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I'm going to be 100% honest. I hated Colleen Hoover's early stuff. No matter which one I picked up, I never seemed to like it. Then she wrote TOO LATE, and I found myself sucked into her ability to write drama and dark characters. IT ENDS WITH US was even better, ratcheting up the drama and instilling it with a solid message. But VERITY is Hoover's best work yet, with a mystery that is comparable to GONE GIRL, and a writing style that seems to be channeled from the great Tarryn Fisher herself via osmosis.
Lowen is a lower-tier writer struggling to make ends meet. Nobody is as shocked as she is when her agent manages to broker a deal to have her be the ghostwriter to the best-selling mystery author, Verity Crawford. Verity has just suffered an accident leaving her unable to write, and they need someone to provide for the fans who will be able to do her book justice.
To Lowen's surprise, Verity's husband is the attractive man she has a run-in with on the street after witnessing a man get crushed by a vehicle. With such an auspicious first meeting, there's nowhere to go but up, right? Ha... ha... NOPE. When she moves into the family home to make sense of Verity's papers, she has to fight her growing attraction to Jeremy-- and her growing fear of his wife and everything she represents.
Because even though his wife is catatonic and can't move, ghosts haunt the family home and the very books that Lowen herself is supposed to help write. And Lowen has found a memoir written by Verity suggesting that not everything is as it seems. In fact, Verity might just be a terrible person... and Lowen herself could be in grave danger.
I couldn't put VERITY down. Not only does this capture all the struggles of being a writer SO WELL, it also features so many of my favorite tropes-- family secrets, a bit of an unreliable narrator (or not?? spoilers), writers as main characters, forbidden romance, kind of a Gothic haunted house vibe, murder, mystery, mayhem, and so much more. I freaking loved the ending. I loved the book even before the twist at the end but after the twist I was clapping my hands and saying BRILLIANT.
Seriously, this book is so good and if you're not afraid to go where angels fear to tread, you'll love this.
4 to 4.5 stars
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Nenia � I yeet my books back and forth � Campbell's review
bookshelves: kindle-unlimited, thriller, the-lost-girls
Dec 25, 2019
bookshelves: kindle-unlimited, thriller, the-lost-girls
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I'm going to be 100% honest. I hated Colleen Hoover's early stuff. No matter which one I picked up, I never seemed to like it. Then she wrote TOO LATE, and I found myself sucked into her ability to write drama and dark characters. IT ENDS WITH US was even better, ratcheting up the drama and instilling it with a solid message. But VERITY is Hoover's best work yet, with a mystery that is comparable to GONE GIRL, and a writing style that seems to be channeled from the great Tarryn Fisher herself via osmosis.
Lowen is a lower-tier writer struggling to make ends meet. Nobody is as shocked as she is when her agent manages to broker a deal to have her be the ghostwriter to the best-selling mystery author, Verity Crawford. Verity has just suffered an accident leaving her unable to write, and they need someone to provide for the fans who will be able to do her book justice.
To Lowen's surprise, Verity's husband is the attractive man she has a run-in with on the street after witnessing a man get crushed by a vehicle. With such an auspicious first meeting, there's nowhere to go but up, right? Ha... ha... NOPE. When she moves into the family home to make sense of Verity's papers, she has to fight her growing attraction to Jeremy-- and her growing fear of his wife and everything she represents.
Because even though his wife is catatonic and can't move, ghosts haunt the family home and the very books that Lowen herself is supposed to help write. And Lowen has found a memoir written by Verity suggesting that not everything is as it seems. In fact, Verity might just be a terrible person... and Lowen herself could be in grave danger.
I couldn't put VERITY down. Not only does this capture all the struggles of being a writer SO WELL, it also features so many of my favorite tropes-- family secrets, a bit of an unreliable narrator (or not?? spoilers), writers as main characters, forbidden romance, kind of a Gothic haunted house vibe, murder, mystery, mayhem, and so much more. I freaking loved the ending. I loved the book even before the twist at the end but after the twist I was clapping my hands and saying BRILLIANT.
