Verity

Meh? Probably 2.5 stars, but rounding down. I gave this book a chance after H A T I N G It Ends With Us, because all my Colleen Hoover devotee friends said it's outside her norm. I wanted to like it, and I did like It better than IEWO, but it was still just... not my favorite. It was definitely suspenseful, creepy, and successful at sucking me in (I read it straight through in one sitting) but the last 15% or so got a little too unbelievable for me to truly enjoy. (I read a lot of magical realism so I don't think imagination is my problem, here.) There were a couple of plot devices that felt shoehorned and (light spoiler ahead) the letter that concludes the story is entirely a lazy way to do a whole bunch of expository narrative to try to introduce a twist that isn't much of a twist. Just not my jam.