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Hush, Hush |  | Author: Becca Fitzpatrick
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's
Category: Book
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Rating:  118 reviews
Sales Rank: 3531
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 400
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Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 1847386946
EAN: 9781847386946
ASIN: 1847386946
Publication Date: October 29, 2009
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Product Description
Falling for the fallen... a stunning, sexy debut YA novel about a romance between a high school student and a fallen angel.
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 Love the cover - love the book July 27, 2010
Fantasy Fan
I borrowed this book from a friend and was really pleased I did. I'm not one of the target audience but I have been picking up a lot of young adult books lately and I think this is one of the best I've read. A few people have criticised the lack of detail in it - but honestly, if you want detail and you're an adult - go and read an adult's book!!! Also, ignore the comparisions to the "Twilight" saga. This is a totally different book - not a vampire in sight. I loved Patch, dark and mysterious and definitely not someone who you would want to take home to meet your parents!! I look forward to the sequel and hope it delivers as well as this first book has.
 A Brilliant Book! July 26, 2010
Gemma2712
Where can I possibly start? Becca Fitzpatrick has produced a fabulous debut novel. The chemistry that Patch and Nora share is unbelievably romantic, yet dangerous at the same time. The writing is subtle, in an explicit sense, which sounds impossible but trust me, read this book and you will know what I mean! A beautiful cover by James Porto too! I'd rather not took about any of the story because I'd really hope you can go read it for yourselves! So go buy it! Now! You won't regret it!
Excellent Read July 25, 2010
F. Turner (Eccles, Salford, England)
This is a well written book that is hard to put down, I read it in a day! I bought it for my teenage daughter but I read it after her so I would recommend it for not just teenagers to read but adults too. My daughter can't wait for Crescendo to be published in October.
Fantastic Read ***** July 25, 2010
Ms. Victoria Haswell (UK)
I was a little dubious when I read the blurb on this book that it would be too similar to Twilight and many other stories of the same genre. I was pleasantly suprised to find that it was captivating and addictive from start to finish.
The plot keeps you in suspense throughout the story and I found myself unsure of who Nora should actually trust including her best friend. I read this book in a day because I physically couldn't put it down and it was well worth my time.
Absolutely wonderful and I can't wait for the sequel Crescendo to come out.
Bitter Sweet July 23, 2010
Vicky Young
Ok so, I along with probably quite a few people, did cringe away from reading this book when I saw the words 'biology class'. The Twilight take over has managed to tar the effect of such 'meetings' between the main characters and take away the feeling of originality due to how often it is spoken about,but I decided to give it a try anyway.
And I'm so glad I did. I was more than pleasantly surprised to find this wasn't some kind of Twilight spin off or in anyway similar to Twilight. I found it to be original, entertaining and addictive. I read it in a day as I didn't want to stop reading it.
The title, I think promises more than it is. I was expecting something a little more...mysterious, and secretive, with generally the words 'hush hush' being used to obviously keep something quiet, I felt this didn't quite translate and maybe promised a little more than was given. I had the false hope of it being slightly darker with the excitement of dangerous secrets, and unfortunetly it didn't live up to this. Despite this the story line was good, admitedly it became predictable the second that Elliot was introduced, however I think this made it all the more interesting.
The plot itself offers up a number of twists, which meant that although I had guessed the ending, I was still unable to work out how it was going to happen. Although it is fun to be kept guessing, I did find the beginning of the book dragged out.
I think I got 2/3 of the way through before it actually got into the climax of the plot, uptil then I found it slightly slow paced and very over worked. I did read the last few pages at one stage, as I did question if it was worth continuing to read it, due to how long it was taking the story line to really egnite my interest as opposed to just entertaining me. However, as soon as I read those last few pages, I knew I needed to read on and I knew I would be addicted, because once I knew that eventually SOMETHING remotely action-fuelled would happen, I realised it was worth continuing.
I've read so many books with this kind of genre, that I tend to get picky. If something is just good, as in, doesn't truly grip me, then I do sometimes just give up on it, knowing that it's not going to get any better, however despite the rather unfortunate length of the beginning, the ending definetly makes up for it.
The ending is face paced, fun to read and I think I probably fell in love with Patch the Fallen Angel about 6 times. For a change the main character, although slightly infuriating at times, isn't as whiny as lead female characters occasionally are. I liked Nora and felt her to be believeable and engaging. I liked that she was sassy and tried, although often failed to be witty. It was a shame that she was made as 'less-intelligent' than Patch, but it is the way stories are often written.
The character, 'Vee' was probably the most annoying person in the book and I did find that her and 'Jules' were under-developed and really weren't described that well and their plot line wasn't very believeable in that it came as a surprise both to Nora and us, the reader at the same time, and it just didn't quite make sense.
Despite this there is a resulting factor that made this book as brilliant as I felt it was. The love story.
So many times in these kind of books, the love story is so unbeliveable, so ridiculous and so overly dramatic that it's embarassing. But this time the story between Patch and Nora was not only believe, but relatable. (Admitedly not many guys are Fallen Angels, but you never know.)And I love that it is their love story that the book focuses on, giving background detail of Patch, giving the story line context and giving his character context.
It started off in such a seemingly ridiculous way, a seat change in Biology, and it slowly built, with varying meetings and the stream of concious thoughts of Nora's, that showed the increasing affection she felt for Patch. It was such a sweet story line, that it completely made up for the long time it took for the plot to start; the lack of detail in the other characters and the simplicity of the rest of the story.
I guess, I am a true romantic at heart.
I loved this book, despite it's faults, because it was pulse-racing and really made me wish my name was Nora Grey.
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