Hush, Hush

Le estoy dando dos.5 estrellas por las buenas risas que me llevé mientras leía esta historia, por todo lo demás tiene personajes cuestionables con situaciones aún más cuestionables considerando que el target de esta historia eran/son adolescente y jóvenes de no más de 18 años.

Los niveles de red flags que encontré son increíbles.

Love it!!! Good read for those who enjoy fantasy stories

‘Hush, Hush’ is the debut novel of author Becca Fitzpatrick. Told in first person narrative, our story follows Nora Grey as she finds herself caught in an ancient feud and caught up on the scary, yet sexy new boy, Patch. The second book in the series, Crescendo, is due for release this October (dates vary depending on which country you live in) and I am eagerly waiting to get my hands on it. Characters: Nora is a bright and intelligent female protagonist. Prone to being the all round good girl she is torn between choosing what is the sensible, smart approach and the reckless yet burning desire to be around bad boy Patch. Her actions are logical but her attraction to Patch leads her into making risky and believable decisions. Her relationship with best friend Vee was really funny and incredibly realistic with helps lighten the tone of the otherwise dark and creepy book. Whenever Patch is in a scene he steals the show and was my favourite character in the book. You’ll be hard stretched to find a more sharp witted and mysterious love interest/potential stalker. He also gets extra points for driving a motorbike! Originality: Fitzpatrick’s take on the biblical stories of fallen angels is different from other books with similar concepts in that it is very much a book of mystery and suspense. Even when you are more than half way through the book you find yourself wondering if there really are angels, if Patch is really on Nora’s side, and even if Nora is imagining things. This made the book very enjoyable as it had me guessing until the very end when everything is revealed. Well, mostly everything Plot: I really enjoyed the plot of this book. At the beginning Nora is seeing the school psychologist after her father was shot and murdered the previous year. She is an independent yet fragile girl and her life is turned upside down on the fateful day that fellow student Patch is moved to sit next to her in Biology class. From then on Patch turns up wherever she goes and she is even attacked Friday the 13th style by a guy in a ski mask. There is more to what meets the eye and Nora soon finds out what that is, whether she wanted to or not. The plot leaves a lot of doors open for what promises to be a fantastic sequel. Writing: I thought that Fitzpatrick’s writing was beautiful. It was very descriptive but no overly so and it really flowed well. Although the dialogue was a be sticky at times the overall interactions between characters felt real. The chemistry between Nora and Patch was electric and you really did feel that it was more like a force that neither had control over. The one liners and sneaky innuendo from Patch were so funny and witty I was left smirking into the pages. This author has written a faced paced story that has a satisfying ending and makes you want to read the next installment straight away. David’s Rating: I read this one quickly and I think it was down to needing to find out the answers to the vast amount of questions that were raised. Patch is an unforgettable character who really drives the story forward with his enigmatic and cheeky ways. Becca Fitzpatrick has set up a fantastic world and I hope that the mythology is explored a lot more in Crescendo. In a way Hush, Hush could have been a stand alone book as it ends neatly but I am glad that the story will continue as I am not ready to leave these characters yet.

Book was good but almost put it down many times due to how the male protagonist voice sounded. The tone was just really off. Always sounded like he was asking a question too.

It was pretty good. Fun characters with very contrasting personalities.

I really enjoyed this book. The narrator did an awesome job.

An absolutely awful voice. I wish I could listen to more than 5 minutes.

01/15/2022 First read. Very good! What’s next? Is there more??

DNF - the worst kind of Twilight fan fiction with angels instead of vampires. Dialogue was unrealistic and eye-rolling and I really hate the trope of "He's a jerk bordering on abusive but he's a hot 17 year old with abs, so I fall in love with him."

Unexpected recommendation! I could not stop listening to it, and I can't wait for more!

