SYNOPSIS
He's a troubled young actor, Hollywood's newest heartthrob, struggling with fame as the star of the latest superhero franchise. Through scandal after scandal, addiction on top of addiction, a flurry of paparazzi hunt him as he fights to conquer his demons.
She's a single mother, assistant manager at a grocery store, existing in monotony with her five-year-old daughter. Every day when she goes to work, lurid tabloids surround her, the face of a notorious bad boy haunting her from their covers.
A man and a woman, living vastly different lives, but that wasn't always the case. Once, they were just a boy and a girl who bonded over comic books and fell in love unexpectedly.
When Kennedy Garfield met Jonathan Cunningham back in high school, she knew he had all the makings of a tragic hero. With stars in his eyes, and her heart on her sleeve, the pair ran away together to follow their dreams.
But dreams, sometimes, turn into nightmares.
Now, years later, the only thing they share is a daughter—one who has no idea her father plays her favorite superhero. But Jonathan is desperate to make amends, and at the top of his list is the woman who gave up everything for him and the little girl he hasn't yet met
MY THOUGHTS
'Ghosted' is a beautiful and emotional story of second chance in love, simultaneously dealing with some in depth talk of self love and parents love for their children.
It has been a very long time since I have read a straight contemporary romance, and I think this was a perfect book for bringing my interest for it back to life.
My favourite part of this book were the characters & their relationships.
I loved both Kennedy and Jonathan, I am not going to say they were perfect and right all the time. There were times I wanted to slap them, especially Jonathan for his actions & choices, but deep inside I knew they were made for each other and loved each other very much. Just the time and situation was not in the favour of their love. Maddie was their sweet little kid whom I absolutely adored.
I really liked Kennedy's relationship with her parents,their love for her really was beautiful to experience, how easily they accepted and forgave her for all stupid choices she made - well that's your parents love for you :-)
All the secondary characters - either good or bad, served some kind of purpose in the story- which I really liked! I saw a potential romance by the end of the book, wonder we get to see anything about it though!
All the secondary characters - either good or bad, served some kind of purpose in the story- which I really liked! I saw a potential romance by the end of the book, wonder we get to see anything about it though!
Second thing I really liked in this book was the journal entries of Kennedy, showing their past lives, which was in second person, was fun and very insightful for the present story. It made us more invested in their love and relationship. I even liked the first person narration of both our MCs for the present time.
JM Darhower is an easy to roll kind of author who also have a very distinct writing style of her own.Would definitely be reading more of her work.
I think this is one of hard to put down book, which will bring a smile to your face with happy tears by the end of it for sure. I especially liked the message of self love it portrayed in between, which is always important when you are madly in love with someone, so much that you sometime even forget yourself in the process.That is a very deep and touching message.
Never make someone else the main character in your own story
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