotion. Just the right type of book for in between some of my dark reads. Did I have to suspend belief? - Yes. Was the main MC a little needy and immature at times? - Yes. I easily forgave any niggles for what was overall a cute, fun, highly humorous and entertaining

Paranormal romance is my jam. This was a great new take on it for me and it was emotional and intriguing! Very sweet and was a fast read because I didn’t want to stop! This was my first Sarah Ready book and it was so good! I will be reading more from her! Can’t wait to see what she does with this series.

Thanks so much for an arc of Ghosted. The blurb of this book drew me in. It sounded like a fun, quirky rom-com. While it was these things, it was also more than that. There were also hard hitting topics. I loved the main characters, but I also loved Jillian's found family at the paper. I would love to see more stories of them. This book was great. I didn't have everything figured out and there were unexpected turns. I will definitely be recommending it. Thanks so much! This book was a treat!

LOVED this book! It was genuine and well paced up until the big end....and then it just flogged out. Honestly I enjoyed the main character's tenacity and wit,

3.75 rounded up!

I did not think I would be into this book. It started, and I was like "Oh na this is gonna be shit." and I ended up REALLY enjoying it!

Thank you Netgalley, for this E-ARC!

What a fun paranormal romance! Great for fans of The Dead Romantics. Daniel was such a great love interest and was so well-written. I loved Jillian's development throughout. Such a great, lighthearted read, 4,5 stars!

Actual rating: 3.5/5

Though not really in the top 10, this book is definitely one of my favorite reads for 2023. The main reason being, it made me cry a lot. It's a story that gives you butterflies, proceeds to shatter your heart only to slowly bring those butterflies back.

One thing that made me like this book is because of its message that love is not just made from physical attraction nor is it something you can get out of it. Rather, love is made by both an emotional and spiritual connection (whether romantically or not).

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There seemed to be some "time travel" elements involved, but I honestly think that the time travel and ghost ituation was explored a little bit more, because I'm still confused about it until now.
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Now I just realized, there's one more thing that the book didn;t bring up again once the problem was solved, and that's Jillian's social anxiety towards men. I guess it was never really touched upon that much since it was kinda impied that her anxiety was cured after meeting Daniel. But it was a really good plot point and wished there was more time for it.

When I originally read the premise for this book I had no idea where this was going to go or how the author was going to be able to pull this off, and yet she did. I loved the quirkiness of our FMC (Jillian). I loved the ghost aspect and all the mystery around who Daniel really was and where he came from. I loved watching them develop together and see Jillian come out of her shell and be herself.

Meet Jillian. She is a star trek loving woman who has not been able to deal with the grief from a tragedy that happened earlier in her life. This makes it where she can't have a conversation with men that she is "dating." Despite that, she has let a family friend set her up for over 100 dates to find her Mr. Right. Which she somehow does meet in the form of a ghost in her new apartment that is literally covered in mirrors. Daniel shows up the first night she is there with no shirt on and displaying his fabulous body to her. At first of course she is completely freaked. Is she hallucinating? Can anyone else see the shirtless Adonis in her apartment? But what is really shocking is that she can actually talk to him, Like have a full on convo which is so freeing for her she doesn't know what to do with herself.

Daniel doesn't know anything about his past. He doesn't remember anything. He remembers being above a woman who he feels a connection with and then immense pain. He tries to stay with Jillian but sometimes gets pulled away. He realizes that he must be here in this time to help her get past this hump of men in general. So he decides to follow her on some dates to have the conversation with her so she can respond to her date, but he finds himself not liking the guys she is going out with. He finds himself having a lot of fun with her. Their relationship blossoms until they have spicy ghost scenes and then when Jillian wakes up after declarations of love- Daniel is nowhere to be found. Where did he go? How will Jillian find him? Has he passed on before she was ready? She finds out that and everything more when she runs into Daniel in the present, and in the flesh at the Met. But of course, he doesn't recognize her and so the rest of the story unfolds.