I absolutely loved this book - it was an entertaining and fresh page turner that I simply could not put down (I tried, and after 30 minutes of tossing in bed, I just had to get up and finish it!). The authors writing style was excellent, combining romance, lust, suspense, mystery and humor with very realistic characters. If you like paranormal romances, this is a very good read! As a side note - the book was rated a "14 & Up", which I thought was a very appropriate age recommendation (due to references of desire and sex, the story itself didn't get past the kissing stage)

I got on a fallen angel kick recently. I can't remember how but somehow I got the urge. I'd seen this book briefly pop up on Amazon so when I saw it sitting on the library shelf I picked it up and tried it. I think it would have been okay staying on the library shelf. I think the only thing that kept me reading was the suspense of figuring out how everything related. The writing is not so bad, but the story left me blinking in confused disappointment. The characters are mostly flat; it's all the action that seems to give them life. Take that away and there's no character development here. Patch rubbed me the wrong way. I wanted to like him but I didn't most of the time, and Nora annoyed me half the time. Vee I didn't like. I did like Elliott until halfway through. There are too many twists and turns and it makes for a less than smooth reading. Props on the idea and the attempted story but it didn't pull through for me. But, okay, not horrible either. So, three stars: it was okay.

Nora Grey lives the normal life of any teenager – that is until she gets a new biology partner, Patch. He’s rude, antagonising, and overly flirty, and Nora can’t stand him. What’s worse, he seems to show up where ever Nora goes, and knows more about her than anyone else. But what bothers Nora most is the strange attraction she has to him she can’t ignore no matter how she tries. But after several terrifying and unexplainable events take place which lead Nora to point the finger at Patch, she has to wonder if he’s dangerous as well as rude. Nora is determined to find out what’s going on, but the answers could be more than she bargained for, and could cost her her life.Ever since I first the beautiful cover, I was intrigued by Hush, Hush. Then I saw several reviews, and I just knew this book would be amazing. Turns out I was right. This book is absolutely phenomenal!I think it’s obvious where I’m going to start with this review; Patch. There’s a promotional banner for Hush, Hush making it’s round that says “Edward who? Meet Patch.” I couldn’t agree more. He is unbelievably sexy, flirty, and just utterly delicious – and that’s just personality wise. Everyone has their own imagination, and will visualise things differently, but this guy could not be better looking. Yes, he’s rude, he takes the mick out of Nora, and he deliberately tries to make her feel uncomfortable, but I think that makes him even more attractive because it’s not exactly malicious, he’s challenging her, and it’s awesome!The storyline is just wow. Seriously, it’s amazing. The things that happen that you can find no explanation for, and trying to work out who has done what and why, will keep you turning the pages. You don’t get your answers until the end, but there’s so much going on, your interest won’t be lost. The action in Hush, Hush is similar to that in a teenage thriller, and is actually kind of scary; not in a horror way, but in a “oh my God, this could actually happen, and how on earth could there possibly be a way out of this?” way. It’s so good, you’ll be preparing to run in your own seat.Nora is pretty much an every-girl. She’s just an ordinary teenager, and so is very easy to relate to. She’s also human, so mistakes are made that are just obvious to you as a reader. I’ve said before it’s similar to a teen thriller, and I’ll say it again; you know in movies, when someone hears a weird noise outside, so they leave to check it out, and you’re like “what are you doing?!”? That doesn’t happen in the book, but you have similar mistakes going on. This book would seriously make an amazing movie! Nora’s best mate, Vee, is fantastic. She’s confident, she’s flirty, and she pushes Nora to get herself out there. She’s also incredibly funny, and very brave. She’s just awesome.I love the mythology of the fallen angels in this book, which I can’t get into here as it would spoil it. This being only the second book I’ve read about fallen angels, I don’t know much about fallen angel mythology, but what is used in the book sounds very unique and intriguing. There are some questions that don’t get answered, but the story is resolved, and the ending is fantastic. The unanswered questions, and the genius ending mean the chances of me picking up the sequel, Crescendo, next year are high. No, their better than that; I definitely will.You know that feeling when you slide into a nice, hot bath after being out in the freezing cold? That’s what reading this book is like. I’m going to make a comparison here, not to storylines but to my reading habits. When I first discovered the Twilight saga last year, for several months, they were all I read, I just when right back to the beginning every time I finished Eclipse. If it weren’t for the fact that I have other books to read, Hush, Hush would become my new Twilight saga, and I would read it continually. I LOVE IT! I cannot wait for September next year when Crescendo is due. The only problem I had was that I read it in one day and now it’s over. I read it too fast, but that just shows how good it is! You need this book!

