It feels wrong to give a book that I finished pretty quickly 1 star (plus Verity is my favorite book of 2021) so a sympathy rating feels appropriate. I’m a shameless DNFer if I’m bored, so the fact that I even finished this says something. Not sure what exactly, but….. something?


Tate is so boring. Her every thought is consumed with Miles the second she meets him. Miles gives absolutely NOTHING and she’s just like instantly obsessed with him? Her incessant lack of self respect when it comes to their toxic “deal” is miserable. Her relationship with her brother is FUCKING CRINGY!!!!! Aside from his “no one is good enough for my sister” misogynist bullshit, the whole time I read this I imagined one of my brothers trying to even approach a conversation about my sex life and there’s not a scenario that I wouldn’t tell them to shut the fuck up and stop being weird? Like actual real life sibling brothers that have healthy relationships with their sisters don’t do that? Idk man, just