Verum (Nocte Trilogy, #2)

by Courtney Cole

• ISBN10: 0692375244
• ISBN13: 9780692375242
• Publish Date: 30 January 2015
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Lakehouse Press
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 290
• Language: English

Reviews

[Cocktails and Books]

Have you ever picked up a book and utterly been at a loss for words?! Well, this is how I feel after reading Verum, the second book in the Nocte Trilogy. I enjoy Courtney Cole's books but this series has blown my mind. This review will be spoiler free because quite honestly, I don't have answers. All the questions I had in Nocte and Verum are answered in riddles or with more questions. Both books leave you with a severe book hangover.

Verum starts directly after the ending of Nocte which leaves Calla asking Dare to answer her one burning question but Dare can't answer it. Dare tells her, "You have to help me, Calla. Help me save you." Dare takes Caall back to Whitley, their family estate for the answers. Whitley is full of secrets, beyond eerie and causes Calla to question everything in her life including her relationship with Dare.

Reading this book was absolutely exhausting in the best possible way. I would catch myself going back and rereading to make sure I didn't miss anything or taking a minute to try to figure out the riddles Courtney Cole spun in her character's dialogue. You go through the book feeling a bit lost because you so desperately want to help Calla. I found myself having anxiety, confusion and fear which seems to be the norm for Calla.

There would be a moment or two when you thought you were going to get all of the answers and then you found yourself being pushed in a different direction in the story. I felt like I was lost in a complex maze and I'm a little fearful to see how this series is going to end. Courtney Cole's writing is brilliant and haunting. You feel like you are deep inside the mind of a person who is only holding onto their sanity by a thread and at times seems downright insane.

All I can say for Verum and this series is that it is not for the faint of heart….enter at your own risk!

Reviewed by Candace for Cocktails and Books

[thebookdisciple]

These books are twisted in ways you can't even imagine. Every time I think I know whats going on, I'm wrong. Or, worse, I'm sort of right. I can't believe I have to wait for the next one! You just don't know whats real in these books. Except the pain; the pain is real.

[whisperingchapters]

I don't even know what I read. My mind is a complete mess. I thought Nocte was a mess but Verum...Verum is way past craziness. It's..I can't... I don't think I'll be sane enough after this and what to think of life. My review might end up being a mess but it's because I still can't form coherent thoughts on this.



Verum continues right where Nocte left off, that Calla needed to ask Dare something. But of course, in a book full of secrets, Calla needs to figure out everything on her own. The people by her side are merely there to guide her. The twists and turns this story has...everything is dark.

I knew that getting into Verum was going to be difficult. Why? Because I knew this was going to fuck with my head but I never could have imagined what this book had in store for the reader. It is darker than Nocte, darker than any book I've read.

I high-lighted a bunch of things of this book so I wouldn't miss a thing. I thought I had it figured out...I really did but no. Courtney Cole just had to throw the mother of curve-balls at us, the kind you never see coming even with glasses.



The mystery, the suspense...they don't end. They never stop. They will follow you until the last page. You may want to rip your hair out because this book will really mess with your head. I think the reason many people have liked this series is because it is not paranormal nor fantasy nor dystopian, yada yada yada. It is contemporary but it is psychological, meaning these things can happen in real life. Maybe not Calla's story but the conditions that are presented in the book can happen and that is what's scary.

The truth is revealed and believe me, you won't be prepared for it. What you thought you knew, you might as well throw it out of a window because you won't be correct. The truth is much darker than I had anticipated.