A review by actualresultsmayvary
Verity, by Colleen Hoover

challenging dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Spoiler
Well fuck me what a creepy book. 
When I first started reading I was disappointed by the quality of the writing but once we got to Verity's manuscript I was hooked. When I first saw that we were going to get a sample of writing from an author who had been described as excellent I was worried that Hoover wouldn't be able to meet the brief, but somehow the parts written by 'Verity' were far better written and more compelling than the rest of the book and I was frustrated every time there was a break from them.
As we got further through the book, and I just knew Verity was going to appear like a jump scare at some point, I was on edge the whole time. If this was made into a film I don't think I would be brave enough to watch it. As it is, I've read it alone in my house late at night and do feel quite freaked out. I will need to read something else light-hearted before I go to bed.
The letter was a twist that I absolutely didn't see coming and I was horrified by the bonus chapter and suddenly not being able to trust Jeremy at all. Horrible horrible horrible but in a good way.
This book was so compelling that I read it in one sitting, but I have knocked off a star because I didn't exactly enjoy my experience of reading it.
This is was my first Colleen Hoover book and absolutely not what I was expected after hearing her described as a Romance author (although to be fair there are quite a lot of explicit sex scenes) as this is absolutely not a romance, as least in the traditional sense. I would be intrigued to read more by her, and I think I will add It Ends With Us to my TBR.
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