Verity by Colleen Hoover.

4/5 rating. 242 pages.

Book #27 of 2022. Read June 10, 2022.

 I would classify this as a psychological thriller or mystery? Whatever it was it was wildly entertaining, extremely disturbing, and just kept me turning to the next page.

You might get a slight inkling of the type of book when the first sentence is: “I hear the crack of his skull before the spattering of blood reaches me.”

This story follows a young writer who has been asked to take over Verity – a very successful author – ‘s series after she has a car crash. Some wild things come out of the woodwork when she moves into her house and weird things start happening.

If you’re into really dark books, this one is for you.

Quotes:

“Most people come to New York to be discovered. The rest of us come here to hide.”

“I wasn’t heroic. I wasn’t simple. I was difficult. An emotionally challenging puzzle he wasn’t up for solving.”

“I think the idea of me is better than the reality of me.”

“An autobiography encouraging the reader to like the author is not a true autobiography. No one is likable from the inside out. One should only walk away from an autobiography with, at best, an uncomfortable distaste for its author.”

“I was on his bed, lying on my back, watching him undress, when I realized I was about to make love for the first time. I’d had sex before, but never with more than just my body.”

“But when a person finds someone who makes all the negativity in their lives disappear, it’s hard not to feed off that person.”

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