Monday 11 October 2010

Crescendo - Becca Fitzpatrick

Crescendo - Becca Fitpatrick

Pages: 427 (ARC)
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date: 14th October 2010

Other Titles in the Series: Hush, Hush

Nora should know better than to think her life can return to normal after falling in love with a fallen angel. And Nora’s life isn’t normal - her dad was murdered, and the facts about his death just don’t add up. Now Nora’s own life is in imminent danger. Are she and Patch strong enough for the battle ahead?

There’s been a long wait for Crescendo, made even longer by the questions left hanging at the end of Hush, Hush. And not many were actually answered.

In Crescendo’s prologue we saw the final moments in Harrison Grey’s life, and yet it still until the very end of the novel to find out what really happened to him, why and who was involved. There was also pondering over whether Patch was involved or not. This really annoys me because it was really quite simple but it took over 400 pages to get around to it. We did, however, find out what Patch’s real name is. And in a really unexpected way.

When I first started reading this I applauded Becca Fitzpatrick for giving Nora more strength than in Hush, Hush, but then she got really, really stupid. She became even more dangerously obsessed with Patch and that got her into so much trouble. But Patch himself was different, too. He wasn’t as creepy or stalker-ish as he was in Hush, Hush, but also wasn’t in it nearly as much. I actually kind of missed him, especially as he developed a rather interesting power.

Even though I read Crescendo sporadically, it really is very addictive and hard to put down even when Nora is frustrating the hell out of me. Becca Fitzpatrick really does know how to keep her readers on edge of their seat and keep them coming back for more.

I’m really looking forward to reading more about Patch in the next instalment, Tempest.

For my 2010 100+ Reading Challenge

Sophie

12 comments:

  1. NICE REVIEW, I STILL HAVE TO READ HUSH HUSH. So behind :)

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  2. Great review Sophie! Looking forward to this :)

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  3. I can't wait for the next one now! I was completely absorbed by this. I do understand your point about Nora being a little too obsessive. It isn't healthy!

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  4. I loved reading this review - thank you!

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  5. Interesting. You wrote just enough to make me really curious about this book!

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  6. yay i cant wait to read this book i think its gunna be better than the first one

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  7. i'm so curious,,,really,,,cant wait for this book. must be patient enough,,coz took it so long to have it in my country, Indonesia.

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  8. can anyone send me the first chapter of crescendo, can't open it on internet.

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  9. Good review :)
    iiNever heard of this book before, iiCan't wait to read it!

    -Mia

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  10. well, i have already done reading crescendo and im waiting for the third book to be published..
    ..well it's a great novel and it's worth reading for..=)

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  11. i liked the book but i found nora really anoying in this one

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