I suck at reviews because I don’t think too critically about books, so I am just going to say a few things about why I gave this book 4 stars. (It’d be more like 3.5 if that were an option).I was totally enthralled in the story and I was compelled to keep reading despite my being very sleepy. The mystery and suspense was laid on thicker than I’d expected, in a good way. I’m usually very quick to figure out stories and usually by the climax I’m just tying up loose ends, but on this one, I had to go along for the ride. Like with most stories, there are some things that could’ve been done better, but it wasn’t “confusing” to me at all. In fact, the various plot points worked very well for me, and I think the author did a good job everything together.I thought that the characters were believable and that they were written smartly. I am a firm believer that all fictional characters fit some stereotype, so there will always be a person who says they were “stereotypical.” But with that being said, I didn’t think any of them were over the top, even Vee who was bordering on excessive. Nora was a good narrator and I was able to follow along with her very well. I’ve read other reviews that mentioned her being ‘unrealistic’ but I remind myself that she’s in an impossible [see: unrealistic] situation. Patch is my favorite character, he is genuinely mysterious and I found him both appealing and repulsive… which is a lot better than mundane.I was more than moderately surprised at how good the writing was, because I am a little too used to authors trying too hard to sound like teenagers that I’m insulted at how stupid they must think they/we are. I couldn’t put the book down and I was pleased with the ending.

Hush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickI have to admit I was bracing myself for another YA disappointing book. But the truth is I couldn’t put this one down! Kudos to the first time published author, Becca Fitzpatrick. Don’t get me wrong, I find a few things in Hush Hush that I wish were done differently but overall I would recommend this book as it is fun to read. Being tired of vampire this and vampire that, I welcome a fresh idea of a romance between a regular girl and a fallen angel. Not bad.So, this is what I either didn’t like or at least didn’t care about much:1.The characters could be developed a bit better but this is definitely not a huge issue here. I wish the protagonist’s (Nora’s) best friend (Vee) was a completely different person. She irritates a heck out of me, but maybe that was the author’s intention? If so, I’m not sure why. I would like to see Vee smarter and more responsible or, at least not as naïve and stupid that her character is. 2.Nora would be a better protagonist if she started building her conviction towards Patch slowly and with more narrative explanation about what makes her trust this boy while she is not a trusty person at all. 3.The school psychologist’s character is not developed properly. She is just too predictable: a reader smells a phony from 10 miles away. She should be more of a surprise: first intriguing and very interested in helping Nora, gaining Nora’s approval and trust. It’s just too easy to spot her as a definite trouble from her very first appearance in the story. 4.I was glad the author thought of a great way to release Patch from his previous wild sins (I don’t want to leave too many spoilers for those who actually haven’t read the book) and let him become Nora’s guardian angel. But when he explains to Nora what does a guardian angel actually do, he only refers to protecting her body and NOT her soul. Hmmmm. I know, I know, the “body” remark was placed here to assure a reader of an ongoing romantic relationship between Nora and Patch. Duh. No, but seriously – it seems to me that with bringing in The Book of Enoch and giving the fallen a lot of believable (read: “making sense”) attributes omitting such an important guardian angel’s characteristic as protecting human’s soul is a gut twisting error. 5.I would like to see much more interaction between Nora and Patch throughout the book. On the other hand, this is what I appreciated in Hush Hush:1. I loved the way Patch’s character is developed. I could imagine him right from the start and the picture in my mind didn’t change a bit as I hit the end of the book. I like the fact he is a kind of a bad boy, great looking, sexy and so stubbornly confident. By the way, I’m curious what his real name is. 2.The person in a ski mask startled me at first but then annoyed me a bit. But overall his (warning: another spoiler – actually “her”) character adds a nice twist to the story. 3.The book cover is great – so far one of my most favorites of the year!4.The plot is done really well; the writing is smooth and consistent. Taking into consideration the fact that this book is a debut, I have to congratulate Becca and admit that I am looking forward to reading Crescendo.

