Hush, Hush. Becca Fitzpatrick. Simon & Schuster 2009. 391 pgs. Young adult, urban fantasy, romance.
Readability Score: 4
Books I've Read Similar to Hush, Hush:
* Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
* Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
"When Nora and Patch are forced together as lab partners, Nora would rather fall to her death than put up with his elusive answers to her questions, his teasing, and his infuriatingly handsome face and hypnotizing eyes. It seems Patch was put on earth just to drive her crazy.
But before long, Nora's defenses start to break down as her curiosity about Patch heats up. Why does he always seem to be wherever she is and know exactly what she's thinking? How does he know what to say to both attract and repulse her? And what is up with those V-shaped scars on his chiseled back?
As their connection grows stronger, Nora's own life becomes increasingly fragile. Nora needs to decide: Is Patch the one who wants to do her harm or the one who will keep her safe? Has she fallen for one of the fallen?"
-- from Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
So despite this being almost unacceptably similar to Twilight (girl meets boy in biology, boy seems to hate her, danger and romance abound), I actually enjoyed reading this book. Overall it was decently written (better than Twilight, anyway), and although it felt very cheesy at times, Hush, Hush was enjoyable. But it's more of a rainy-day book or a beach read, not a serious type of book.
Aside from that, there were a few very obvious timeline mistakes going on. This happened in Twilight, too, and it's one of those things that takes more away from the story than it should. There is a moment in the book where Nora's mother is supposed to return late Sunday night, but Sunday night comes and goes without a mention of her mother. And a few pages later, Nora says something about her mother coming home Monday night. It's not such a big deal if her flight got delayed or she had to stay late, but it seems like an oversight of both the author and editor to leave that error in the book.
There are other smaller errors, but not big enough to point out here. It just brings me back to the idea that authors should really keep timelines for themselves, so they can keep things straight in the story. Even if the characters don't say dates, at least the author can have an idea of what's going on each day, and keep events in order.
At some point, I'll try to pick up the other books in the series. I bought Hush, Hush for $5 at Barnes & Noble, and I felt it was $5 well spent.
Also, I have no idea what the title Hush, Hush, has to do with the story at all. We'll see if it's explained in later books.
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