This was so freaking good. Also, in my opinion this is a straight up psychological thriller, I wouldn't really call this a romantic thriller. (And I loved that about it). This book was unlike anything Colleen Hoover has ever written - it was dark, it was gritty and it was disturbing as fuck in the best way. I couldn't look away, I read this entire book in one sitting, staying up till 2am to finish it.

It's best going into this book knowing absolutely nothing like I did, but if you want an idea of what it's about, read further. This story follows a writer named Lowen who gets asked to complete Verity Crawford's final 3 books in her series after Verity is in a really bad car accident. Lowen decides to take on the challenge of writing Verity's last three books and she moves into Verity's house where her husband Jeremy lives and nurses care for Verity day in and day out. The book starts off with an incredibly graphic car accident scene and from there it sets the mood for an incredibly eerie story.

This book is so interesting and so well-written, I literally couldn't put it down. It reminds me of Tarryn Fisher's writing, in a good way. This is my second favorite book ever from Colleen Hoover (after It Ends With Us). I thought Verity's character was so so so fascinating. I loved reading from Lowen's POV as she discovers all the mysteries behind Jeremy and Verity's marriage and what happened with their children. There were some scenes in this book that were so creepy I actually got chills and was genuinely kind of freaked out.

Like all the scenes where Lowen felt like Verity was watching her and the scene where Verity was standing at the top of the stairs staring at them like aslkjdlakjsd. I got chills.

I love the ambiguous ending. That ending fucking slayed my life and is part of the reason this will be on my best of 2018 list.

I love how Verity wrote the letter explaining that the manuscript she wrote was made up because she was trying to get into the mind set of a villain, and none of that actually happened and she was actually afraid of Jeremy which is why she pretended to be in a coma for so long. BUT I love the fact that we'll never really know if that's true or not because she is an amazing writer or we'll never know for sure if the letter is real or if the manuscript is real - because she is extremely manipulative and tries to bend the truth.

I think Colleen Hoover should write more psychological thrillers like this one because this shit was amazing and unlike anything I've ever read before.