Friday, November 2, 2012

Review: Finale (Hush, Hush #4) by Becca Fitzpatrick

Will love conquer all? 

Nora and Patch thought their troubles were behind them. Hank is gone and they should be able to put his ugly vendetta to rest. But in Hank's absence, Nora has become the unwitting head of the Nephilim and must finish what Hank began. Which ultimately means destroying the fallen angels - destroying Patch.

Nora will never let that happen, so she and Patch make a plan: lead everyone to believe they have broken up, and work the system from the inside. Nora will convince the Nephilim that they are making a mistake in fighting the fallen angels, and Patch will find out everything he can from the opposing side. They will end this war before it can even begin.

But the best-laid plans often go awry. Nora is put through the paces in her new role and finds herself drawn to an addictive power she never anticipated.

As the battle lines are drawn, Nora and Patch must confront the differences that have always been between them and either choose to ignore them or let them destroy the love they have always fought for.


My Thoughts:


Hush, Hush is one of those books that I normally wouldn't give the time of day nowadays. And if you're not a teenager or someone who read and loved the first book when it first came out, then this might not be for you. 

What I love about this series is that it is fast-paced, filled with suspense and compared with other fallen angel stories that came out when Hush, Hush first started, this stood out as dark, gritty and one hell of an Archangel roller coaster ride.

Much of what I don't like about the series is the heroine herself Nora. It is really frustrating when the least character you like is the one narrating the whole story. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't have been able to push through if she didn't have any redeeming qualities. I like that she's strong and takes initiative. I just can't stand it when most of the time she just comes across as (in Patch's words) "irrational, jealous and willful"! She is annoying and has made me put the book down so many times throughout this whole series. Can I say that she has redeemed herself towards the end? In some ways she has, a tiny little bit.

There is also another character that has readers divided into two opposing teams. Those who think that Patch is a psycho and those who think that he's one of those dark, hot and sexy book boyfriends. And I'm not ashamed to say that I side with the latter. Aside from wanting to know how the story would end, he has been the main reason I've kept up with this series. While I love how he's been loyal, supportive and patient regarding Nora, it's sad to see his bad-ass side diminish in the second half of this series. 

The ending was nice but sort of anticlimactic. There were a few loose ends about the main Nephilim and fallen angel plot I would like to have been explained yet was left for the reader to make their own conclusions and assumptions. The biggest lamentation would be that we weren't given enough of Patch, the snarky comebacks and sexy brooding.

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