Ghosted is written in a way that is so refreshing, so different from anything else I've read. JM Darhower is one of my absolute favorite authors, and while this book is so unlike anything she's ever written before, a book I never, ever expected, it's one of my top favorite books from her to date. I can't properly explain how much I FELT while I read this book. I can't even put into words how FANTASTIC this book is. JM Darhower NAILS that feeling in Ghosted, a heart wrenching second chance romance between a boy with big dreams and a girl who gives up everything so he can chase them. When a Hollywood love story is executed well, as a reader, I can't help but feel that wholly encompassing fear that the character and I are both losing someone we love to the world, to celebrity, to everything that comes along with fame. When done right, there's a somber undertone to the story, an overwhelming sense of impending loss, a fear of being left behind. There's always been something so heartbreaking about celebrity romances for me. 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. Now, years later, the only thing they share is a daughter-one who has no idea her father plays her favorite superhero.
But dreams, sometimes, turn into nightmares. With stars in his eyes, and her heart on her sleeve, the pair ran away together to follow their dreams. When Kennedy Garfield met Jonathan Cunningham back in high school, she knew he had all the makings of a tragic hero. Once, they were just a boy and a girl who bonded over comic books and fell in love unexpectedly. A man and a woman, living vastly different lives, but that wasn't always the case. Every day when she goes to work, lurid tabloids surround her, the face of a notorious bad boy haunting her from their covers. She's a single mother, assistant manager at a grocery store, existing in monotony with her five-year-old daughter. Through scandal after scandal, addiction on top of addiction, a flurry of paparazzi hunt him as he fights to conquer his demons. He's a troubled young actor, Hollywood's newest heartthrob, struggling with fame as the star of the latest superhero franchise.
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