Hush, Hush (Books 1 & 2)

‘Hush, Hush’ by Becca Fitzpatrick.

2/10

I’m going to be blunt. The first book was quite crap. It’s pretty much exactly the same story as Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight but instead of vampires you have angels. The only thing it had going for it was that it was pretty easy to digest. It wasn’t poorly written and the characters weren’t very complex, which for a change actually made this book ‘meh’ as opposed to ‘GTFO of my library!’. That being said, it wasn’t a book that I would recommend to anyone unless I knew their ‘type’ was very much the Twilight cliché. Basically, it’s really only going to majorly appeal to 12-15 year old girls who can gush about the main male character (who is unflatteringly called Patch) together.

I have to admit, he is kind of fine.

*****

‘Crescendo’ by Becca Fitzpatrick.

7/10

Book two is a helluva lot better. I’m not sure why I really bought it in the first place, since the first book left such more of a dirty smudge than a fingerprint in my memory.

Scratch that. I know why I squeaked when I saw the cover. I’ll give you a clue. It begins with ‘P’ and ends with ‘atch’.

I’m going to do something that I usually hate people doing. I’m going to compare the Hush, Hush series and the Twilight series. Ok, so you all know how the first books of both are pretty much the same, but that’s where the similarity ends. Thank f*@%. The protagonist (called Nora, in Hush, Hush) is pretty much the same person in both series, however the male counterparts couldn’t be more different. Therein lies the appeal.

Edward in Twilight is a whiney, creepy, emo, hollow little Christmas decoration.

Patch is... Patch is...

You know when a girl says she likes the bad boys but hates to get hurt? Patch is the bad boy she’s after. I mean, he is a fallen angel. The clue is in the job description. While Edward would pull up to the hairdressers in his little nippy sports car, Patch would be cruising the countryside on his crotch-rocket, or rolling through town in his jeep. Yeah, that pretty much sums it up.

Sigh. Twilight, GTFO my blog.

Apart from the Patch being palatable the second book in the series actually picks up speed and makes a name for itself. I’ve not read a story like it and more than once the other half asked me what was going on, because I’d randomly gasp or squeal and catch him off-guard. Crescendo is so much better than Hush, Hush that it actually makes up for it. I can’t say much about it without spoiling it all, but here are a few notes:
Patch, the fallen angel, is now a guardian angel. He doesn’t like that.
Nora realises she doesn’t know much about Patch’s personal life. She doesn’t like that.
Nora’s best friend Vee is dating Patch’s best friend Rixon. Nobody likes that. Not even me.

The story is full of edgy, dark romance, crazy people and dangerous, creepy events.

So if you have nothing better to do, give it a go. It won’t hurt. Well, the first one might but the second one makes up for it.

Good luck Crescendo. You’re carrying the whole series on your shoulders now.