I love Lisa Unger and I’m a big Jones Cooper fan, but this just wasn’t one for me. I found it a bit slow and ploddy, and I’d guessed what was coming very early on, which made the conclusion a bit flat.

Of course incredibly well written, and treading through some familiar Unger themes. I liked the contrast of modern ghosting with olden ghosting. The use of online dating was nice. It felt like some of the intricacies of how he’d hunted the girls (through her) was a bit thrown away.

People who like thrillers will enjoy it. I just didn’t think it was her best ever.

Wren Greenwood is a young woman with lots of secrets and a troubled past. Her best friend, Jaz, thinks Wren is missing out, and signs her up to Torch, an on line dating app for casual hook ups. After a couple of false starts, Adam appears on the site and Wren arranges to meet up with him.

All is going well, they really connect and it seems that he could be “the one”. After getting in very deep and confiding details of her past that she has never disclosed to anyone, Adam disappears and Wren is ghosted by him on all his media accounts and on on his telephone. Cue a PI turning up and questioning Wren about “Adam”. Seems Wren is the latest in a run of girlfriends, all with similar circumstances as hers, the difference being that they have all disappeared after getting involved via Torch.

This book is so compelling, definitely couldn’t stop reading, a one more chapter kind of book! It was dark, moody and deep, a really atmospheric story. Worthy of much more than 5 stars.

Thank you NetGalley.

Wren joins a dating app and meets Adam, they have a short relationship and then he disappears.
I enjoyed the beginning of this book but then I began to find the story confusing because of the timeline changes and the main characters were using different names.
There were some twists and turns but overall I was struggling to connect with this story.
Thank you to NetGalley and HQ for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

Lisa Unger has done it again! Last Girl Ghosted is a thriller you HAVE to read!

Firstly I didn’t like Wren, I found her annoying and weak. I would say the best thing about her is her disaster of a life makes for great reading! Full of twists and turns and we all love a bad boy!
4/5

Writer Wren Greenwood is persuaded by best friend Jax to sign up on the online dating site Torch and through this she meets Adam Harper. She falls for him and they begin an intense relationship and she shares aspects of her life with him she’s told few others. Then he ghosts her, every digital trace gone. When PI Bailey Kirk contacts her she realises that she’s the ‘last girl ghosted’ and that others before her are missing. Wren is determined that’s she will indeed be the last girl he ghosts and this begins a hunt that takes a deep dive into Wren’s past.

Lisa Unger writes so well and what I especially like is that all her books are different and you never know what you’re going to get!! I think this one is possibly one of the most complex plots she’s created which I find to be utterly absorbing. The cat and mouse ‘ghost’ storyline is extremely believable, making valid points about our radar being blunted by social media so we don’t pick up the scents we should. However, it goes much deeper than digital ghosting. It includes all kinds of issues, some of them are very dark such as trauma, PTSD and the heavy burden of guilt and loss. What makes it still darker but also feel more authentic is the dystopian background of the unrelenting tide of Covid (at the start its a ‘far off disease’) and climate issues such as the devastating wildfires in Australia. The characterisation is a stand out feature, they’re all convincing and many are multi layered especially Wren and Adam and at times it’s hard to figure out who is the hunter and who the prey because it chops and changes. The characters of Jax and Bailey are very good too and provide a counterbalance to the complexity of enigmatic Wren. It’s emotionally charged in places, terrifying and dangerous at others and incredibly tense with frequent moments of prickling unease as it builds to a very good conclusion.

Overall, this is s clever novel which has me in its clutches from start to finish and I have no clue where it’s going to go next. Just the way I like it!!

With thanks to NetGalley and especially to HQ for the much appreciated arc in return for an honest review.

This novel began with a very tense and enticing premise. Unfortunately the pace significantly slowed down, particularly with the past reflections. I found my attention waning.
Some of the vocab choices were rather repetitive which I found jarring.
This, I suspect, is novel readers will love or not. Just become didn't work for me isn't indicative of the overall reception.

The premise of this sounded really interesting and the bare bones of a great story were definitely there, but I wasn't completely sold on the execution.

The first part was great and the scene was well set but I found the middle part quite difficult to wade through and ended up skimming a lot about Wren's past, which didn't interest me as much as the present day story.

I thought Adam's character was very interesting and I was really looking forward to finding out what his reasons and end game were, but I was a bit disappointed by how weak his motivations were in the end. There were some unanswered questions and things I would have liked more information on.

I would say that I enjoyed this book, but I wouldn't say that I loved it.

This started off really interesting and fast paced but it soon became slow and confusing. I really wanted to enjoy it so I kept on reading but unfortunately it became a chore. It just wasn’t done right.

Thanks to Netgalley and HQ for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Wren hasn't had much luck with dating so her friend talks her into a Tinder type of app called Torch. She has a couple of hook ups before meeting a guy named Adam, who she has a sort of whirlwind romance with. But then he disappears and she can't get in touch with him. There is no info on him online. It is like he never existed.

I love these kinds of books where someone disappears and we find out they weren't who they said they were. This one started out really strong. I was engaged. Then I started to get a little bored because we were getting too much background on Wren's past life which wasn't all that interesting. Then the ending was ok but didn't really wow me. All in all it was a decent to good book but probably not as good as I expected it to be considering how well it started.

I thought I was really going to love this book, but half way through it started to go downhill for me and I began to lose interest. The second half just seemed to drag on and on and was, at times, confusing. I’m not keen on the author’s writing style, and I thought the ending was utterly unbelievable. The pleasure of reading was marred by the numerous uncorrected errors that jumped out at me, and I’ll never understand why authors and publishers allow books to be reviewed when they haven’t been thoroughly proofread. It’s so absolutely unnecessary, and it really doesn’t do them any favours – not where I’m concerned anyway!

Last Girl Ghosted tells the story of Wren, a successful podcaster who meets Adam via a dating app. After he ghosts her, she discovers he has done the same to other women who then went missing. Wren's life unravels into a mystery she needs to solve whilst keeping a dark secret of her own.

WOW, what a read! Last girl ghosted was beatifully written and I couldn't put it down. I read this book in one sitting as it was so thrilling!

But don't let this fool you, this is not just a thriller. Lisa Unger beautifully gets in the mind of her characers to uncover their inner thoughts, and Wren's backstory was as thrilling as any!!

All in all, a fantastic read, I will be reading this one again (yes, really) as I get the feeling it is one of those books that give away small details you may only notice during the second read.

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Disclosure: I would like to thank the publisher and author for my advanced review copy of the book. This is my honest review

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Awesome novel.
Wren Greenwood meets a good-looking stranger from a dating app, she expects a casual fling – but they connect immediately. Adam Harper is her perfect match. She falls for him. She confides in him. And then he disappears… his profiles deleted, his phone disconnected, his Manhattan apartment emptied. First, Wren blames herself. Then she hears about the other girls – girls who fell in love with Adam, and are now missing. Wren needs answers, but as she follows the breadcrumb trail Adam left behind, it leads back to her own dark past. Suddenly, she’s no longer sure if she’s predator or prey. She only knows one thing: whatever it takes, she’ll be the last girl he ever ghosts…
Thanks to NetGalley and HQ for giving me an advanced copy of this book.