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This book was recommended to me as twisted and suspenseful, which caught my interest. But it fell short on many levels. I was told that the author was a romance novelist who broke away from her normal writing style for this book, but she didn't go far. Just starting the story with a disturbing, grisley scene doesn't make it an edgy thriller. I was so disappointed at first that I almost put it down, but something happened that intrigued me, so I kept reading. It ended up having what could have been a shocking twist at the end, but unfortunately it was very poorly executed. The first thing that I found offputting was all the porn. I found it repetitive and boring at best, and it did nothing for the plot. The attraction between Lowen and Jeremy felt rushed and unbelievable. It needed way more development, rather than "We met on the street, we were thrown together for a weak reason, and now we are in love". There was absolutely no personal interaction between them that would have caused such feelings to develop. If fact there was absolutely no character development anywhere in this story. We have no idea what any of the people in this story even look like, let alone what their feelings or morals are. I know this may be a petty reason, but all the soap opera type names really annoyed me. Lowen, Verity, Chastin, Harper, Crew... Have you ever met anyone with names like that? If you want your characters to be believable don't give them unbelievable names. The ending was confusing, not for what happened, but how we were supposed to feel about it. Who was, or were, the real bad guys here? Who were we supposed to root for? Was the initially obvious villian Verity really innocent of any wrong doing all along? (If you don't consider pretending to have a traumatic brain injury as wrong doing.) Was Jeremy, who tried to kill Verity once before, then finally succeeded, (for a poorly played out "misunderstanding"), the bad guy, or just a victim of circumstance? Was Lowen the bad guy for wanting Verity out of the way so she could sleep with her husband without guilt? To the degree that she then helped Jeremy cover up her murder? Also, was Lowen the bad guy, or the good guy, for hiding Verity's "innocence" from Jeremy when she discovered the truth? (IF the autobiography was really fake, which hasn't been proven.) Did she do that to spare Jeremy the pain of knowing he murdered his wife for a grave misunderstanding, or to spare herself? Because if Jeremy ever found out the truth, his grief could diminish any feelings he now has for her. So, who was the real bad guy here? I say Colleen Hoover, for writing this mess. I would like to list some positives now, but unfortunately there aren't any.