Okay so… this one is hard for me. And I know some of you already saw those 3 stars and are coming for me but HEAR. ME. OUT.

Also, spoilers ahead, you’ve been warned…

First of all, I actually would recommend this book to people if I thought it was their taste. It had a lot going for it in the beginning.
Hot guy in a suit/accidental meet cute
Mystery family tragedies
Not totally likable but definitely relatable female MC

But then…
So the pacing was SLOW. Until it wasn’t. It was like chapter after chapter of writer’s block and then sudden eye contact from the human vegetable that turns the whole story on it’s axis.

But it’s like the whole time you’re reading Verity’s manuscript, you’re horrified but almost… too horrified. Verity is CARTOONISHLY evil. It’s not entirely believable. So the whole time, you’re waiting for the other shoe to drop. But it doesn’t. And then it does. 

The ending, Verity’s letter, is almost a disappointment. But I think it was supposed to be a twist. For me, it undercut the whole mystery. So some things I didn’t like, to wrap up:
Slow pace at the beginning (almost DNF)
Cartoonishly evil antagonist
Unsatisfactory ending

But, as my first foray into the world of #CoHo it will not stop me! So… which of her books should I read next?