Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1)

by Becca Fitzpatrick

[tellemonstar]

Full review here
This was good. I wasn't sure what to expect going into Hush, Hush apart from it having something to do with angels. However it caught my eye at the library and I decided to borrow it.

I have got to say, I really wasn't sure about Patch. I mean, I was pretty sure he wasn't the really bad bad guy, but I didn't think he was exactly a good guy either. I liked him a bit more later on, especially after a couple of other people turned extra creepy. His story was quite interesting, and I am glad that it was revealed in glimpses to start start with, because that made it more interesting to discover, but also kept the intrigue going. I do hope his attitude changes a bit more in the next ones though, because he had a very serial-killer/rapist vibe in quite a few parts.

I enjoyed the angel mythology. It goes along with much of what has been able to be established from the bible about Lucifer and the other fallen angels who were kicked out of Heaven. I thought that the tearing off of the wings by a particular branch of angels was great. I also thought that Patch's scars from his wings was a very interesting way of explaining his wings. I could imagine that having your wings torn off would leave scars, so I thought that made sense.

I think the main plot could have been introduced a bit quicker - 300 pages in is a little slow, and yes Patch was mostly a creep until Nora figured out some of his secrets, but I still found Elliot and Jules way more creepy.

I would recommend this to older YA readers because it is kind of creepy, and there are some more adult themes in this than in a typical YA novel. Anyone who wants a change from vampires and werewolves might also like this.