Title: Hush, Hush
Author: Becca Fitzpatrick
Genre: YA (Urban Fantasy)
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Children
Publishing Date: October 13 (US) / October 29 (UK)
Hardcover: 400 pages
Stand Alone or series: first in a planned duology
Why did I read the book: I love the cover and the premise. Plus the hype surrounding the book.
How did I get the book: I received an ARC from the publishers in the UK.
Summary
A sacred oath, a fallen angel, a forbidden love…This darkly romantic story features our heroine, Nora Grey, a seemingly normal teenage girl with her own shadowy connection to the Nephilim, and super-alluring bad boy, Patch, now her deskmate in biology class. Together they find themselves at the centre of a centuries-old feud between a fallen angel and a Nephilim…Forced to sit next to Patch in science class, Nora attempts to resist his flirting, though gradually falls for him against her better judgment. Meanwhile creepy things are going on with a mysterious stalker following her car, breaking into her house and attacking her best friend, Vi. Nora suspects Patch, but there are other suspects too – not least a new boy who has transferred from a different college after being wrongly accused of murdering his girlfriend. And he seems to have taken a shine to Nora…Love certainly is dangerous…and someone is going to have to make the ultimate sacrifice for it
Review:
A warning: this review contains spoilers. You have been warned!
There has been great hype and positive reviews over Hush, Hush until last week when a couple of negative reviews started to surface. After reading the latter, which had some well-thought out criticisms, I braced myself not to like the book as much as I hoped but I was not prepared for what I eventually got. Suffice to say that: the cover of the book is awesome. And that is just about as positive as this review is going to get.
The plot is simple: Nora Grey is the uncoordinated, plain girl who walks into Biology class one day to find out that the teacher wants to shake things up by moving the kids around. Instead of sitting with her best friend Vee as per usual, Nora ends up sitting next to the new kid, Patch. The dark, hot, mysterious Patch whom as soon as Nora sits next to him, starts to tease, argue, behaving like a jerk to Nora. Then, weird things start to happen, Nora believes she is being watched; someone jumps in front of her car when she is driving home one day and almost rips the door out. She immediately thinks that Patch is behind those incidents. She notices that everywhere she goes, he is there. More weird things happen, Patch can put thoughts inside her mind, he has a scar in his back. An internet search is in order: “angel wing scar” she types and is frightened that OMG Patch may not be human. She fears him, he is certainly dangerous, can she trust him? But yes. But no. But he is hot. But he is dangerous. He loves her! She loves him! He saves her from himself (he wants to kills her!) and from the dangerous lunatic who wants revenge. The end.
The first question I have for you dear reader, is this: How is this book NOT Twilight by Stephenie Meyer but with Angels? It is uncannily similar. But unfortunately, it is also worse than Twilight. (Take that as you will.)
Starting with the characters. Patch has been hailed as the Ultimate Bad Boy by some or as a Stupid Jerk by others. In all honestly, I could not care one iota for Patch: I have seen better Bad Boys and worse Jerks. He falls right bang in that middle ground of mediocrity. One thing is certain, I don’t see the attraction and I didn’t see any chemistry between the characters.
Now, Nora. Nora, Nora, Nora. I have yet to see a worst TSTL (Too Stupid to Live ) heroine. Let me count the ways: Nora is attacked or followed or stalked. Over and over again. Yet it never occurs to her to call the police, talk to the school principal, talk to her mother until it is too late. She talks with suspect number one instead. She is afraid of Patch for most of the book and keeps changing her mind about him every two seconds. It gets tiresome pretty soon:
He is hot. But he is dangerous. Can I trust him? But his dark smile and dark eyes! OMG he wants to kill me! But he smells good!
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Then her best friend is attacked by someone who mistakes her for Nora. Vee ends up in hospital, having surgery. They think it might have been Patch attacking her. One DAY later she is out of the hospital (without the police ever questioning them about the attack. No sign of the parents in the hospital either) so that they can go to the bar where he works to do some sleuthing (their words). This pinnacle of stupidity that is Nora, goes into the bathroom to put on a wig, a hot dress and gets a LIST of questions out of the pocket to ask the bartender. Her questions:
“Do you know if Patch has ever had any restraining orders?
Does he have a history of stalking?
Does he have a girlfriend?”
