Review: Hush, Hush

• Title: Hush, Hush
  
• Author: Becca Fitzpatrick
  
• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster (October 13, 2009)
• Genre: Fantasy/Fiction/YA
• Cover: A+
  
• Overall: A++++
  
• ISBN-10: 9781416989417

For Nora Grey, romance was not part of the plan. She's never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how much her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch came along.

With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Nora is drawn to him against her better judgment.

But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora's not sure who to trust. Patch seems to be everywhere she is, and to know more about her than her closest friends. She can't decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel.

For Nora is right in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortal and those that have fallen - and, when it comes to choosing sides, the wrong choice will cost her life.

I have one word to discribe this book...."Amazing." The characters, plot, even the writing style blew me away! It was very hard for me to put this book down at night (even at 4 in the morning) all I wanted to do was see what was next for Nora and Patch! Let me tell you ladies Patch is one fictional character that I am seriously in love with. He has that bad boy/sarcastic attitude that just makes you wish he was real.

I can not get over how realistic the characters seemed to me, every character in the book reminded me of someone I knew. Becca Fitzpatrick did an amazing job of making the characters feel realistic and not in an overdone way! The plot was also another one of my favorite things mainly because other than the fantasy aspects the scenarios Nora finds herself in felt very life like.

I loved the fantasy aspect of this book, it was refreshing, something new (don't worry guys I am not going to spoil it for you) It just really opened my eyes to something new. I was really disappointed when it ended because I just wanted to keep reading, then someone told me there is going to be a sequel called Crescendo!!!! I really hope that is true mainly because I think all of you out there should read this book and you just like me will be wanting more!

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Happy Reading!

Mail Box Monday (7)

So I just got back from visiting my family in Ohio and now I am back in Pittsburgh (probably should be sleeping for school tomorrow at 5 am ha ha) and I open my mail box and what do I find??? Oh yes some awesome ARC's for me to read and review, I love surprises =) I also splurged a little and bought some yummy reads here is what I got...

For Review

Hush, Hush

For Nora Grey, romance was not part of the plan. She's never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how much her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch came along.

With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Nora is drawn to him against her better judgment.

But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora's not sure who to trust. Patch seems to be everywhere she is, and to know more about her than her closest friends. She can't decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel.

For Nora is right in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortal and those that have fallen - and, when it comes to choosing sides, the wrong choice will cost her life.

Received from Barnes and Noble Teen First Look

Shiver
For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf--her wolf--is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human . . . until the cold makes him shift back again.

Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human--or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever.

Received from Scholastic Publishing

Water Witch
Dunny knew from an early age what it meant to be an outsider. Her special abilities earned her many names, like freak and water witch. So she vowed to keep her powers a secret. But now her talents may be the only hope of two missing children. A young boy and girl have vanished, feared lost in the mysterious bayous of Louisiana. But they didn't just disappear; they were taken. And amid the ghosts and spirits of the swamp, there is a danger worse than any other, one with very special plans for the children -- and for anyone who dares to interfere.

Received from FSB Media

Bought

Bite Me!
AJ Ashe isn't your typical seventeen-year-old vampire—as if there is such a thing! She's stuck in the middle of a huge fight between her two BFFs. Her ex-boyfriend—whom she's still totally in love with, by the way—is now her stepbrother. A former classmate—who, um, she may or may not have turned into a vampire—is stalking her. And now, apparently, the fate of humankind lies in her little undead hands. What ever happened to the good old days, when all a vampire girl had to worry about was the occasional zit and hiding her taste for blood?

Evernight
Bianca wants to escape.

She's been uprooted from her small hometown and enrolled at Evernight Academy, an eerie Gothic boarding school where the students are somehow too perfect: smart, sleek, and almost predatory. Bianca knows she doesn't fit in.

Then she meets Lucas. He's not the "Evernight type" either, and he likes it that way. Lucas ignores the rules, stands up to the snobs, and warns Bianca to be careful—even when it comes to caring about him.

"I couldn't stand it if they took it out on you," he tells Bianca, "and eventually they would."

But the connection between Bianca and Lucas can't be denied. Bianca will risk anything to be with Lucas, but dark secrets are fated to tear them apart . . . and to make Bianca question everything she's ever believed.

What did you get?

Happy Reading!