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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
Mind is blown
Wow. Mind has been blown. I thought I knew what was going on until the ending. The ending really threw me off but was very good.
Wow. Mind has been blown. I thought I knew what was going on until the ending. The ending really threw me off but was very good.
3.5 stars.
What
The
Fuck
This was a very interesting read. I just. I don't really know what just happened.
What
The
Fuck
This was a very interesting read. I just. I don't really know what just happened.
Am I dreaming or am I awake?
Am I dead or am I alive?
Am I in the UK or USA?
Is Dare alive?
Is Finn alive?
The man in the hoodie?
The priest?
The home made tea?
The stargazer lillies in the mausoleum?
The Tarot readings?
The old belt?
I don't know what is real anymore and what is just a figment of my imagination. I love a book that makes my mind whirl. Verum & Courtney - job done.
Verum = truth. "The truth is stark. The truth is hurtful. I lay it out there, like a flesh flayed open, like pink muscle, like blood."
Truth be told, I need Lux.
Am I dead or am I alive?
Am I in the UK or USA?
Is Dare alive?
Is Finn alive?
The man in the hoodie?
The priest?
The home made tea?
The stargazer lillies in the mausoleum?
The Tarot readings?
The old belt?
I don't know what is real anymore and what is just a figment of my imagination. I love a book that makes my mind whirl. Verum & Courtney - job done.
Verum = truth. "The truth is stark. The truth is hurtful. I lay it out there, like a flesh flayed open, like pink muscle, like blood."
Truth be told, I need Lux.
HOLY MOTHER MONKEY BALLS FROZEN TO A METAL POLE!!!!!!! I continue to be blown away by this trilogy. Creepily beautiful. Haunting. This trilogy stalks you. You become a pawn in Courtney Cole's game of words. Verum starts where Nocte ends. If Nocte reminded me of the Fall of The House of Usher, Verum reminds me of Alice in Wonderland.It is a story I will gladly tumble down the rabbit hole to read. It resolved the things that I found unsettling in Nocte. I imagine Lux will resolve the remaining issues I have. I do love this book more than Nocte. In a way I wish I would have waited until the release of Lux to read the trilogy. Only because it is so awesome and I am so impatient but coming up with theories of how everything connects makes me happy. I love working my brain and VERUM DEFINITELY works my brain...my non smoking brain is now a smoker and I totally love every twisted minute of it!
I cannot decide how I feel about this book.
On the one hand, I really enjoyed it. It was fast-paced with unexpected twists and turns, and I enjoy the main characters and the way Courney Cole deals with mental illness and what it looks like to be inside the mind of someone dealing with trauma. On the other hand, the plotting of this book was haphazard at best, with major events happening seemingly out of the blue. At many points, I felt as though I was reading a book that had never been proofread, and from about the second chapter in, I had a constant feeling that I had somehow skipped over an entire chapter of very important information. Even though I was able to quickly pick up what was happening, it was still an unsettling jump. The reason this didn't bother me more is that, after finishing the book, I am thinking that some of the unexplained jumps, including the big one at the beginning, were done on purpose to mirror some underlying things going on throughout the book. If that is the case, I can forgive the inconsistencies, although I would still have preferred a book without them.
As for the actual storyline of this book, after reading Nocte, almost any big cliffhanger reveal this book could offer would never compare. At the point of the big reveal in Nocte I literally felt as though I had been doused in a bucket of ice water, but after the Verum reveal I only felt a mild twinge of surprise, and also some annoyance because that plot device again, really? I'm not saying it was bad, and I don't think you could, in good conscious, call these books unoriginal, but after the near perfection of the Nocte twist, I was expecting a bit more from Verum.
As for the cliffhanger ending, it was exactly what I expected, but I am still freaking out about it...and regardless of my lukewarm feelings towards this book, I still cannot wait for Lux...Summer 2015 cannot come fast enough!