Seriously, this book is so good and if you're not afraid to go where angels fear to tread, you'll love this.
4 to 4.5 stars
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Reading Progress
June 10, 2019
– Shelved
June 10, 2019
– Shelved as:
wishlist
June 10, 2019
– Shelved as:
kindle-unlimited
December 2, 2019
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Started Reading
December 2, 2019
– Shelved as:
thriller
December 24, 2019
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15.0%
"I'm not entirely convinced that Colleen Hoover isn't absorbing Tarryn Fisher's personality via osmosis."
December 24, 2019
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41.0%
"I am so creeped out. This book is probably going to give me nightmares but that would imply that I had the sense to stop reading before bed, which clearly I don't."
December 25, 2019
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57.0%
"This is so disturbing. The more I learn about Verity, the deeper the pit in my stomach sinks."
December 25, 2019
– Shelved as:
the-lost-girls
December 25, 2019
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100.0%
December 25, 2019
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Finished Reading
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Dec 25, 2019 08:50PM
I agree, I was so engrossed in this one too!!
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Meggie wrote: "I agree, I was so engrossed in this one too!!"I liked what you said in your review about the potentially doubly unreliable narrators. I agree, so, so good. She really sounded a lot like Tarryn Fisher in this one lol.
The Masked Reader wrote: "Glad you loved it."Thank you!
One of my fav reads of this year !! Glad u loved it too :))
Piya wrote: "One of my fav reads of this year !! Glad u loved it too :))"It was so good! Even though it's not her usual genre, I really hope she writes more novels in this vein. She's SO good at mysteries!
This book is one of the worst books I've read this year. Pure trash. I saw the twist a mile away. I put it up there with Baby Teeth, The Au Pair, Looker and The Silent Patient.
Morgan wrote: "This book is one of the worst books I've read this year. Pure trash. I saw the twist a mile away. I put it up there with Baby Teeth, The Au Pair, Looker and The Silent Patient."I actually thought BABY TEETH AND LOOKER were OK, albeit a little disappointing! Maybe that is why I was able to enjoy it. :)
Nenia � Aspiring Evil Overlord � wrote: "Meggie wrote: "I agree, I was so engrossed in this one too!!"I liked what you said in your review about the potentially doubly unreliable narrators. I agree, so, so good. She really sounded a lot..."
I never thought of the tarryn fisher angle, but I totally see it. I’ve always respected TF for her ability to make nuanced characters that a lot of people won’t like. I probably wouldn’t be able to read them exclusively, but I do really enjoy books with those kinds of characters, especially when we get their POV. It gets tiring to read from the same kind of persons POV all the time- which is probably why I’ve been branching out when it comes to genres lately
I only love 3 books by her so far Too Late , Verity and without Merit. I cant with her sappy romance and heroine doing stupid things for love. 😂😂
Meggie wrote: "Nenia � Aspiring Evil Overlord � wrote: "Meggie wrote: "I agree, I was so engrossed in this one too!!"I liked what you said in your review about the potentially doubly unreliable narrators. I agr..."
I feel the same way. As fun as it is to read about likable characters, it's the twisted ones who keep things interesting. I think CH and TF are friends so I wouldn't be surprised if maybe they influence each other.
Attack Salmon wrote: "I only love 3 books by her so far Too Late , Verity and without Merit. I cant with her sappy romance and heroine doing stupid things for love. 😂😂"
Ooh I'll have to check out Without Merit then because those are the two of hers that I liked too, although I thought Confess looked interesting.
I think they wrote some books together! Never never series, which I started but never finished
Meggie wrote: "I think they wrote some books together! Never never series, which I started but never finished"I started but never (never) finished it too LOL
Just read her for the first time with Layla, this is the other one that perks my interest! Glad to heat it's promising
Justin wrote: "Just read her for the first time with Layla, this is the other one that perks my interest! Glad to heat it's promising"Yes!!! The suspense was amazing! LAYLA is on my to-read list! It looks so good.
