Reviewed by Hailey Chen, age 14<\/p>\n
Nora Grey is not someone who would be described as living in the spotlight. In fact, she didn\u2019t even crave that type of attention, content with just her best friend and widowed mom. However, this all changes drastically when seats are changed in biology class, and she\u2019s suddenly stuck with the mysterious transfer student she doesn\u2019t even know the name of. After one interaction with him, Nora\u2019s feelings are thoroughly confused\u2014and not in a good way, seeing as strange things begin to happen with her being the main focus. Coincidence? Nora thinks not. As she delves deeper into the past to get to the bottom of things, she ends up getting more questions than answers, mainly involving her new bio partner who, for some reason, knows more about her than even her closest friends. When Nora starts to grasp at her long-awaited answer, will she choose to continue searching, or will she stop for fear of what she may find?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Hush, Hush is a highly-rated romance\/thriller\/sci-fi novel that I was excited to read. Regardless, my expectations were let down when I started to actually read the book. For starters, in the actual book summary, it\u2019s stated that Nora is caught in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortals and fallen angels. Given this, when you read this you expect it to be about said topic. This didn\u2019t actually start until the latter portion of the book, and it doesn\u2019t even feel like a sci-fi book at the beginning, just a thriller\/romance. The second thing I\u2019d like to highlight is Nora, the main character herself. Though I find most of the characters frustrating and slightly annoying, Patch the male lead included, Nora has to take the cake. Her mood swings gave me whiplash due to the way her attitude towards Patch changes. Does she like him? Does she not? One minute she\u2019s saying she never wants to see him again, yet the next she suddenly has the strong urge to kiss him. Her relationship with Patch can not be seen as healthy, and I would consider Patch to be more creepy than charming. I can’t even say Nora\u2019s relatable because her decisions sure aren\u2019t. Though I could explore several other reasons why I didn\u2019t enjoy this book, I\u2019ll conclude by saying it was not my favorite.<\/span><\/p>\n 2.5 stars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Find this book in our catalog: N\/A<\/p>\n Catalog Number: N\/A<\/p>\n 391 pages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reviewed by Hailey Chen, age 14 Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick Nora Grey is not someone who would be described as living in the spotlight. In fact, she didn\u2019t even crave that type of attention, content with just her best friend and widowed mom. 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