Ghosting: A Witty, Heartfelt, & Modern Love Story

Ok, ok! When I first started this book I thought it was going to be a 5 star read. I loved the smart and witty banter between Zoey and Miles. However 35 chapters later I think this novel could have been 5-10 chapters shorter. While you get to see all the loose ends tied up in the end, chapter 35 was the shortest grovel to make up possible 🤦🏽 And why did we have to wait until chapter 28 for them to figure it out? The side storyline between Leanne and Clifford was interesting (the MCs bosses with competing dating apps) however the back and forth eventually weighed down the overall story. I would have rather read about Mary's escapades. Sigh! Needless to say, I would say the last 5 chapters recovered the plot to meet the romance formula but boy did we get a lot of info dump to get to it. Overall I could definitely see this book as a quirky rom com but on page suffered from romance/women's lit identity crisis. In the end, this was definitely a 3.5 star read for fun and wit and 2 really (separately and together) adorable characters. I hope Aisha gets her own book.

The author(s) did everything right!! The book toggled between the two main characters--Miles and Zoey--both written in first person. The dialogue was witty, fun and laugh-out-loud funny in places. The situation was believable and sub-characters well-drawn.I found myself truly invested and looked forward to getting back to it when I was forced to sleep or eat. :>) Exceptionally well written and edited. Thank you!

I loved this book! It had me from page one and I literally was up until 2:00 in the morning finishing it! When I saw the blurb on the cover from Kerry Winfrey calling it a “modern-day You’ve Got Mail” I knew I had to read it. I am so glad I did!! It is cute, sweet, sexy and funny! Just an awesome combination of all things great. If you’re looking for a good romcom definitely check this one out.

I love my book

GHOSTING is an enemies-to-lovers story about two people working at competing dating service sites who don't realize that they're Cyrano de Bergeracking each other on behalf of their clients whenever they chat online. It's a concept that has a lot of promise, but I had a lot of trouble getting into the romance.❣️ The dating site element feels so unrealistic. Social media sites don't have unlimited money. Hiring ghostwriters and then letting them wine and dine clients seems expensive. Also, in this digital age, everything is done online with Zoom or Skype meetings, so it felt weird that Miles and Zoey would meet up with their clients in New York-- in person-- and then even watch their dates to see how things are going?❣️ I didn't really like either of the two leads. At first, I LOATHED Zoey. She was so awful and petty in the beginning. I couldn't stand her "playful" fighting over the free pastry goods with Miles. I just wanted to be like, "LOOK HERE, KAREN." Eventually I warmed up to her, but by the end of the book, I no longer liked Miles, because naturally when the romance element finally picks up, there has to be a BIG MISUNDERSTANDING to ruin everything. And it does, I mean. Ruin everything.You call that a grovel? It was a simper, at best.❣️ It hinges on way too many coincidences. Not only are they Cyrano de Bergeracking each other's clients, but the CEOs of their firms are ex-husband and ex-wife, they both know the same gay couple who's getting married, they live next door to each other, and it turns out that Zoey's friend at work is actually Miles's sister (who's working for both companies like a spy), only it never gets out because everything she's about to bring him up OH NO SOMETHING HAPPENS LOOK AT THAT. I just felt like the book was working overtime doing double-gymnastics to make sure everything fit puzzle piece-neat, but because it was so over-the-top, it really didn't work as well as it thought it did.Things I did like (diversity-- heroine is half-Filipina, hero is a "Jewslim", half-Jewish and half-Muslim Egyptian; although why is the hero so pale on the book cover? In the book he's described as having dark skin...). Fun descriptions of New York's, um, quirky culture (although it seems kind of sparkly and sugar-glossed... the way San Francisco's frequently is; there's an edge to that glamor). Zoey's friend, Mary, star of a cult classic fantasy movie, was fun... but she popped up in the book way too often as comic relief. The epistolary chat elements were also pretty well done.I don't know, maybe I went into this with expectations that were too high. At first, it did have a fun early 2000s chick lit vibe that I really liked, but then the heroine started getting annoying, and the big misunderstanding was just icing on the omg-why-tho cake. I think some people might enjoy this romance a lot but for me it ended up falling a little flat, even though I did read to the end.Thanks to the publisher for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review!2.5 out of 5 stars