I did absolutely freaking Looooveeee it, great story line !!!

Very good! A little confusing though... <3

Muy entretenido, los personajes te mantienen enfocada en la historia . Muchas clichés pero buenos .

I'm really hoping that this is the New Moon of this series: the slower novel that introduces a set of characters and a mythology, setting things in motion for the books to come. I already have Crescendo and Silence, so hopefully it'll all take off from here (no pun intended!).Anyway, back to this book. Nora, a grounded and smart student, is disappointed when her biology teacher mixes up the class seating plan, meaning that instead of her wise-cracking friend Vee she will now be partnered with the new kid, enigmatic Patch. As the novel progresses strange things start to happen to Nora. Someone's out to get her, someone's messing with her mind, and she has no idea where to turn. She's uncomfortably aware that there's something 'off' about Patch, yet her growing attraction to him convinces her that he's not the culprit. Is Patch more dangerous than she believes? If not, who else could be out to get her? Or is she just losing her mind?If this sounds a little confusing, it's because it is. I started to get some idea of who was behind it all, but Fitzpatrick does a good job of keeping all of her less-than-nice characters in the 'potential suspect' line. Unfortunately, this also means that she has to keep veering off on odd tangents and often seems to lose the focus of the narrative a bit as a result. Towards the end, the chemistry between Patch and Nora increased and things started to fall into place, and that more solid grasp on what was happening meant I enjoyed the last quarter much more. Nora's a great narrator, and I'm hoping that the storylines are now going to get a bit more angel-focussed and that Patch is going to be developed and opened up more as a character. Fingers crossed that Fitzpatrick has upped the stakes for Crescendo!

It was OK! Not the best writing but OK storyline and I listen to it to the end that says some thing. I’m not sure if I listen to the second and the third one though! Good for twilight fans. Definitely not as goodwriting as twilight. Give it a try!

I put off reading Hush, Hush for a very long time, and to be completely honest, the only reason I picked it up now was because I found it for a really great price. I put this book of for so long because of all the hype. I’m not the biggest fan of angel books to begin with, and I have been let down so many times before by books that have a lot of hype around them. So I just kept putting this one off.Why? Why didn’t I just cave and read it sooner. It is amazing, and definitely deserves all the hype. There are so many times I wanted to smack Patch but there were also times I would laugh out loud, shaking my head at how cocky he is. Patch is an infuriating, but incredible character. As is Nora.Fitzpatricks writing is so easy to read and the plot is so great that you just need to keep reading. I need to go buy book two, Crescendo. Actually, I need to go out and buy all of them.

Nora Grey, a seemingly normal teenage girl is unwittingly attracted to bad boy, Patch, her biology deskmate. It turns out Patch is a fallen angel roaming earth and looking for a way to become human. Nora finds herself at the centre of a centuries-old feud between a fallen angel and a Nephilim (half angel, half human). Patch's behaviour is a bit creepy and Nora just seems to exhibit stupid behaviour. An interesting concept, but I felt it could have been done much better.

I had mixed feelings about this one. It sat on my shelf for awhile because so many of my fellow bloggers raved about it when it first came out that I was hesitant to read it in case it didn't live up to all of the hype. Plus, I'm a little quirky and don't like to jump on bandwagons and read what everyone else is reading. So it sat and patiently waited.Was it worth the wait? I don't think so. I'm still scratching my head over why there were so many rave reviews about Patch. I didn't like him. At all. He was unpleasant with no redeeming qualities, and I just didn't get it. He was stalking Nora, acted creepy, and did I mention that I didn't like him?Nora was an okay heroine, and I liked that she made stupid mistakes that teenage girls are bound to make, but wasn't horror-movie-stupid. You know, where the teenage girl goes into the basement where the killer is hiding even though she should know better? Anyway, I liked Nora well enough, but didn't like her taste in boys.Gave this one a 3/5 rating as I couldn't get past my annoyance with Patch. I still wanted to finish the book and find out what happened, and will no doubt read the sequel. I wasn't happy with the ending, but think that Becca is a talented writer and worth reading. I know I'm in the minority here, but think how boring things would be if we all had the same taste in books! Here's hoping the next one is better!