On the one hand, I really enjoyed it. It was fast-paced with unexpected twists and turns, and I enjoy the main characters and the way Courney Cole deals with mental illness and what it looks like to be inside the mind of someone dealing with trauma. On the other hand, the plotting of this book was haphazard at best, with major events happening seemingly out of the blue. At many points, I felt as though I was reading a book that had never been proofread, and from about the second chapter in, I had a constant feeling that I had somehow skipped over an entire chapter of very important information. Even though I was able to quickly pick up what was happening, it was still an unsettling jump. The reason this didn't bother me more is that, after finishing the book, I am thinking that some of the unexplained jumps, including the big one at the beginning, were done on purpose to mirror some underlying things going on throughout the book. If that is the case, I can forgive the inconsistencies, although I would still have preferred a book without them.
As for the actual storyline of this book, after reading Nocte, almost any big cliffhanger reveal this book could offer would never compare. At the point of the big reveal in Nocte I literally felt as though I had been doused in a bucket of ice water, but after the Verum reveal I only felt a mild twinge of surprise, and also some annoyance because that plot device again, really? I'm not saying it was bad, and I don't think you could, in good conscious, call these books unoriginal, but after the near perfection of the Nocte twist, I was expecting a bit more from Verum.
As for the cliffhanger ending, it was exactly what I expected, but I am still freaking out about it...and regardless of my lukewarm feelings towards this book, I still cannot wait for Lux...Summer 2015 cannot come fast enough!
(I received an Arc in exchange for an honest review.)
This book frustrated me. A lot. The plot can basically be summarized like so:
Calla: Hey, Dare, what's your secret?
Dare: I'm not telllling youuuu.
Calla: But you have one.
Dare: Totes.
Calla: And you're not going to tell me?
Dare: Nope.
Calla: But I wanna know.
Dare: You already know.
Calla: No I don't.
Dare: Yes you do. Think about it.
Calla: I don't remember. Can't you just tell me?
Dare: Here's your one way ticket to No-ville.
20 Chapters later. . .
Calla: Seriously, Dare, what's your secret?
Dare: Still not telling you.
And then. . .
Hello, Plot Twist, meet Cliffhanger.
The only reason I'm giving this book 3 stars is because, for once, I didn't see the twist coming. It was pretty clever. But also pretty annoying. At this point I'm kind of tired of getting the runaround and will probably not be finishing the trilogy.
Calla: Hey, Dare, what's your secret?
Dare: I'm not telllling youuuu.
Calla: But you have one.
Dare: Totes.
Calla: And you're not going to tell me?
Dare: Nope.
Calla: But I wanna know.
Dare: You already know.
Calla: No I don't.
Dare: Yes you do. Think about it.
Calla: I don't remember. Can't you just tell me?
Dare: Here's your one way ticket to No-ville.
20 Chapters later. . .
Calla: Seriously, Dare, what's your secret?
Dare: Still not telling you.
And then. . .
Hello, Plot Twist, meet Cliffhanger.
The only reason I'm giving this book 3 stars is because, for once, I didn't see the twist coming. It was pretty clever. But also pretty annoying. At this point I'm kind of tired of getting the runaround and will probably not be finishing the trilogy.
"Have you known this whole time?” I ask, because I didn’t. Because I’m so fucked up that my mind has created stories out of stories out of stories.
Remember that sentence when you read this book, and basically forget everything you read in the first book and in this one up until the last few chapters. Because nothing is what it seems. And then I really mean nothing.
These two books seriously messed with my head to the point where I thought nothing was real anymore. I still prefer Nocte over Verum, but nevertheless this was a chilling sequel and I am quite looking forward to the haunting conclusion.
Remember that sentence when you read this book, and basically forget everything you read in the first book and in this one up until the last few chapters. Because nothing is what it seems. And then I really mean nothing.
These two books seriously messed with my head to the point where I thought nothing was real anymore. I still prefer Nocte over Verum, but nevertheless this was a chilling sequel and I am quite looking forward to the haunting conclusion.
Darn you Courtney Cole!!!! This book was just as full of twists, turns and surprises as the first one! I need the last book NOW!! Cannot wait to see how this one finally ends up.