The Man Who Didn't Call: The OMG Love Story of the Year – with a Fantastic Twist

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Earlier today I was trapped in some pointless dark thought or other, my body clenched like a metal fist. Your friends tell you to forget him, but you know they’re wrong: something must have happened; there must be a reason for his silence. If I had felt that connection, I could have gone with the flow and accepted all of the coincidences that made this feel a little contrived with a predictable ending.

Is it a domestic thriller about the disappearance of a man, or a romance about love overcoming odds, or a composite of separate stories about different people whose lives are loosely intertwined? Seriously, though, I’m obviously a lemming and if something shows up on my feed enough (except here, because somehow the GR recs are totally on crack and they need to tighten that game up) I’ll take the bait.I wish to thank the publisher, Pan Macmillan for providing me with a free copy of this book for review purposes. Sarah verges on obsession trying to find out what happened to Eddie and begins to question whether or not there time together was real.

What I enjoyed most about this book was the writing and originality, especially that of the first half. Sarah is devastated and begins to realize there is way more to this love story than she could have ever imagined. Prior to writing under her own name she wrote four romantic comedies under the pseudonym Lucy Robinson. Walsh also has a background in the blogging sphere, working for Marie Claire, where she touched on topics such a love and dating.I just never connected with many of the plot points, and also thought there was way to much teenage angst present, from a middle aged woman. It is also an everlasting love story that puts a great big spotlight on the role of fate in our lives, as well as our ability to forgive and forget. Some books are entertaining, some books are affecting and some, like this one, creep under your skin, travel through your veins and settle in your heart. As Sarah tries to move on with her life, she cannot shake Eddie’s silence and the real reason for his distance.

If you are looking to connect to these characters based on their relationship and love story alone this might not be the one for you. THE LOVE OF MY LIFE has already spent several weeks in the top ten bestseller list in Germany after an early release. The premise is interesting enough, but what follows is a long and mostly pointless story that is equal parts boring and odd. Normally with romances or even thrillers I feel like at least one of the characters is incredibly annoying or unrelatable but not so with this one, I felt like all of the characters motivations and actions were completely understandable and therefore made me find them all very likeable. GHOSTED: (Verb) When someone you love disappears without explanation…Then your friends and family act like you're crazy.

There definitely were some tough things that happened to the characters and I felt for them over their losses, over the burdens they carried. Here is where the problem lies—as readers, we are only privy to a few vignettes over that seven day period, meaning the development of Sarah and Eddie’s relationship is non-existent. There were several things that rang true in this novel- marriages don’t always work, accidents happen and handling grief is difficult and different for each of us. Ghosted is a book that taught me a lesson about not judging a book by its cover, author endorsements and blurb.

I had different expectations for what it would be but that ultimately ended up not being a bad thing.So having two characters, main characters, that are not relatable and to me, unlikable, doesn’t help. If I could issue an award to the most surprising novel of the year it would be this one, hands down. There are thorns and ragged edges along Sarah’s unstoppable journey to find Eddie and the truth about his disappearance.