No, seriously. I ask myself if this is supposed to be cute or quirky. I ask myself if I shouldn’t just walk away from the book before my brain explodes or my eyes get stuck in the back of my head after that much rolling! I carry on though because I want to know how this is going to end and I am mildly curious about the Fallen Angels Mythology. I guess that counts as a positive too? That I want to know more? But I wish I hadn’t because once all is explained, it lacks inherent logic.
This is where things get really spoilery so avert your eyes now if you don’t want to know.
Firstly, Nora does her internet search and THE FIRST PAGE SHE OPENS after typing “Angel Scar Wings” is the correct page which relates this specific obscure mythology, because that is exactly how it happens when you Google something. Patch is supposed to be a Fallen Angel who wants to become human. He says he “found” the Book of Enoch that says there is a way of doing this if he sacrifices a descendent (that would be Nora, by the way) of the guy who swore fealty to him because that would kill the GUY and that would make him human. How exactly did Patch find the elusive Book of Enoch, if he was out of Heaven? How exactly does killing Nora kill her ancestor?
In addition: Patch is a BAD person because he Fell. And he fell because of lust for a woman he loved. At the end of the novel, he becomes an angel again and yet he proceeds with a relationship with Nora which is of course, based on lust as well. Isn’t that the same situation as before? Shouldn’t he fall again? This is completely illogical!
And then there is the fact that both as an angel AND as a fallen angel, Patch can not feel anything physical. So, let me make this clear: Patch can not feel Nora’s touch, he can not feel anything only what is inside his heart (yeah, seriously). Only what is emotional – except that he feels desire and lust for her. But surely that means that they can never have sex – if he can’t feel anything corporeal he surely can not get it up (and if he can, well then. Yet another nonsensical detail). How exactly does that work?
In the end I am supposed to believe these two loved each other so much they would sacrifice for one another. And yet. how can I possibly believe that, if every single interaction they had in this book is Patch being a jerk, and Nora reacting to his jerkiness? They hardly ever had an entire conversation that did not go around one of them doing or saying something nasty. I absolutely abhorred the fact that Nora was prepared to give up her life so easily so that Patch could become human. It’s not even about saving his life, only granting his wish.
So, yeah, Hush, Hush did not work for me in any level and I am most aggravated about it.
Notable Quotes/ Parts: …….
Verdict: This book did not work for me at all. And it is time that the Twilight train left the station.
Rating: 2 – A complete waste of my time.
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This was the funniest reveiew ive ever read. Second i think this book had MAJOR potential, its just that the author didnt really clean and develop it that much. patch i saw was interesting, it was like what will he do next, he was just so random, and yes he could have been badder, but the point was that he was supposed to become better or nicer. Nora made me sad, she was extremely similar to Bella, but she resisted Patch which Bella never did. Second it was like hot one moment and then cold the next. I didnt ever think she loved patch until the last ten pages, but he loved her from the beginning. no the plot was confusing and vague as well as the mythology, but she will hopefully clear it up in crescendo. to me it didnt become a book until the last twenty pages and the worst aspect was Vee. thats my view atleast
I just read the run down of 2009 and felt bad that Ana was getting flak about her age being the reason for the opinions in this review. I’m a teen and have similar opinions on Hush, Hush and found all the characters just irritating and unfortunately nothing worth while- everything felt sort of wrong as I was reading.
Usually I try sequels but won’t be picking it up.
Really enjoyed reading this review much more entertaining than the book itself (that may be too harsh but this book is doing well so I don’t think it’s a problem)
Loved this review! I agree with the commenter who said this book had a lot of potential. The execution just felt unfinished, like this was a first draft.
In addition to the points mentioned in the review, there was a huge inconsistency that really bothered me. Patch tells Nora that he was going to kill her so that he could be human, but then he tells her that it has to be an intentional sacrifice, he couldn’t “just kill her.” Okay, so why was he planning it? It just doesn’t make sense.
The other thing that bothered me was that in Twilight (sorry, but they’re so similar I can’t help but compare them) I could sense that Edward was falling for Bella, but in Hush I never got that sense. One day the guy’s a complete jerk and the next he’s buying her a snow globe. And even then he seemed suspect. He just didn’t feel fully developed as a character.
