“I think the idea of me is better than the reality of me.”
TW: Abortion; Child abuse; Death; Murder; Infidelity; Consensual sexual scenes
Lowen arrives at famous author Verity’s home in order to finish her work as Verity has become unable to do so. Upon her arrival she finds a bone-chilling manuscript written by Verity herself, which she keeps away from Verity’s husband Jeremy. The best part of this book was when it was finally over. Not saying I liked the ending at all, I just liked the fact that the nightmare was finally over. The plot: stupid. The twists: BS. There's the improbability, the lack of emotion, there is nothing I enjoyed about this book. It is very obvious that the final twist in this trainwreck was only added because CoHo made the first twist too obvious and didn’t wanna fix it. The beginning death scene was unneeded! It was NEVER mentioned again. It was only there for the introduction of the male and female leads. It could have been replaced with a classic coffee shop spill. The second star was ONLY for the fact that while this book was truly horrible (which the CoHo cult will crucify anyone for saying), the writing style did keep me hooked, and I was hoping that the second twist, which was as painfully obvious as the first so CoHo’s cover up plan didn't work, wasn’t going to happen. But it did. And I hated it. *(Mini spoiler)* While CoHo says she’ll never say which is true, she alludes to the manuscript being true vs the letter, making the last 2 chapters as pointless as the disgusting contents of the manuscript that supposedly never happened.