Nora is a good girl and meets the new, bad guy, Patch. Patch is mysterious and dangerous and appears to be her "guardian" angel. Enter the bad guy, Elliot. The new transfer student who may have been involved in a murder at his previous school. Of course, we can't forget Nora's sarcastic best friend Vee who is all about guys and sex.I found this story similar to the Twilight series minus the vamps and adding fallen angels. Similarities are: Nora and Bella are dull and just plain helpless and Patch and Edward are those mysterious bad boys that love to be in control. I am not a big fan of Twilight, but I like the premise of fallen angels in Hush, Hush and I hoped this book could have been better. The front cover is fabulous, but the content within the covers is not motivating me to go out and get the sequel.

Spoilers!!!!! Read at your own risk






It’s a very good book Nora is the good one while patch not so much patch is the ‘bad boy’ but he is also Nora’s guardian angel

Although it tends to look a bit misleading, don't be fooled by the bizarre cover. This book was quick to grab my attention, to introduce the characters, and to foreshadow for later occurrences. It was clear that Nora was drawn to Patch, she didn't know why, but she knew that something was off about him, and that he was dangerous and gave her the creeps. But of course, she falls for him eventually, ignorance repeatedly saving her life. I'd thought that this was going to be like any other angel-love story, that there would be a bad guy and the angel would do "anything and everything" to save the girl. But I was literally taken aback at the secrets Patch had to tell.....duh duh duh. The ending left me smiling. I finished it in less than 2 days, and am already jumping out of my seat to read Crescendo!

This was the best book ive read in a wile. The beginning made me think oh brother not ANOTHER book like twilight but i was pleasantly suprized. The book was based on Nora, a young girl who's father was murdered about 12 months earlier. It begins when Nora's biology teacher decides to make a seating plan, which move's Nora's best friend Vee to the back of the class room, and a strange senior named Patch to move next to Nora. At the beginning Nora was reluctant to Patch, she didnt like him because he smelled Heavily of cigars & seemed to enjoy pointing out her flaws.My first 5 star rating, and believe me it deserved it, i simply cannot wait until the next book comes out!

Narrated by Caitlin Greer. More of a two-and-a-half star rating for me. *SPOILER* Nora meets an intense, handsome boy at school who at once repels and attracts her. Hmmm, sounds suspiciously like "Twilight." But in this case Patch is a fallen angel who is strongly attracted to Nora even as he is directed to kill her in order to right his fallen status. It also turns out that Nora's new acquaintances Elliott and Jules are not who she thinks they are, especially Jules. There are sensual descriptions as the sparks fly between Nora and Patch, but like Twilight, there is no sex, nothing graphic. Greer makes an adequate audio presentation but otherwise this romance didn't do much for me.

First of all...let me just say that Patch gets the new title of McDreamy and McSteamy. Goodness gracious. The way Fitzpatrick described him would make any girl, fictional or real, jealous of Nora. I can at least vouch for myself. At the beginning of the book, he creeped me out hardcore...I was thinking..."Great we have a stalker on our hands". But as the book went on, I got really irritated with Nora for not hurrying up & falling head over heels for him. Also, I'd like to point out that Vee is probably one of the most annoying characters I have ever come across, but you can't help but realize that she plays a crucial role in the whole plot. If she hadn't been so gaga over Jules/*spoiler*, Nora wouldn't have gotten into that whole mess, but there would be no story without some sort of catalyst. When Nora first meets Elliot, I can say that I was thinking that she should forget about Patch (Shush, I know, he's amazing...what was I thinking?) and go for Elliot because he seemed dreamy...but that all shattered quickly. The setting that Fitzpatrick used was incredibly appropriate because, let's face it, if the story was set somewhere sunny & breezy...the whole creepy/ominous effect wouldn't have worked. I really liked the author's use of foreshadowing throughout the book from The Archangel, to Miss Greene, to Nora's mention of "guardian angel". When I saw that line, all I kept wanting to know was...what IS Patch? I probably texted Sash 20 times begging her to tell me, but as usual, she let me find out on my own...& for that...I thank you. :) It was so worth it to read the book & figure it out for myself...even though I almost drove myself crazy trying to guess.I promise...if you pick this book up...you will have one heck of a time trying to put it down...and for all you ladies out there...try to remember that Patch is (unfortunately) only fictional & don't compare your boyfriends or future boyfriends to him...because that would be a big-time FAIL for the guys. :)Obviously, I can't wait to read the next book, Crescendo...the third book Silence is scheduled to come out in October of this year, so you have plenty of time to catch up before its release!