That all said, I intend to read the sequel. Writers often grow and the first book is not always a true indication of their talent (and in this case, the editor deserves some of the blame for not catching and correcting some of the issues). I’m looking forward to seeing how Ms. Fitzpatrick develops these characters, as they do have potential. I only hope that she gets the time from the publishers she needs to write a great second book.
i kinda liked hush, hush. maybe because of the mysteries kept from pages to pages. you kinda had a pint when you said that about Patch can’t feel a thing. i actually hadn’t thought of that.
oh, i just finished reading it and looking forward to the next sequel. i believe that it will get better. besides there is still chauncey (a.k.a Jules) to look forward and the rixon guy to add up.
personally i loved the book, i never herd about this hype wenever it was about the book, i saw it in the store and loved the cover art, read it and loved it even more. i do have to agree that it did AT FIRST remind me a bit of twilight only because the way it is narated by i did not like twilight at all it was just a complete cliche’ of falling for a vampire. now how many angel books are there exacly because i havent read any so it was refreshing. when i read some comments about the whole mind reading thing and that edward would NEVER do that. i laughed because edward CANT do that and patch can so i think there just upset that patch can and edward cant. also they say its a total invasion of privacy um edward watched in a corner in belles room watch her sleep at night now THAT is an invasion of privacy. but moving on from that hush hush was intruiging and it kept getting deaper and deaper in mystery until far past half way through the book. i acually kinda suspected jules to be the bad guy, because he alway just disapeared and i thought whats the point of him being there unless he acually has a purpose so i was glad she didnt jsut randomly stick characters here and there like twilight the characters acually had a purpose. so as a conclusion i disagreed with the review and the review itself was very one sided and attemped to make the book sound as bland and boring as possible, which its not.
when are authors gonna get a life and write something original???
Twilight was okay, but dude, enough with the young vampire teenage romance rot
In my opinion. I LOVED hush hush. And Twilight. There both my favs
i found it in whsmiths and liked the cover so i boaght it .it was amazing
OM freaking G! I was going to read this book cause one of my friends told me to give it a go since i basically ran out of books to read…(by the way any suggestions? if you do email me any good books i should maybe read)… anyway after this review hell no! i ain’t wasting my money or my time on it… and one more question why does everybody say it’s a rip off of Twilight? when Twilight itself it’s a rip off of Vampire Diaries…
This was the BEST book ive
ever read Patch sounds sexy and i love his personality. This book makes you wanna cry when you are finished in fact i did and im planning on reading it again and buying the sequel, “crescendo” Oct. 2010
well, i very much enjoyed the book. it had action and suspense dripping out of the book. i am now eagerly waiting for the seduel, “crescendo”
I completely disagree with the last statement saying you didn’t like it. I loved this book and I think that most teenage girls would.
Worst. Book. Ever
I personally disagree with this review. I thought the book was amazing and I like the idea. Sure it might be similar to Twilight but it is also completely different. I think it hooks the reader and keeps them interested because so many things happen during the book but none of your questions are answered until later so you just feel like you NEED to keep reading. That is my perspective. From a 14 year old girl, not a reporter or critic
I Also think that yes I get how many of you hate the book. but really, if you hated the characters and the plot and everything. Why did you read it in the first place? (This question is for everyone who said they hated the book)
Even if I am a great fan of Twilight (just the first book), I can’t like Hush, hush. First, it borrows too many things from Twilight (I don’t think I have seen a book so shamelessly do this : biology, baseball, uncoordinated girl, one mysterious power shown before learning the truth, stalking, tranfert…), Nora is doing dumb things after dumb things (that’s not what I call a smart girl <_< ), I wanted to kill Vee (but after all, I guess she and Nora are alike), Patch is really annoying . Some things don't make sense (no info on Patch's file, policeman accusing Nora when no accusation was made for Vee's injuries, Nora calling Patch to have a ride when she think he's dangerous… she probably know noone with a car since after Vee and her mother, Patch is the one that comes to her mind <_< ). Dabria seems weird from the start… and didn't she think before that she could fall… nice to know angels can be psycho, don't really have amazing powers.
It was a really nice review, so it helped me to shift my view, I was afraid I was a bit at loss because I didn't enjoy the book at all. So being sure it was the book itself that was ridiculous made me aware that I should read it more as a joke if I want to finish it.
