I wanted to like it I loved the fallen angel premise, the idea of an anti-hero, and bits and pieces of the writing throughout. It was self-indulgent, cheesy, melodramatic in the worst sense, and confusing. Patch's bad boy antics couldn't save this book from itself. (Not to say I didn't have issues with him, too.)īut it wasn't enough. For the most part, Patch wasn't a let-down in this regard, and as screwed up as it is to like him, he was the stand-out character for me.

I wanted a little boundary-pushing and a not entirely likeable or trustworthy male lead who may or may not redeem himself, but who gives you the dangerous and alluring in spades. Patch is intriguing, and perhaps the most consistent character**, and I was fully prepared for an 'anti-hero as the hero' story. Nora, understandably, had some trouble with this, and the result is a thoroughly frustrating heroine who jumps to insane conclusions based on inane evidence one moment, and the next goes blithely along into obvious danger. So with those buzz words in mind, she threw a bunch of things together and let her narrator, Nora, sort them out. Becca Fitzpatrick didn't seem to know quite what she wanted, only that it had to be Ominous and Scary and Dangerous - and Titillating, of course, and Mysterious and Sexy. Inside was the most confused, schizophrenic piece of writing I've read in some time. It's a bright light to dazzle the eyes and make you *ahem* overlook any faults.

But I had a sneaking suspicion that a cover that good had to be masking something.

I am absolutely enthralled by the cover (athletic looking, darkly mysterious fallen angel, contorted in mid-air in grayscale? What's not to like?). When I finished reading Hush, Hush, I had to mull it over for awhile. Add to the list Nora's strange feelings about the Archangel ride at the amusement park and her constant near death experiences, and well, Nora's life is becoming anything but average. Nora gets a weird feeling from Patch, and things just keep going from bad to worse as Nora becomes convinced that she is being stalked, and may even be the target of murderous intentions. Hush, Hush is the story of Nora Grey, an average high school student going about her business as usual - until her Biology teacher rearranges the class seating and places her next to the dangerous-looking new kid, Patch Cipriano.

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