Hoover was dubbed “the queen of BookTok” by Slate, referring to the influential corner of the video-sharing app where readers gush over their favorite stories and drive sales. As of October, It Ends With Us had sold 4 million copies. The 43-year-old has released 24 novels since starting her writing career a decade ago, including two this year. Her books are often a dramatic mix of romance and plot twists. Hoover self-published her first book, Slammed, in 2012, which made the New York Times’ best-seller list. I didn’t like it, but it lit up my brain, and that’s got to count for something,” the Washington Post wrote this year. “‘Verity’ delivers the grand slam of thriller twists - the holy grail of “what the…?!” moments. Other publications, like the New York Times Book Review and The New Yorker, largely ignore her works. “There’s something adolescent about the belief that trauma automatically makes a person interesting or deep, but Hoover’s characterization needs all the help it can get to make her heroes and heroines seem more than generic,” wrote Slate critic Laura Miller. Despite her rabid fan base (which calls itself as the “CoHort”), Hoover’s novels have been accused of being “trauma porn” by some and dismissed by critics.
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