

Which I have NEVER done before on a Colleen Hoover book. Frankly, I had to push myself a bit to finish it. Verity's autobiography was one of the most disturbing things I have read, and there was a moment I had to put the book down, and I couldn't go back to it for a full 24 hours. In a book this dark, I needed Lowen and Jeremy's connection to be intense, and to lighten up the story a bit. There was no chemistry between Lowen and Jeremy. But there was another problem that wasn't like Colleen Hoover at all: the romance was lackluster. Could it be that Verity is just really dark compared to her other work? Possibly. Yes, mystery is a different genre for Colleen, but it didn't feel like a Colleen Hoover book. But the longer Lowen spends at the Crawford home, her feelings for Jeremy grow - and Lowen carries secrets that will break the ties between Jeremy and Verity forever. Lowen decides to keep the horrific confessions secret, not wanting to upset the already grieving Jeremy. Instead, she finds an unfinished autobiography that Verity never meant anyone to find, and learns chilling and dark secrets - including what happened the day Jeremy and Verity's daughter died. But on the brink of being homeless, she travels to the Crawford home to go through Verity's chaotic office, in hopes of finding material that will help her write the last novels of the series. She desperately needs the money, but stepping into the insanely popular Verity Crawford's shoes is a monumental task she doesn't think she is up for. When Jeremy Crawford approach's Lowen to continue the popular mystery series his injured wife is unable to finish, she doesn't quite know what to think. Verity by Colleen Hoover follows struggling mystery writer Lowen Ashleigh, broke and facing eviction, when she gets a job offer too good to pass up.