I just finished the book & thoroughly enjoyed it. I was also a big fan of the Twilight series & though on the surface I can see where there are similarities, the story as a whole is very different. It reads & flows differently as well. I must agree with an earlier comment. If I’m going to read a fictional super-natural story, I don’t “think” it so much. I am just simply amazed at the degree of analysis over a fiction book about a fallen angel. It’s FUN, just FUN people!
You know, Ana and Thea, I can’t wait to the review you guys come up with for the sequel. I hope you’re going to read the sequel. You have to!! lol
The best book ever!!!
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i think hush hush is a good book and i don’t see why people keep saying its like twilight and how its terrible. now this is what is wrong with America and other people in this world if u don’t like something don’t read it but u keep commenting on it like it matters obviously it doesn’t .Becca is a great author and i don’t see why u people bring here down with Ur comments and i don’t really care what U think about me or this comment i left here.and another thing about calling it a rip off of twilight i am a some what fan of twilight but i like this book and why are u commenting on the characters? their characters i don’t see no point in commenting on them and I’ll admit this is SOMEWHAT like twilight but it is going in a different direction and twilight already have an ending as u can see but this can go anywhere as far as i know .SOOO the moral of the story is don’t READ ANYTHING U DON’T LIKE and DEFINITELY DO NOT JUDGE ON SOMETHING
PS.i really don’t care what u think of my comment but u need to look at it in two ways what u say can affect the author
i think hush hush is a good book and i don’t see why people keep saying its like twilight and how its terrible. now this is what is wrong with America and other people in this world if u don’t like something don’t read it but u keep commenting on it like it matters obviously it doesn’t .Becca is a great author and i don’t see why u people bring her down with Ur comments and i don’t really care what U think about me or this comment i left here.and another thing about calling it a rip off of twilight i am a some what fan of twilight but i like this book and why are u commenting on the characters? their characters i don’t see no point in commenting on them and I’ll admit this is SOMEWHAT like twilight but it is going in a different direction and twilight already have an ending as u can see but this can go anywhere as far as i know .SOOO the moral of the story is don’t READ ANYTHING U DON’T LIKE and DEFINITELY DO NOT JUDGE ON SOMETHING if it is negative.
PS.i really don’t care what u think of my comment but u need to look at it in two ways what u say can affect the author and the outcome in this world so for once give a postive review
hush hush is one of the best books i have ever read and i pursuade a lot of people to read it too. Any1 who says its bad must be on about a different book. I also hope that becca makes it into a continue …
got my fingers crossed
You may not like this book, but i loved it, it’s not a copy of twilight it’s better, i coulldn’t put it down whereas i honestly got bored of the twilight series. I have to admit, the beginning of the book was not amazing, but as you got further in, with all of the mystery, it got amazing. Better than twilight
oh thats sad i thought it was going to be a good book from what i read so far….ah well i will give it a go anyway it cant be THAT bad can it? One more thing…why does EVERY young adult book have to be compared to twilight? i just read THE HUNGER GAMES and it is now my new favorite book and yet i hear they are comparing it to twilight
its is NOTHING like twilight…just putting that out there 
Oh, these comments are so full of laughs! How dare you have an opinion of a book! Clearly, the only opinion you are allowed to have is a positive opinion, and don’t even get me started on thinking deeply. I love the comment about this being wrong with America, when the writer of the review, Ana, isn’t American, lololololol.
Oh. Mai. GAWD.
Ana, Thea, I had no idea the comments here had gotten this….interesting. Hahahahaha!
I’ll be skipping this one! I was on the fence about reading it before I saw this review and I just don’t think I’ll like it. I have plenty of books to read!
And I agree with April. I just read through these comments. HILARIOUS. As I’m sure that not liking Hush Hush is what is wrong with America. Oh dear Lordy. I fear for the generations that will be running things when I’m older if that is the biggest problem they see.
And I personally love, “clearly you are way above your teenage years”..lol. Ouch. Maybe us folk above our teenage years have some wisdom to see trash for what it really is
And to know what creepy boys are just really not cool.
Great review! Great blog!
I can’t not leave my two cents here since everyone else has.
