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This book was a fast read for me. The writing style made it easy for me to fly through in my reading. I gave the book 3 stars because it wasn’t very exciting for me. There is a little action leading up to the “reveal” in the end, but not much in my opinion. Nora seemed to be like your everyday teenager doing homework and having a high school “rival”, but she didn’t have much of a personality past that. You find she has trust issues and is a very studious teen, but as what really drives her or her having a great female main character moment, you don’t get it. Maybe she has one in the other books, but I’m not sure. As for Patch, our main male character, I wish we got more dark character from him. It is hinted several times that he isn’t the type you generally introduce your mom to, but when we get to meet him in the story each time he seems rather plain. It seems that it is just his appearance, the dark hair and dark clothes, that seems trouble and not him personally. Overall the read wasn’t bad, but I’m not sure I would pull it off the shelf to reread it.

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funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I didnt realise that I had a first edition copy of this book and I've been treating it like absolutely shit and its broken now. im so sad.
anyway nora bestie youre 16 you don't need patch LEAVE HIM TO MEEEEEEE

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.75

“A fairy tale with fallen angels, human hybrids, and sacrificial killings.”
There wasn’t much that I liked about this book, but the overall concept was nice – fallen angels on Earth and what not. From the start I was amused by Patch’s banter with Nora and as the story progressed I started to like Nora and Patch more and more.

But seriously though, what’s up with everyone around Nora?! It's like nobody listens to what she says or takes her feelings into consideration. It already started off weird when Nora complained about Patch to her teacher. She told her teacher explicitly that she wasn’t comfortable and he completely dismisses her feelings. And don’t even get me started on Vee who claims to be her best friend. When Nora tells her that someone physically threatened her, you’d expect her to take Nora’s side over some guy they don’t even know that well. She even goes as far as making excuses for his behavior.

“He was wasted. Maybe – maybe he didn't know what he was doing. Tomorrow he's going to feel horrible.”

"He's like there nicest guy I've ever met. When was the last time he forgot to hold open a door for you? Oh, yeah, that's right... never."

Uhhh… what?! Nope, nope nope.

Unfortunately, I don’t expect to continue with this series. I am curious to know how Nora and Patch will continue, but I couldn’t care less for the other characters.

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