tallyvauthor's review
4.0
This book is pretty much the same thing as the first book but better done. While I may be tempted to say that a lot of the tropes are "old-hat" this series is old enough that I could say that they are more of a "well-worn-hat." The miscommunication trope will never be fun and drives me up the wall. My fiance informed we that several times he heard me yelling "oh GIRL" in anguish every time she acted like an idiot (which was often). Bonus points for writing a believable dumb teenager though!
katdarat's review
4.0
i read and love these books for patch and vee only nora u are so fucking annoying
emiliebookworld's review
I loved Hush, Hush when I read it last fall so I couldn’t wait to get around to reading Crescendo. While it drew me in completely and I highly enjoyed reading it, there were some aspects of the book that felt forced and that I didn’t particularly like. But overall, and despite those things, it was a book I really enjoyed.
Nora is alive and now she has Patch as her guardian angel. When everything should be going well, strange things start happening and the relationship between Nora and Patch suffers from it all. Now Nora is having weird dreams, visions of her father and Patch is too busy with someone else to help her make sense of it all. Nora doesn’t know who to turn to as she finds herself in more danger than ever before. The only thing she needs to figure out now is who she can trust and who she should run from.
As much as I liked Nora and could relate to her in the previous book, this time she got on my nerves a little. I still like her, I was just annoyed with how she was reacting to what was going on with Patch, it wasn’t the reaction I was expecting from her. Patch was still as infuriating as ever and I still wanted to punch him half the time. Even after two books, I still don’t really understand him or figure out how sincere he really is. And then there were new characters that I didn’t really know what to make of. Between Scott and Rixon, I had a lot of trouble figuring out who was the good guy and who was the bad guy, and even now I’m still not entirely sure.
The story I had a little trouble with. There were some parts that felt forced, like Patch and Nora’s breakup, but at the same time there wouldn’t have been a story without it. Despite that, I was still completely drawn in to the story, it had me captivated from beginning to end. It was action-packed and full of twists. I didn’t really understand what was happening until the very end and even now I still have doubts about what I think happened. If is doesn’t do anything else, this is a story that will draw you in and entertain you for at least a few hours.
Overall, Crescendo was an entertaining and enjoyable read that drew me in right from the start. I can’t wait to see how Becca Fitzpatrick will bring it all to an end in Silence, the final book in the series.
Nora is alive and now she has Patch as her guardian angel. When everything should be going well, strange things start happening and the relationship between Nora and Patch suffers from it all. Now Nora is having weird dreams, visions of her father and Patch is too busy with someone else to help her make sense of it all. Nora doesn’t know who to turn to as she finds herself in more danger than ever before. The only thing she needs to figure out now is who she can trust and who she should run from.
As much as I liked Nora and could relate to her in the previous book, this time she got on my nerves a little. I still like her, I was just annoyed with how she was reacting to what was going on with Patch, it wasn’t the reaction I was expecting from her. Patch was still as infuriating as ever and I still wanted to punch him half the time. Even after two books, I still don’t really understand him or figure out how sincere he really is. And then there were new characters that I didn’t really know what to make of. Between Scott and Rixon, I had a lot of trouble figuring out who was the good guy and who was the bad guy, and even now I’m still not entirely sure.
The story I had a little trouble with. There were some parts that felt forced, like Patch and Nora’s breakup, but at the same time there wouldn’t have been a story without it. Despite that, I was still completely drawn in to the story, it had me captivated from beginning to end. It was action-packed and full of twists. I didn’t really understand what was happening until the very end and even now I still have doubts about what I think happened. If is doesn’t do anything else, this is a story that will draw you in and entertain you for at least a few hours.
Overall, Crescendo was an entertaining and enjoyable read that drew me in right from the start. I can’t wait to see how Becca Fitzpatrick will bring it all to an end in Silence, the final book in the series.
hel003's review
2.0
So basically Nora was a whinny baby througout this whole book. All of her problems could have been prevented if hadn't pitched a big fit at the beginning of the book.
arabellasbookshelves's review against another edition
3.0
I found the pacing of this book and the writing style was easy enough to follow I was just not as gripped with this book as I remember being with Hush Hush. I also didn't like the lack of Patch and Nora content so maybe that's why honestly. I also felt like not a lot was actually happening and there was a lot of build up and speculation rather than enjoyable plot which I feel like is being saved for the next book. I am definitely going to continue with the series as sequels aren't always a good show, in my opinion, of how a series can continue. Will be reading Silence next as I found this book so unfortunately lacking.
siberiasierra's review against another edition
4.0
woah?? i couldn't put this book down for more than five minutes. i feel like i always have to deduct points after reading this series when i think about how vee always chooses boys over her bestie..i know y'all are 16 but get a grip lil girl