"What you read will taste so bad at times, you'll want to spit it out, but you'll swallow these words and they will become part of you, part of your gut, and you will hurt because of them."

Creepy. Unique. Disturbing. Addictive. Unexpected.

I started Verity expecting it to be yet another one of Colleen Hoover's amazing romance novels. But it was not. Instead, I read one of my very first thrillers, by one of my favorite authors. And she did not disappoint.

The thriller revolved around a very messed up family with a dark past that Lowen, the main female character, seemed to have sucked herself into. Lowen was hired by Jeremy Crawford to ghostwrite the remaining books of a series his wife, Verity, couldn't finish due to her unfortunate car accident. But when Lowen stumbles upon Verity's autobiography, she realizes that what she has gotten herself into is much more disturbing than she could have imagined. The woman's secrets are all Lowen could think about. How could she now differentiate between what is true and what she thought was true?

"After all, this is a house full of Chronics. The next tragedy is already long overdue."

The book seemed to focus more on the story and the mystery aspect of the plot that I found myself not getting too attached to the characters. I was more interested in knowing what was about to happen next and what secrets were yet unfold. It's truly rare for me to find books that catch me completely off-guard, but this one would be on the top of my list. It's the perfect amount of unique and disturbing.

"Verity" is a book based solely on tricks and the art of deception. You'll be sucked into a world where you might think you're going crazy, where illusions are your best friend and where nothing is truly what it seems. The energy in this book was wild and uncontrollable. It would make you feel as if you were in Lowen's shoes: confused and doubting everyone and everything around you. If I were Lowen, I don't think I would have made it this far inside the house. I'm pretty sure I kept screaming at her to get out of there, but to no use.

And the ending. Oh my God, the ending. It caught be completely off-guard. Actually, it didn't even catch me. I just felt like I was falling into this massive black void, not knowing where it even began or ended. Colleen Hoover is simply a master at last minute plot twists. She would hit you with the "my life is a lie" moment out of nowhere and leave you staring at a blank wall contemplating your life choices, trying to figure out your imagination from your reality.

All in all, "Verity" is the kind of book that would make you stay up all night to finish while looking up every few seconds to make sure no one was around to give you the scare of your life. 10/10 would recommend.