Hush, Hush by
Becca Fitzpatrick
Hush, Hush #1
First Published: 2010
Paperback
Young Adult, Fantasy
Rating:
A SACRED OATH
A FALLEN ANGEL
A FORBIDDEN LOVE
Romance was not part of Nora Grey's plan. She's never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how hard her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch comes along. With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Patch draws Nora to him against her better judgment.
But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora's not sure whom to trust. Patch seems to be everywhere she is and seems to know more about her than her closest friends. She can't decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel.
For she is right in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortal and those that have fallen - and, when it comes to choosing sides, the wrong choice will cost Nora her life.
Anybody who loved Hush, Hush, you better leave this review five part rant right now because...
And you know what?
I am done apologizing for hating this book. Done apologizing for thinking that the world is effing crazy for loving this...
thing. I respect your opinion, and if you like it -- good for you, but I still can't understand it.
I don't even know where to begin, there is so much wrong here. So many ire inducing parts and moments. It's setting my teeth on edge just thinking of this book. But I guess
I'll zero in on the characters and the romance. Or whatever the heck that was.
Only,
I'm going to do a quick overview here and then proceed to rant in details over each and every agonizing bit in separate posts, because when I finished writing it all it was four times the length of my normal reviews and I didn't have the heart to subject you to that without at least giving you the option to choose whether you really want more of this rant in your life.
In short (because the long version is
super long) -
Nora is an idiot, Patch is a class A jerk, Vee is the worst best friend in the history of literature and I wish she'd die, and the romance doesn't make sense at all. Unless you have a thing for stalkers who force you against walls.
Seriously, there is not one selling point for this whole mess. And if bad af characters and romance aren't bad enough,
there was so much inconsistency. It seemed like Fitzpatrick threw in information and people without a thought, reducing or ignoring them when she felt like it.
Like the school assignment that brought Nora and Patch together, and then conveniently disappeared from the plot. Conversations that Nora was supposed to have with her mother, but didn't. Discussions Vee and her should've had, but didn't. Or the tutoring bit.
That's not okay.
Don't just put in things if you're not going to go back to them. If you're going to pretend they didn't exist.
So much useless information just clogs up an already murky plot, and for nitpickers like me it just serves to drive us crazy, because we effing
remember you put it there.
And the ending... just no. And I'm not even going to elaborate on that part because it just pains me to relive this and I would rather scrub it from my mind. But if you want to read what the ending
should've been, check out Kat Kennedy's awesome
How It Should Have Ended.
So, this is everything in a nutshell. I'll be posting the links here and on the other posts for each and every part of this elaborate rant, so
if you are looking for a hefty dose of sarcasm and frustration (albeit funny ones),
you can just drop by by the end of the week or simply follow the blog for quick updates every time a post goes live! ;)
