A review by dalmavatai
Verity by Colleen Hoover

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

3.5

Wow, this book was quite a ride. I really enjoyed the book-within-a-book chapters in which we were reading Verity's autobiography, I thought that was super interesting and gripping. To be honest I found the chapters from Lowen's perspective kind of boring because she is not a very well-developed character, and not much happens in those chapters either. I did like Lowen and Jeremy's relationship and the slow-burn romance we got to witness between the two of them, though, again, I wasn't super invested because of the lack of characterization. I also liked the sexual content in this, I mostly read mystery/thrillers or YA so I don't read a lot about sex but I like it when I do, so I definitely enjoyed how graphically and frequently sex was described.

THE TWIST THOUGH!!! I did not see it coming at all, though if you go into this book knowing there is a big twist at the end you might guess it. I didn't know this book had a big twist at the end, and honestly that made for a better reading experience because I was super shocked at the conclusion of this story. I thought it was a great twist and put the whole book into a new perspective.

Overall, a VERY interesting book with slightly underdeveloped characters and a slow-burn romance that was perhaps too slow for my taste. I think I will be picking up Layla from Colleen Hoover, and I have my eye on Never Never as well!
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