Okay, so I just finished Verity and... WOW. My brain is still processing. Colleen Hoover took a hard left from her usual romance vibe and dove straight into psychological thriller territory—and nailed it.

The book follows Lowen, a struggling writer hired to finish a bestselling series after the original author (Verity) gets into a tragic accident. But when Lowen finds Verity's unpublished autobiography? CHILLS. It's like finding someone's secret diary... if that diary was written by a legit psychopath.

Trigger warning: This isn't your cozy weekend read. We're talking dark themes—child loss, manipulation, some seriously messed-up family dynamics. There were moments I had to put it down just to breathe.

The ending though? Absolute mind-blown emoji moment. No spoilers, but let's just say I immediately texted three friends demanding they read it so we could argue about who was actually the villain here.

Pro tip: Don't start this at night unless you're cool with sleeping with the lights on. 5/5 stars for making me question every character's sanity (including my own for binge-reading this in one sitting).