Official Blurb:
Feisty teen Nora Grey somehow survived the crises of Hush, Hush!, but dangers just as frightening loom in this standalone sequel. Patch, her guardian angel and love interest, appears to have a dark side and a wandering eye. Worse yet, he seems intent on obstructing Nora as she hunts for the truth behind her father's mysterious death.
What I thought:
Let me first start out by saying that I was craving this book from the get go because I fell hook, line, and sinker, for Patch in Hush, Hush, one of my favorite all time novels. I ran right out and bought this book when it came out and happened to have all of my excitement fizzle when I passed an unfortunate comment on another blog. That blogger had said that it was "too bad that Patch was hardly in the book."
I was devastated.
How could a sequel to Hush, Hush, not have the macho, deliciously brooding, bad boy front and center in its sequel? I sat the book on the shelf and picked up one of the other new releases I was excited for instead. I have to say I ended up reading multiple books before one day I was finally seized upon with the desire to find out what was in this one again. So I picked it up off the shelf and curled up into my pillows and the rest was history. I was captivated.
While Patch wasn't as physically present as he had been in Hush, Hush, every time he did appear he positively oozed the sex appeal all over the pages. I found my heart racing in the spots in which he appeared, proving he is the true HUNK of this series. No other male comes close to him in these books.
I liked the introduction of Scott. He always made me feel off kilter. I never really could tell if he was good or evil, sorta good or sorta evil, perhaps crazy, misunderstood. Of course, I'm not going to tell you what he was, but his character was interesting and well written and he occasionally pulled off a little hot steam of his own. He was a nice tension creator between Patch and Nora, which was fun as well.
Marcie was a witch, in a nasty and biting sense, but there was always something missing and off about her too. She was just a mean girl and as we come to understand why that was, the chips suddenly started falling into place. Very good twists there.
And then there was Nora. Dear, sweet, adorable, made-me-want-to-bash-her-stupid-head-into-the-wall-for-virtually-every-second-of-the-book, Nora. I don't know what happened here, but Nora suddenly became dumber than a pile of bricks, questioning and freaking out about every little thing. She was extremely prideful, never giving Patch a chance to explain anything! It was no wonder the guy clammed up around her...he couldn't get a word in edge wise. Every time Nora would ask him a question in her search for the truth, she would answer it herself, the way she thought was right and then ended up throwing him out. Patch should have been nominated for sainthood by the end of the book just for putting up with her. (Ladies, sometimes you need to shut up and listen to your man. One good conversation could have saved Nora this whole book! Yes, I know, that defeats the purpose of the book, but Nora was just darn irritating.)
The premise of this tale was good though. The story never lagged at all and I turned page after page in indulgence, eating up every word of the delicious plot. When the story ended, I actually growled and flung the book down in frustration at the cliffhanger ending, hopping right up to log onto Goodreads to find out the information about the third book in the series, Tempest, which is due out October of 2011. Yes, dear reader, I will be in line for that one at release time too.
So, I struggled with how to rate this book. Based on the lack of Patch, who is my favorite character, I would give the book a four. Based on the aggravation and moaning in frustration that Nora caused me, I would also give a four. BUT, the story was good and these circumstances were crucial to the telling of it. If I had half stars or quarter stars I would probably rate this a 4.75. But we don't, so I'm going to over look my personal tastes and rate the book on straight writing and storytelling merit. I will round up and give it a five out of five. It's a great book!
Feisty teen Nora Grey somehow survived the crises of Hush, Hush!, but dangers just as frightening loom in this standalone sequel. Patch, her guardian angel and love interest, appears to have a dark side and a wandering eye. Worse yet, he seems intent on obstructing Nora as she hunts for the truth behind her father's mysterious death.
What I thought:
Let me first start out by saying that I was craving this book from the get go because I fell hook, line, and sinker, for Patch in Hush, Hush, one of my favorite all time novels. I ran right out and bought this book when it came out and happened to have all of my excitement fizzle when I passed an unfortunate comment on another blog. That blogger had said that it was "too bad that Patch was hardly in the book."
I was devastated.
How could a sequel to Hush, Hush, not have the macho, deliciously brooding, bad boy front and center in its sequel? I sat the book on the shelf and picked up one of the other new releases I was excited for instead. I have to say I ended up reading multiple books before one day I was finally seized upon with the desire to find out what was in this one again. So I picked it up off the shelf and curled up into my pillows and the rest was history. I was captivated.
While Patch wasn't as physically present as he had been in Hush, Hush, every time he did appear he positively oozed the sex appeal all over the pages. I found my heart racing in the spots in which he appeared, proving he is the true HUNK of this series. No other male comes close to him in these books.
I liked the introduction of Scott. He always made me feel off kilter. I never really could tell if he was good or evil, sorta good or sorta evil, perhaps crazy, misunderstood. Of course, I'm not going to tell you what he was, but his character was interesting and well written and he occasionally pulled off a little hot steam of his own. He was a nice tension creator between Patch and Nora, which was fun as well.
Marcie was a witch, in a nasty and biting sense, but there was always something missing and off about her too. She was just a mean girl and as we come to understand why that was, the chips suddenly started falling into place. Very good twists there.
And then there was Nora. Dear, sweet, adorable, made-me-want-to-bash-her-stupid-head-into-the-wall-for-virtually-every-second-of-the-book, Nora. I don't know what happened here, but Nora suddenly became dumber than a pile of bricks, questioning and freaking out about every little thing. She was extremely prideful, never giving Patch a chance to explain anything! It was no wonder the guy clammed up around her...he couldn't get a word in edge wise. Every time Nora would ask him a question in her search for the truth, she would answer it herself, the way she thought was right and then ended up throwing him out. Patch should have been nominated for sainthood by the end of the book just for putting up with her. (Ladies, sometimes you need to shut up and listen to your man. One good conversation could have saved Nora this whole book! Yes, I know, that defeats the purpose of the book, but Nora was just darn irritating.)
The premise of this tale was good though. The story never lagged at all and I turned page after page in indulgence, eating up every word of the delicious plot. When the story ended, I actually growled and flung the book down in frustration at the cliffhanger ending, hopping right up to log onto Goodreads to find out the information about the third book in the series, Tempest, which is due out October of 2011. Yes, dear reader, I will be in line for that one at release time too.
So, I struggled with how to rate this book. Based on the lack of Patch, who is my favorite character, I would give the book a four. Based on the aggravation and moaning in frustration that Nora caused me, I would also give a four. BUT, the story was good and these circumstances were crucial to the telling of it. If I had half stars or quarter stars I would probably rate this a 4.75. But we don't, so I'm going to over look my personal tastes and rate the book on straight writing and storytelling merit. I will round up and give it a five out of five. It's a great book!
My Rating:
(Well...almost....LOL!)
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| Lacey Weathrford Author - Reviewer |