I don’t think I’ve ever hated a book as much as I hated Hush, Hush. Forget that it’s an obvious Twilight rip off (a book I also disliked) and look at it on it’s own merits – servicable but dull writing, not an original bone in it’s body, a heroine too stupid to live, plot points that made no sense, complete mythology fail and then there’s Patch. Now I’m no expert in relationahips but to me it’s not love if a guy sexually harasses you, stalks you, scares you and at one point holds her down on a bed while she’s half dressed and threatens to kill her. The reason all this is a-okay – Patch is the designated love interest and he’s the ultimate bad boy! This book left me feeling insulted and I can’t believe the writer, not to forget her editors, agent, publisher and countless good reviews, could ever think that this was romantic. And we wonder why rape culture is being perpetuated in YA.
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to me it was better then twilight. all of you are saying how bad it is and i liked it… haha thats ironic:oops:
I liked it too
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I haven’t read this book, & now I’m definitely not planning on it.
@ all the teenagers who reviewed: Are you TRYING to give us a horrible name? The collective lack of grammar, punctuation, and spelling skills are appalling, as is the completely IDIOTIC attraction to MCs that display abusive and stalker-like qualities.
I apologize for my generation. Being 16 is embarrassing sometimes.
ALRIGHT, LET US GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT HERE. You are all so extremely ridiculous, You aren’t going to read a book, JUST because this person’s opinion thought it sucked? I thought the book was a little like twilight yeah, But I happened to like it, So, Let’s start forming our own opinions and not acting like lost, little, sheep? Okay.
I wish I’d found this review before I read Hush, Hush. I went in completely blind- no idea of the ideas or events of the book. I came out 400 pages later wishing I’d never picked up Hush, Hush. Patch is the creepiest “love interest” I’ve ever seen. He stole the award from Edward Cullen himself!
Meanwhile, the comments are equally laughtastic and saddening. As soon as I saw one commenter bring up the “If you didn’t like it, why did you read it?” argument, my face met the keyboard. They have their tastes and I have mine, so I’ll leave them alone because I don’t cause fights and insult people over books. That would be stupid.
Ye-ah! I just finished listening to it – in my car! I nearly ran off the road several times when my eye-rolling took my attention away from the road. I am tempted to reread it just to post-it the numerous cliched, trite, purple prose and plot holes big enough to drive a tank through. Jeez! I haven’t gotten this worked up over a book since, well, Twilight.
brenda
i really lyked the book…one of the best ive read
First of all, I just wanted to say that I disagreed with this reveiw 100%. It’s obvious that the person who wrote this review is completely narrow minded and needs to get their facts straight before they go around bashing a perfectly wonderful book. I can gaurantee you that if you actually read carefully, you wouldn’t have been asking half the questions you did. As for the rest of the questions and statements, you had to read between the lines. Actually think about the characters and what you would do in their situations. Some aspects of this novel weren’t things you could read on a page, but actual emotions and feelings that even the best of authors cannot express. I’d also like to point out that this book was targeted for teenage readers, and it is perfectly understandable that older readers could not comprehend or relate to the actions of the characters. I’m sorry if you don’t feel the same as the characters, but I’m sorry to say that your opinions don’t really matter. The book was meant for teens, and obviously you are not going to feel the same as them. I felt that Hush, Hush was intriguing and kept me on the edge of my seat. For all of those who decided not to read this book due to one person’s opinion, shame on you. Hasn’t anyone told you that you should think for yourself and not let other people go around deciding things for you? I’m aware that everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and I know that many people don’t agree that this was an amazing book, but how could someone say that without giving it a fair shot? This review and these comments outraged me, especially those who pointed “holes in the plot” without knowing what they are talking about. If any of you had paid attention to the details or gotten a clear message, it would be clear to you that you are absolutely incorrect and unable to understand or connect with characters thoughts, feelings, and reactions. If you have actually read this book carefully and still feel the way you do, kudos. Congrats. Great. I respect that decision. But if you haven’t, please consider re-reading and see if you still feel that way.
I personally loved Hush, Hush and cannot wait to read the sequel. But then again, I’m just one fourteen year old amongst many others who adored this book.
What irritates me are comments like Emily’s (the comment above mine). These reviews are completely hypocritical, saying that you shouldn’t base your opinion on someone elses’ and that it’s important to come to your own conclusions. Yet when you do, and when they differ from theirs, you’re wrong. I find that to be completely hypocritical and two-faced, because really, who are you to shoot down their opinion? Feel whatever the hell you want, but don’t think you have any right to dictate what other people think.
