Verity by Colleen Hoover
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Fabulous
Loved every bit of this book. I wanted to read it again after I finished it.
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Loved it
It was her first book I read. It was totally not what I expected but what made me fall in love with her book. I am number 14
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I’m So Excited
I Heard They Are Making A Movie Of This Book I Can’t Wait To Read This Book
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The plot twist is crazy
I had my jaw on the floor for most of it so I was so caught off guard with the ending.
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Romance thriller for sure!
I usually have a romance novel preference. This time I ventured off a bit and I am not disappointed at all! I could not put this book down! Reading it while I cook, on my lunch break - I read every page I could, when I could, until I finished the book. Read for yourself...
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Phenomenal!
I worked in an antique store and this book showed up on one of the bookshelves. I picked it up and started reading it yesterday around three and I finished it today around noon absolutely in love with this book. It such an in depth dissection of each character, and it still leaves you craving more from each and every character. It makes you giggle that times with the spicyness, it makes you want to throw the book at the wall at times, and it makes you look over your shoulder.
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Not for Me
Colleen Hoover books were recommended to me by a friend whose taste in books is clearly not like my own. She suggested I start with VERITY because this is a mystery/thriller, which she knows I like, in addition to romance, which she knows I dislike. But I've heard from more than one person that Hoover's romances are unlike other romances. So I gave it a try even if only to satisfy my curiosity. A man is married to a successful writer who is now unable to finish a series of books because she is in a coma. So her publisher finds another writer to finish the series. The rest of the book involves this other writer (female, of course) who comes to live in the man's home (thus the sex/romance) and becomes suspicious of Verity (thus the mystery/thriller). I don't think I'm a prude, but the sex portions are explicit. If you enjoy this sort of thing, go for it. You'll be glad to know, the sex scenes are also numerous. The mystery/thriller portions are good but get predictable near the end. I found it best to skim the sex and read only the mystery/thriller parts. Hoover is not for me. This particular book is, I hear, her best. So I generously give VERITY three stars for its mystery/thriller portions and stop here.
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Great Thriller - Too Much Sexy Time
Verity is one of those books that grabs you immediately and doesn't let go. I came into it expecting a psychological thriller — and that's definitely what I got. What I didn't expect was the heavy romance element, but that ended up playing a much bigger role than I anticipated. In fact, it might have been a good thing I didn't know Colleen Hoover was primarily a romance author before diving in. The story starts with a bang — literally. The opening scene is shocking and visceral, though in hindsight it feels a bit out of place compared to the rest of the book. It seems designed solely to bring our main characters, Lowen and Jeremy, together. From that point on, though, the tension never lets up. One of the most intriguing elements is the manuscript-within-the-book structure. Verity's autobiographical manuscript is horrifying, manipulative, and deeply unsettling — but also so graphic, especially sexually, that it started to wear on me. I don't consider myself prudish, but I found the constant, detailed sex scenes exhausting and uncomfortable to read, especially during a lunch break at work. That said, the rest of the writing was tight, compelling, and perfectly paced. This book plays a lot with trust and manipulation. We're constantly asking: can we believe Verity's version of events? What about Lowen's interpretation of them? And what does Jeremy really know? The ending doesn't provide a clear answer — on purpose — and that ambiguity is both frustrating and brilliant. It left me pondering which version of the truth I believed, and how much of that belief is based on what I wanted to be true. As for the characters, no one is particularly likable. Lowen is... fine. Jeremy straddles the line between charming and sleazy. Verity is an enigma — disturbing, fascinating, and impossible to pin down. Even the child, Crew, is just kind of there (but to be fair, I'm not really a "kid" person). Yet despite the lack of warmth, I was still completely hooked. I gave this book a solid 4 stars. It's dark, twisted, and riveting — an expertly written thriller that left me unsettled in the best way. I'm not sure I'd pick up another Colleen Hoover book unless someone I trust strongly recommends it, especially known how explicit her writing can get. But I'm glad I read this one, and I'd absolutely recommend it to fans of romantic thrillers — just with a heads-up about the graphic content.
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