Hush, Hush

“If I'd wanted you dead five minutes ago, you'd have died five minutes ago.”

It's been about a year since I read this, so I'm not even going to try to give it a full review. I just really want it off of my “RTC” shelf, so I'm going to sum this up in a few points:

1. I hate this writing. I hate it so much. The narrative voice is everything I don't miss about late 2000s YA fantasy.

2. Nora is a tremendously boring, unenjoyable protagonist. I remember nothing about her at all except how bored I was by her existence.

3. I promise I'm not here to judge anyone, but I heard so many people swoon over Patch that I expected... well, not this. He's awful, toxic, gross, pushy, has no respect whatsoever for Nora or anything she wants, and genuinely made me want to punch myself in the face at least three times a chapter.

That's it. This book was awful. I had to force myself to skim the last third or so just because I wanted to see if it got any better. It didn't. I have no desire to ever continue this series and will not recommend this book to anyone, ever. I'm so grateful that, over the last decade, YA romance has (mostly) moved away from this over-the-top toxicity in male love interests.