Danger Doesn't Always Lurk in Dark Corners: Fitzpatrick's 'Crescendo'

Staff Writer

Courtesy of Insatiable Readers

   So, who says that guardian angels always come angelically?  Nora’s life couldn’t be more difficult. Falling in love, when it wasn’t on your calendar, with your guardian angel comes with major consequences. Patch comes off as the typical bad boy that you hate to love. But, just when Nora realizes she really loves him everything crashes down to burn.

   Becca Fitzpatrick keeps the pages turning in "Crescendo," the sequel to "Hush Hush." One, because in the first chapter their relationship begins to crumble. Two, because who doesn’t want to find out what is going to happen to their different relationship? 

   Only Patch’s and Nora’s relationship isn’t the only thing that Nora struggles through, she starts to notice images of her dead father all around her and she follows him only wishing his death was a mistake. But Nora comes to the conclusion that her dad might not be her dad after all. Not only that, but her enemy (that wants to kill her) isn’t at all who she suspects.

   If not noticeable by now, I am a huge Fitzpatrick fan. "Hush Hush" extended interesting to intriguing. "Crescendo" kept me wanting more and more. Nora struggles with love, friends, enemies and family issues. But, who doesn’t? I can tell you that not everyone falls in love with their guardian angel and then wakes up to see his attention on their worst enemy.

   I love Fitzpatrick’s characters in this, especially dark and mysterious Patch. Her best friend Vee falls under a typical teenage girl that really makes me feel great about people’s perceptions. Not every character in a book has to be so unrealistic. Kudos to Fitzpatrick for that.

   While Hush Hush" built Nora and Patch’s relationship, "Crescendo" basically shows the readers all of the trouble and hard times being in a relationship like this can bring. It brings out a more romantic playing field and always a darker side to the angels that have fallen to Earth.

   But, it doesn’t end there. "Tempest" will be available Oct. 18, 2011. Too long of a wait if you ask me to see Patch again. Which brings me to a quick problem I had with "Crescendo." Patch did not appear as much as I would have liked. Yes, understanding that there were problems between them but he needed to be in there a little bit more. Patch makes the story more interesting and without him it’s hard to concentrate, because you are thinking ‘where is Patch,’ the whole time.

   "Crescendo" brought what I was looking for to the second book with a lot of twists and turns to the table. Fitzpatrick has done it again. 

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