This is a book about how the right person at the right time can help you through things you maybe have never wanted to face. They make you want to be a better you. They make you feel comfortable and like you have known them for a long time. I liked how Jillian and Daniel reconnected on the other side and how she made him from a grump to the sunshine that she knew him as when he was her ghost. This was a very cute, easy read. I am excited about book 2 which involves Jillian's friend.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

I enjoyed the read and the journey of Jillian and Daniel’s relationship. I requested the arc for this because I loved the film Just Like Heaven and it definitely gives off those vibes. I just think that some of the characters could do with a little more development.

This book wasn't what I expected. I thought it would be about someone ditching another, and instead, I was pleasantly surprised that it involved an actual ghost.

Jillian Nejat is awkwardly shy around men. It's to the point where she can't speak to them. Luckily, her place of employment is filled with others with their flaws. The irony is Jillian writes articles on dating and relationships, but she is failing miserably.

She moves into a strange apartment where every surface is covered in mirrors. It's close to work, which is a perk. Once her parents and a friend leave, Jillian is confronted by a shirtless man, and after she throws her prized possession and attempts to knock him in the head with a bat, he disappears. Stunned, Jillian calls her best friend, Serena, who makes three suggestions of what the man is, and only one applies.

The ghost, Daniel, appears again, and after some debating and a side trip to a psychic, convinces that indeed Daniel is a ghost. Daniel believes if he can help Jillian, then he can move on. He'll help her overcome her shyness and find her significant other. In the quest to do so, neither expects to fall in love.

This was a feel-good story with a surprise ending! I like how the second epilogue tied the beginning together.

I received an advanced reader's copy and voluntarily read and reviewed this book.

Jillian has just moved into her new apartment when she encounters a half dressed handsome man in her apartment who happens to be a ghost that only she can see and talk to. Daniel, her ghost helps Jillian grow and let go of guilt she's been carrying around. It is an unlikely love story that crosses into the unknown and I absolutely loved it. The love of my life passed away and I like to think he's still with me as the quote from the book says, “And I’ll love you when we’re young, and I’ll love you when we’re old, and I’ll love you when we’re gone.” I listened to this book on audio and followed along on kindle when at home.

This book was such fun! It was witty and had me laughing out loud. I enjoyed the banter between Jillian and Daniel. This story was also heartbreaking at moments. Overall, I loved it and want to read more of the authors work,

Thank you to Sarah Ready, W.W. Crown, Independent Book Publishers Association, Members' Titles and NetGalley for this E-ARC. These are my own opinions.

"You're my light, and even in the dark I'll recognize you. You're my forever and even when I'm gone, I'll love you. I'll love you, forever." -Daniel

The first few chapters had me confused about the story. The mirrored apartment? Who seriously mirrors EVERY surface in an apartment. I also had some questions: Why Daniel was half naked? How did he die? Where does he go when he disappears? Why can't Jillian talk to men?

All of these were definitely answered by the end of the book. I thought this was going to be like a retelling of the movie "Ghost" but it is more like the move "Just Like Heaven".

I absolutely loved her BFF Serena. Her "sciencing" had me laughing and then questioning everything.

The character of Fran was annoying at first, but then I learned her back story and by the end of the book I found her endearing.

This is definitely a story of fated soulmates. It was a bit slow in the beginning, but definitely picked up about half way through. There is also a side story of forgiveness. Both towards others and yourself.
I will defintely be reading the next installment in this series. " Switched".

My opinion:

I actually wanted to read this book because of the cover. I don't know, but the colors and the different 'worlds' just seemed so interesting to me. Also, I haven't really read books with ghosts in them, so this also felt like a book to read about that once.

When I started reading this book, I got into the story really quickly. It was written in such a way that it wasn't hard for me to keep up with anything, and very fast I had figured out who was who in the story. Also, the first moments when the ghost showed up for the first time made me smile a lot. It was funny to read about someone who doesn't believe in ghosts, meeting a ghost. And that it was written in a good way, not in an over dramatic way that made it seem unrealistic.

