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  • Cresendo! Better written than the First!4

    Syamanthra SPOILERS ALERT!! Scroll to the bottom to avoid!

    Prologue- Noras dad had made an agreement of some sort with someone and after many years is told by that person to take Nora far away because a guy will be after her when she turns 16 but her father was killed before he could act on the news.

    Just when she thought everything will be back to normal, her life turns into a tempest. Patchs sudden closeness with Marcie and her mixed feeling about a future with Patch pushes her to break it off with him, quickly regretting her actions.

    "When I kiss my boyfriend, I want to know he feels it!"

    Her childhood friend Scott shifts back into town and her first meeting with him ignites her suspicions. She has a vivid dream from a way back of Underwood being lured by a fallen angel then realized that he was Marcies father from a time way back. Nora thinks she saw her dad alive. She keeps spending time with Scott just to spite Patch despite him warning that he is a dangerous Nephilim. It seems that Scoot is a first generation Nephilim belonging to the Blood Society intent on freeing themselves from the bondage of the fallen that will inadvertently affect the human race. She pushes him further away to keep him safe from the Archangels and at the same time hurting with sight of him with Marcie.

    The mystery of her fathers' death opens a new road when someone anonymous sends her ring and note saying "The Ring Belongs to the Black Hand He Killed Your Father". The day after another encounter of her dad leads her straight into an illusion in which he dad supposedly tries to kill her and an eventful visit from Patch in her dream she gets drugged off a note from Patch and trapped, fleeing the last moment finding out later that it was another illusion. Nora gets a hold of Marcies diary in an attempt to clear her suspicions on her relationship with Patch and is taken by surprise at Patchs offer to live a short life in hiding until he is dealt with the ultimate punishment. She refuses his offer to keep him safe but decides to torture herself watching him from afar which does her emotions no good. She discovers a fraction of Scotts past that involves the Black Hand when she stumbles across a clue as she tries to use Scott to return to Patch she same pain she felt everytime she sees him with Marcie.

    "He's not worth it. And neither am I"

    When Nora talks to Rixon about Patch, he implies that its obvious that Marcie is more compatible with Patch than she is and that he's entitled to some fun. She is stunned to also find out that Patch was called the Black Hand before. Overwhelmed by all her emotions, act recklessly to get back at him for his special treatment to Marcie and if he'd killed her dad. She had fallen in love with the devil and she was going to make him pay for it. The look on Patchs face later when confronted about her dad crushed her completely....

    She decides to search Patchs house after fishing the location from Rixon but her plan comes to a halt when she discovers a painful secret from Marcie; her mom had been sleeping with Marcies dad. As Nora prepares to leave her home, Patch appears in her dream, deciding to tell her the truth. He had been assigned as Marcies Guardian Angel to prevent the fallen angel bound to Marcies father kill Marcie and Chaunceys successor wants his death avenged. Nora found herself struggling to come to terms of Patch as the Black Hand who killed her dad. To get back the ring Nora stole from him, Scoots finally reveals the whole truth to his branding mark but end up getting arrested from struggles gone too far to get back his ring.

    Scotts says the Black Hand is a Nephilim and Rixon says Patch was called one before

    Scotts comes for his ring again and everything turns chaotic. When Rixon tries to save her, she discovers a train of earth shattering secrets along with a realization.
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    This one is much better than the first! Excellent plotline; well written with lots of mystery just like I love it. Although Nora can be a little childish and immature at times, I could connect with her better this time around. I'm glad Vee proved to be more of a best friend in contrast to the first book. I really do appreciate the subtle progress of Patchs character; it's very believable. I am a little upset there was little scenes with Patch and Nora together but the suspense made up for it. And with the little tease in the end, I can't wait for the next sequel. by Syamanthra

  • Hush, Hush was better3

    Sandy What I loved about Hush, Hush was that the romance wasn't the main focus of the book. Yes, the romance is a major aspect of the story but there is also the mystery of who is after Nora. The mystery, the suspense, the constant mind games Nora was being thrown was what made me enjoy the book. I found the characters to be entertaining and fun to read and Nora didn't annoy me as many female characters seem to do in paranormal YA. When I finished Hush, Hush I couldn't wait to read Crescendo.

    Its unfortunate that I did not enjoy Crescendo nearly as much as I did its predecessor. There was still mystery, and danger, and Vee who had made herself onto the bad best friend's list in the later half of Hush, Hush redeemed herself in Crescendo (an unexplained 180 but I'll take it). Vee was funny, dependable and someone I wouldn't mind spending time with which made it all the more easier for me to not like Nora. I found Nora to be needy, "too stupid to live" and just basically irritating and because Nora was the narrator for the story she really ruined the book for me. Patch was basically a complete mystery for most of this book he has secrets that he can't share with Nora which makes her suspect the worse and accuse him of the worse which I could not understand because Patch, despite having his secrets, was always there for Nora, constantly pulling her out of the trouble she deliberately puts herself in.

    There were parts of this book that were really hard to read because I just wanted to yell at Nora for her actions and thoughts and if it wasn't for her being so irritating I would have really enjoyed this book. We learn a lot more about angel and nephillim dynamics, there is more character development when it comes to side characters like Rixon and Marcie Millar and as I got more answers there were a lot more questions for me to ask.

    The ending, there were parts I saw coming and others I didn't, I enjoyed the action and the twist and its because of the ending that I will be reading the next book in the series. by Sandy

  • Top review

    In LOVE WITH THIS SERIES!!!!!!5

    Claudia I absolutely love the Hush Hush series by Becca Fitzpatrick. Hush Hush is the start of the very adventures of Nora Grey and Patch Cipriano.
    This series is set around a small town called Coldwater where Patch walked into Nora's life at Coldwater High by becoming her bio partner when Coach McConaughy decide to make a seating plan so Patch could get closer to Nora.
    But Nora knew there wasn't something right about Patch until he told her that he was a fallen angel.
    Crescendo picks up again with Patch, Nora and Vee (Nora's best friend) but things start to become complicated when Marcie Millar starts hanging out with Patch. Nora is still trying to find out who her father's killer is.
    Yet again Becca Fitzpatrick has really gone all out and made this book an awesome book to read, you just can't simply put it down!
    If you still haven't picked up this series then you have not read a great book series! by Claudia

  • In Love with Patch5

    Hazel Loves Design I absolutely adored this book, although I may be a little biased given how in love with Patch I was through 'Hush, Hush'

    The book turns into a page turner that you just can't put down, however the beginning did frustrate me a little I felt it linked back too closely to the structure of New Moon.

    I love the Nancy Drew feel of the hunt for her Dad's killer but find the 'Angel Mind thing' a little bit frustrating and confusing. (You'll understand what I mean when you read the book).

    All in all, a fabulous book, I'd recommend it to people who love the Twilight saga as something different and a step away from the Vampire genre.

    I personally would recommend Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater!!

    :) Hazel by Hazel Loves Design

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