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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nJeremy, Verity’s husband, gives Lowen the opportunity to stay with them while she goes through Verity’s prior manuscripts and gets a sense for the work and writing in order to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lowen had no idea she’d be living with Very herself, and what she learns in Verity’s office alters everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you like the sound of this book and are curious as to what to expect in more detail, then keep reading this review.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before you continue \u2013 beware of spoilers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What Is Verity About?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nLowen is a down-and-out novelist who moved to New York City not for the employment opportunities or the prestige, but to blend in with the thousands of other people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the novel begins, she is in sorrow for her mother, who died of cancer only a week previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lowen is tricked into taking on a ghost writer-assistant style post for the last three volumes in Verity Crawford’s best-selling murder thriller series, despite her lack of funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She reluctantly accepts the position and leaves the safety net of the city for the Crawford family home to investigate Verity’s plans and do research for the next three novels in the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lowen experiences attraction, mystery, and horror in a series of events that will leave her, and the reader, shaken and questioning everything you thought you knew about those involved, despite what was originally to be a ‘easy’ assignment gifted by the ‘gods’ due to Verity’s bestselling status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Lowen looks through Verity\u2019s documents in order to get enough material to write the next book for her, she comes across an unfinished memoir which talks about a lot of shocking things about Verity, Jeremy, and their children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Knowing that it will only cause more pain and devastation to Jeremy who is already grieving the loss of two daughters, Lowen decides to keep the autobiography a secret from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This becomes an increasingly hard task though as the feelings between Lowen and Jeremy intensify which in turn influences Lowen that maybe it would benefit both of them if she was to share what she found with him regarding Verity\u2019s dark secrets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No matter how devoted Jeremy is to Verity even in her catatonic state, learning of the horrifying truth of what really happened to their children will be the ultimate test of love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Verity Review<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nReading Verity was an emotional rollercoaster, particularly from Lowen’s perspective. We don’t know if her feelings are genuine or if they are all in her brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The opening chapter establishes that this is a totally different aspect of Hoover’s personality than her usual love stories. Her words are all-consuming and enticing, and they are followed with blood spatter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Storytelling has the power to penetrate your mind, seize control, and demand your whole attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The amount of creepiness instilled by Hoover was very startling. Even experienced suspense writers struggle to reach this level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even if you are used to reading and watching horror, this book will likely still be able to give you that anxious feeling in your stomach when tensions start to rise and the anticipation of what will happen next will have you turning each page despite everything.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is interesting how we are introduced to the main characters in Verity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Lowen goes past, a truck hits a man who is checking his phone, and his blood splatters over his clothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Jeremy sees this, he wants to help her and follows Lowen to a men’s toilet in a caf\u00e9, where he gives her his shirt because Lowen is in a rush to get to a very important meeting with her publisher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jeremy runs into her again in the elevator and presses the same floor button. They are, in fact, attending the same publisher conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lowen learns that her publisher wants her to finish famed novelist Verity Crawford’s final volumes in a popular series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As we mentioned earlier, it is from here that Lowen and Jeremy\u2019s lives really start to intwine as Lowen must move into his home in order to work on the series that was originally Verity\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lowen discovers Verity is very injured and is bed bound and unresponsive. Her eyes are closed, and she is unconscious of the nurse who is caring for her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She comes into a draft of Verity’s autobiography, which exposes that the lady is just as troubled as her fictitious characters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the beginning stages of the book, the chapters center on Verity’s pregnancy, which she tried to terminate with a clothes hanger, and Jeremy’s strong disdain for his twin children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite being a writer and the series’ heir, some may argue that Lowen isn’t the sharpest heroine. She’s innocent, falls in love with Jeremy right away, and doesn’t question things as much as she should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her persona was credible, though, because her upbringing was traumatic due to her sleepwalking and how it harmed her connection with her mother. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She has had some success as a writer, but her professional advancement has been hampered by her uneasiness in social circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hoover raises the stakes as Lowen becomes involved in a new relationship with Jeremy, motivated significantly by what she reads in the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Verity’s discoveries are horrific, and as Lowen and Jeremy become closer, he opens himself to her more and more, divulging elements of his past with Verity about which Lowen pretends to be unaware. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lowen’s concerns regarding the accident that wounded Verity deepen.<\/p>\n\n\n
Reading Verity was an emotional rollercoaster, particularly from Lowen’s perspective. We don’t know if her feelings are genuine or if they are all in her brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The opening chapter establishes that this is a totally different aspect of Hoover’s personality than her usual love stories. Her words are all-consuming and enticing, and they are followed with blood spatter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Storytelling has the power to penetrate your mind, seize control, and demand your whole attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The amount of creepiness instilled by Hoover was very startling. Even experienced suspense writers struggle to reach this level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even if you are used to reading and watching horror, this book will likely still be able to give you that anxious feeling in your stomach when tensions start to rise and the anticipation of what will happen next will have you turning each page despite everything.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is interesting how we are introduced to the main characters in Verity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Lowen goes past, a truck hits a man who is checking his phone, and his blood splatters over his clothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Jeremy sees this, he wants to help her and follows Lowen to a men’s toilet in a caf\u00e9, where he gives her his shirt because Lowen is in a rush to get to a very important meeting with her publisher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jeremy runs into her again in the elevator and presses the same floor button. They are, in fact, attending the same publisher conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lowen learns that her publisher wants her to finish famed novelist Verity Crawford’s final volumes in a popular series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As we mentioned earlier, it is from here that Lowen and Jeremy\u2019s lives really start to intwine as Lowen must move into his home in order to work on the series that was originally Verity\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lowen discovers Verity is very injured and is bed bound and unresponsive. Her eyes are closed, and she is unconscious of the nurse who is caring for her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She comes into a draft of Verity’s autobiography, which exposes that the lady is just as troubled as her fictitious characters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the beginning stages of the book, the chapters center on Verity’s pregnancy, which she tried to terminate with a clothes hanger, and Jeremy’s strong disdain for his twin children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite being a writer and the series’ heir, some may argue that Lowen isn’t the sharpest heroine. She’s innocent, falls in love with Jeremy right away, and doesn’t question things as much as she should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her persona was credible, though, because her upbringing was traumatic due to her sleepwalking and how it harmed her connection with her mother. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She has had some success as a writer, but her professional advancement has been hampered by her uneasiness in social circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hoover raises the stakes as Lowen becomes involved in a new relationship with Jeremy, motivated significantly by what she reads in the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Verity’s discoveries are horrific, and as Lowen and Jeremy become closer, he opens himself to her more and more, divulging elements of his past with Verity about which Lowen pretends to be unaware. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lowen’s concerns regarding the accident that wounded Verity deepen.<\/p>\n\n\n