Hush, Hush (2009)
Hush, Hush is a 2009 young adult fiction book written by Becca Fitzpatrick.
Nora Grey had no room in her life for romance, and certainly none for Patch, the new boy whose crooked smile unsettles her as much as it draws her in. He turns up wherever she goes. He knows things about her that no stranger should. Becca Fitzpatrick builds her debut on that queasy pull between attraction and warning, set inside a high school where a fallen angel walks the halls. Nora tries to trace the danger back to its source and finds an old war between the fallen and the immortal, with her own life riding on which side she chooses to believe.
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What is Hush, Hush about?
Nora Grey had no room in her life for romance, and certainly none for Patch, the new boy whose crooked smile unsettles her as much as it draws her in. He turns up wherever she goes. He knows things about her that no stranger should. Becca Fitzpatrick builds her debut on that queasy pull between attraction and warning, set inside a high school where a fallen angel walks the halls. Nora tries to trace the danger back to its source and finds an old war between the fallen and the immortal, with her own life riding on which side she chooses to believe.
When was Hush, Hush published?
Hush, Hush was published on 13 October 2009.
Who made Hush, Hush?
Hush, Hush was written by Becca Fitzpatrick.
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A few thoughts on Hush, Hush
Fans of the dangerous-boy pull should try The Vampire Diaries, which runs the same current of buried secrets and supernatural romance through one small town. Twilight set the on-screen template for a mortal girl bound to the immortal she cannot quit. For a Southern-gothic cousin with the same forbidden charge, the Beautiful Creatures film fits the mood.
A stranger who keeps turning up before you invite him
Patch has a habit of appearing exactly where Nora doesn't expect him, and that same magnetic, faintly dangerous pull drives these leads. Edward does it in Twilight and New Moon, Stefan and Damon do it across The Vampire Diaries, Ethan does it in Beautiful Creatures, and Vampire Academy's guardians carry that same charged, watchful energy. Each pairs a girl with someone whose interest comes loaded with a warning.
Angels, demons and an old war hiding behind ordinary life
Patch's own kind are fighting a war Nora only half-understands, fallen versus immortal, and this set keeps that buried mythology running under ordinary teenage life. Fallen hides a centuries-old possession behind a high school transfer student, while City of Bones, City of Ashes and Clockwork Angel, and their TV adaptation Shadowhunters, build a demon-hunting society most humans never notice.
Romance where the biggest secret is what he actually is
Nora spends half of Hush, Hush working out what Patch is before deciding whether to trust him, and this group runs on that delayed reveal. A Court of Thorns and Roses hides a curse behind a fae suitor, Throne of Glass and The Cruel Prince keep their leads' loyalties opaque, and Serpent & Dove and Once Upon a Broken Heart turn romance into a negotiation between two people hiding something.