There also were a few moments I didn't like inside this book. The kinda sexual moments with Jillian and ghost Daniël felt super weird to me and I felt quite uncomfortable reading that. Also, the insta-love didn't feel right to me and it felt super rushed. I didn't even feel the chemistry between the characters at that point, and because of that I never really started to feel it either.

There were also some things with the plot in the first half that bothered me a bit, like they both just went with everything and didn't even want to figure a lot of things out that didn't make sense. Like, a ghost with no memory is following you and you don't know him, but he knows you. I would spend every single hour finding out why. Also, I just couldn't understand some other thoughts of Jillian, especially in the first half.

Also, I believe that this book could have been a little shorter, because sometimes the story felt super stretched and that slowed down the pacing a lot. And sometimes things just came out of nowhere and were super rushed (especially around side characters), I would have loved to see more about that then, instead of the slower pacing because of over-using descriptions, etc..

Anyways, I liked the second half more than the first half. Which also makes me believe that ghost stories with love between ghost and human might not really be my thing at all.

Overall, I think this story was kinda cute and because I liked the second half a lot more than the first half this story still gets three stars from. I liked it, but it wasn't amazing for me. Maybe one day I will even read the second part, because I hate to not finish series, but it won't be on top of my tbr for a while as well.

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Genre/tropes: romance (contemporary & paranormal), forced proximity
CW/TW: memory of traumatic accident

Ready’s an author I caught onto this year. Each book has been a different experience which is why I’ll happily check out any new release.

In short, Jillian moves into her new apartment, and gets an unwanted roommate - a ghost in the form of the very hot, and very shirtless Daniel. They develop a quirky friendship, and Jillian finds herself falling for Daniel, and vice versa. But he’s a ghost. Figures the only guy she could talk to would be a ghost. But then …

the story does a jump much later, and it feels like two different segments with only Jillian connecting the two. Somehow Ready managed a compelling, heartfelt romance about two people involved in the strangest, and most unbelievable of circumstances.

𝗚𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 is a strange mash up of paranormal, and time travel in a contemporary romance. It starts off one way, but ends up in a completely different place. All the while I couldn’t fathom how it would all turn out. But it works.

Thanks to @netgalley & #WWCrown for my ARC.

Ghosted was a fantastic read. The Star Trek references are golden, but in all seriousness you have to read Ghosted!

**Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐(4)/5**
Fun, funny, and romantic—Ghost provides an entertaining journey of love and personal growth that many will eat up.

Our story follows FMC Jillian Nejat, a struggling journalist with a suffering dating advice column. While Jillian wants to succeed as a journalist, it’s a little challenging to write a dating column when you’re terrified of men. When she moves into a low-cost apartment in a last-ditch effort to turn her life and column around, she has her first successful interaction was a man when she meets Daniel—but unfortunately, that’s because as far as they can tell, he’s a (very hot) ghost! Daniel realizes helping Jillian improve her column and learn to communicate with men might be his key to moving on or figuring out how he became a Ghost, and she agrees to give it a try. The lines between real and fake begin to blur as Jillian and Daniel grow closer, but what future can they really have?

Ghost was full of funny and sweet moments, and some surprising twists and turns! The only thing that was a little off for me was the pacing of this book. A lot happens in this book, which I appreciate in the sense that it didn’t end where I expected. However, I felt that we spent a lot of time on the front half dwelling (a bit too much, for my personal taste) on the main character’s insecurities, and then sped through a lot of interesting development in the second half! I found a lot of the side characters endearing as the story developed, and I wish we had gotten more of them earlier on. I also could have done with a bit less drooling over Daniel—it was a little heavy-handed on the “hot/unattainable man compared to the self-reported boring/insecure women,” but I personally don’t love that character dynamic.

I would definitely recommend this book to lovers of contemporary romance, and this was a perfect read for the fall. I saw this will be the first in a series, and would certainly pick up the next book when it comes out!

**Acknowledgments & Disclaimers**
✨ Thank you to NetGalley, Sarah Ready, and W.W. Crown Publishers, for providing an ARC and the opportunity to share an honest review of this book.
✨ All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.
✨ My reviews and ratings strive to evaluate books within their own age-demographic and genre.