VERITY BY COLLEEN HOOVER
Review to my Goodreads: Mindblowing! I am speechless! You know that feeling after you finished the book and realized, what did I just read that was so dark!
Title: Verity
Author: Colleen Hoover
Type: Fiction
Category: Adult
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Romance
Tropes: Forbidden love (A bit? LOL Depends on how you will view it)
Total Chapters: 25 + Epilogue
Total Pages: 341
Table of Contents: None
Summary From The Book:
Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of best-selling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish.
Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read - page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night her family was forever altered.
Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents could devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her.
My Thoughts:
First question, are you Team Manuscript or Team Letter? I read the version with extra content.
So the story is about introvert Lowen, an author who is struggling financially but one day got hired by a handsome and kind Jeremy to be a co-writer and finish the remaining unpublished books of his wife, Verity.
The pay is great so Lowen accepted but as she tried to understand Verity’s way of writing, she got an insight inside Verity’s dark mind. Lowen then fell in love with Jeremy which resulted to her getting tangled with their predicament.
Reading this book gave me chills and a creepy feeling. Some scenes made me even gasp! It is all so dark that it makes reading it deeply engaging.
This book is not for the faint hearted or easily triggered as it contains child abuse and neglect, self-harm, mental health problems, deception, violence, infidelity and possibly an abusive relationship. There are also some explicit sex scenes. Definitely suitable for adults only.
The point of view is focused mainly to Lowen. It is not hard to keep up with the story because there are only a few characters involved.
It is hard to choose which character is my favorite because I think none. No one impressed me enough to be a favorite and there are no character arc development to any of them. No redeeming qualities either throughout the story.
The most memorable and creepiest part for me is when Lowen thought she saw Verity on top of the stairs, I think I was not able to sleep comfortably that night. LOL.
What do you think the title Verity? The book was named after the character Verity but its meaning when you search online is how being truthful or honest you are. So the name suits the character of the book Verity because we do not know which is the manipulated truth with her manuscript versus letter.
Basically, the book is mysterious, thrilling and so dark that it had my mind blown with all the questions in my head in the end, wondering if what is the truth - The manuscript or the letter.
My Favorite Line/s:
"It's natural, to assume the worst in people, even if that assumption is only for a split second." - Verity page 293
Rating: 5/5 because the story is deeply engaging for me. The story is simple but never bored me.
Spiciness: 3/5
Recommendation: To those who wants to read a really dark story and a toxic type of relationship but it has a lot of triggers so check it out first.
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