Review: Verity

Verity by Colleen Hoover
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I started Verity about 9 pm with the intention of reading for a few hours before bed. A few hours turned into almost six, and I only stopped reading because I was physically incapable of keeping my eyes open any longer. First thing this morning, luckily it's the weekend, I grabbed a cup of coffee and dove back in. First, it's twisted, dark and at times a little uncomfortable. Second, I'm all for love and lust with a little bit of smut but honestly at times I was rolling my eyes with the absurdity. But, and this is a big but, it's captivating. I was as confused as the main character, and even more so after finishing Verity. This book is unlike anything Hoover has previously written, and stepping outside her normal genre did not disappoint.

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Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Overall, I would give this one a three. It was engaging enough that I continued to read to the end. The premise was new enough to keep me wondering how it would all play out, but it was slow, too slow. On the other hand, the ending was better than I expected and almost made me change it to a four. I don't know if there will be a second book, but I'm intrigued enough by the ending of this one, to read it if so.

Addie LaRue has lived three hundred years as a result of a deal she made with one of the Gods who answer after dark. At the time, she felt as if she had no other option, a victim of her time and circumstance. She only wanted to be free, to live, but a woman in the early 1700's couldn't possibly survive without a husband, or so she'd been told repeatedly. In exchange for her freedom, she loses her identity. Everyone she knew, and everyone she'll meet will forget her as soon as she's out of sight. For three hundred years she lives as a ghost, cherishing the small moments of friendship that never last beyond a closed door. Then one day, one person, Henry, remembers.

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