booknook &mdash; Young Adult book reviewsBefore starting Hush, Hush, I was about 120 pages into Seraphina by Rachel Hartman and totally stuck. So when I cast Seraphina aside unfinished, I was grumpy and wanted an awesome book. Hush, Hush totally sucked me in. It took me two days to get through 120 pages of Seraphina, but only about two hours to get through the same amount of pages in Hush, Hush. Man, I was hooked!This book is intriguing. Hush, Hush is so full of mystery that it totally draws you in and has you begging for more. I wanted to find answers! I wanted to know the truth! What the heck was going on??Okay, Vee isn't the main character; she's actually Nora's best friend. But I'm going to start with her because she is awesome! I'll admit she did start annoying me in the second half of the book, but in the first half she is absolutely hilarious! She's a little crazy, and some might say she's a little too carefree, but I adored her! I wish I had a best friend like her! But then in the second half I feel like she became a little clueless and seemed to have very little common sense.Nora was a good character too, but in hindsight, there wasn't much about her that drew me in. I didn't think about this at all when I was reading, but looking back, she doesn't stand out that much. She is really curious though and I love her determination to get to the bottom of things. I feel like I totally wouldn't be like that. If there was a weird guy in my biology class I'd just write him off as being a weirdo. I wouldn't be determined to find out more and convinced that there was something paranormal about him!The one thing I didn't like in this book was the romance. I didn't hate it, but I just didn't resonate with it. I felt like it came out of nowhere. I mean, Patch and Nora barely know each other. They never talk. Patch seems to magically know facts about Nora and her life, but she knows nothing about him and they only hung out socially once. Then suddenly he's all like, "I care about you more than anything," and throwing out all sorts of similar phrases that basically equate to "I love you more than my own life." I was just like, "woah, slow down, where did that come from?" I mean other than the sexual tension (which I'd consider lust rather than actual romance/love), I felt like there was very little there. Most of the book is about Nora trying to figure out Patch by interrogating other people about him. They only actually sit down and chat with each other two or three times.Another thing that caused me to not get sold on the romance was Patch himself. I had a hard time believing in his feelings for Nora when we learned that he'd been in love twice before. I mean, I know it's possible to love more than one person in your life, but seeing it in writing (especially when combined with the almost-insta-love described above) kind of cheapened it for me. I couldn't help but think: how are your feelings for Nora so special when there have already been two other women in your life that you fell head over heels in love with?I thought that the fallen angel story was absolutely awesome. In fact, I was a little bummed that we didn't get more of it (maybe in later books?). I was dying to learn more about the angels' history, their rules, their hierarchy, and so on.The main thing that Hush, Hush has going for it is that it's a quick read &mdash; not in length, but in the way it hooked me in. I was interested! I wanted to know what happened next so I read and read and read, with very few breaks! If it weren't for the fast moving, totally enticing plot, I probably would have given this book three stars because of all my little annoyances. But most of those things I didn't even think about until afterwards when I was reflecting on the book. In the moment, I was just focused on how addicted I was to reading the book and figuring out what would happen next.I definitely think there's a cool story here and I'll be picking up the second book! Reading Hush, Hush was also kind of a test because Becca Fitzpatrick will be in London in November and I decided that if I liked Hush, Hush I'd attend her book signing! So it looks like I'll probably be going!