Verity by Colleen Hoover - A Book Review

By: Mallory Johnson

I recently read the book Verity, by Colleen Hoover, and I LOVED it! It was my first

Colleen Hoover book, and I am so glad I read it. It is an adult romance thriller and is very

intense, dark, and disturbing. I do NOT recommend it for anyone under 18 years old. Before I go

any further, SPOILER ALERT. Also, trigger warnings for graphic child abuse, death, cancer,

murder, attempted murder, abortion, choking, grief, car crashes, severe injury, self-harm, child

death, cheating, and sexual content. The book is about a struggling author, Lowen, who gets

offered the job of a lifetime: finishing famous author Verity’s popular book series because Verity

got severely injured after an accident. She accepts, and the job requires her to stay at Verity’s

home with her husband and kid. She is sorting through Verity’s office when she finds a

manuscript that she was not supposed to see that details Verity’s life….in graphic detail.

I went into this book knowing it was dark and disturbing, but no warning could have prepared

me for what I was about to read. I highly recommend only reading this book if you can handle

the subject matter because it does not shy away from difficult subjects. This is Colleen’s first

thriller book (she writes romance books typically). I really hope she writes more thrillers because

this book was a wild ride. There are twists and turns that I did not expect at all. The story

features an unreliable narrator, so you do not know who to trust, which I think is very cool,

especially in a thriller. It was interesting to me how the ending was up to your own

interpretation, and I cannot stop thinking about it. I enjoyed reading the manuscript chapters,

even though they were graphic and disturbing. Colleen Hoover has a reputation for heartbreaking

books, and Verity did not disappoint. When it was not sad, it was intense, shocking, and brutal to

read at times.

Overall, I am so glad that I read this book. I love thrillers, and Verity is definitely a new favorite.

I highly recommend reading it, but please check trigger warnings beforehand. I give this a strong

10/10 and am so excited to read more from Colleen Hoover!