I’m a 16 year old girl, and I wasn’t planning on reading this book even before I read this review. & if anything, this review cemented what I already thought- that hordes of teenagers are running towards any cliche, supernatural book they can find. Oh, who cares about the terrible writing and plot holes when there’s a dreamy, bad (but really good at heart, obviously) guy waiting to sweep you off your feet?
& to all the teenage girls out there who think people like Patch and Edward are cute and handsome and dreamy- they aren’t. You shouldn’t want a guy who watches you sleeping, controls you, tampers with your car to make sure you don’t go to places that he doesn’t approve, doesn’t respect you or think you’re smart enough to make your own decisions, and is possessive like hell. That’s what abusive relationships are made of- think about it.
I personally love this blog to pieces, and respect the opinion of Ana and Thea. They’re very smart ladies who think things through and don’t buy the normal cliche crap. They’re funny, witty, and gasp! don’t follow the opinion of everyone else. Keep up the good work. =]
Priya,
I’m not being hypoctitical or rejecting Ana and Thea’s opinions. I just believe they need to get thier facts straight before they can form these kinds of opinions. And I don’t understand how you can call books “cliche crap” if you have never read them. Think what you want, call it crap, I don’t really care, but only if you read the book. Once you do, you can call it cliche all you want.
And believe me, I’m the last girl you would find obsessing over bad boys and supernatural fantasies. But I tried them first. That’s the key here. If you aren’t giving these books a chance, you don’t have the right to form such judgemental opinions. Hasn’t anyone told you, don’t judge a book by its cover? And don’t think I’m just ranting on at you, Priya. It’s everyone on this blog who said they haven’t read this book yet still say it’s terrible.
Like I said, I don’t care if you form an opinion, just get the facts straigt first.
What facts? You keep saying, get your facts straight, get your facts straight, but what facts are you talking about? The ones that are, in reality, opinion?
And she read the book! It’s not like she’s basing her opinion on air- she read it, and didn’t like any of it.
I think it’s funny how the first time I check my email in two days, I come on a second after this was posted.
Just for the record: I read all four of the books in the Twilight series, and actually own two copies of the first one (for various reasons). I have nothing against them- they’re extremely easy, cliche reads, not bad if you want something mindless. But I totally understand where all the people who don’t like it come from, because honestly, there isn’t that much to like.
& also, this wasn’t just against you either Emily- it was a general thing to everyone who responded similarly to you. Nothing personal, I promise. =]
The facts I’m talking about are the general details in the book. I’m aware that they read the book, just not carefully enough. They had a few questions about the plot, angels, ect. that were actually answered in the book. So although their opinions are vailid for what they read, that aren’t actually true for what the book said. I also read the whole Twilight series, and honestly don’t like it very much either. However, I based that opinion on what I read. I’m sure if I missed something small from the plot that would make my opinion seem unreasonable people would be against me just like I’m going against Ana and Thea. So those facts I’m talking about are just simple facts from the novel that Ana and Thea seemed to miss and would actually omit their arguments.
Priya, just like you said, nothing personal. This is just the way I feel and that’s not going to change. Thank you for getting me thinking though! =)
Hi Emily, thanks for dropping by.
I just wanted to say: I DID read the book carefully and to me the FACTS do not compute – The questions I ask are rethorical, I KNOW the answer to them – I am questioning how illogical they are, as to me, the worldbuilding does not make ANY sense, if you carefully think about it. That’s all.
Ana,
I can see where you are coming from and why the book may not make sense to you. I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree. Thanks for your time and your blog, and don’t take it personal, because I do enjoy reading the rest of your blog.
Thanks =]
Woah! You go Emily!!!!! Tell them like it is!!!!!
Just came to check this out after seeing it linked in your year in review
I’ve definitely heard similar things to what this review says. I appreciate how detailed your reviews (this, and in general) are, so that instead of just knowing that you didn’t like it, I can see WHY you didn’t like it and make up my mind for myself. In this case, I’m pretty sure Hush Hush is not for me lol.
I just want to know how old you all are? Seriously this book is marketed to Young Adults…I’m going to guess and say you all aren’t ‘young’ adults. Let the young adults review this book. I am a young adult and I LOVED it.