Crescendo

Fitzpatrick, Becca. Crescendo. 2010. 427p. Book 2 of the Hush Hush series. ISBN 1416989439. FIC FIT on the library shelves.

After surviving a murderous attempt on her life in Hush Hush, Nora Grey has returned to a semblance of normalcy, despite knowing that Angels and Nephilims share the planet with humanity. Patch, who protected her, has gained his wings back, and is now her guardian angel. Nora is very attracted to him, but doesn’t know how he exactly feels about her. When she blurts out that she loves him, Patch turns cold and immediately drives away. Not sure why, Nora can only watch in horror as Patch hooks up with her archenemy, Marcie Millar.

Vi, Nora’s best friend, told her about Patch, that he was a player and now that she had admitted she loved him, he was done. Enters Scott Parnell. An old family friend, Nora and Scott used to hang out when they were five years old. Now Scott is back, and he is hot. Nora sees that Scott will be the perfect tool to hurt Patch, and she goes on a few dates with him. But trouble follows Scott, and Nora discovers that he is in fact Nephilim, and that he has been branded by the Black Hand, the same person who killed her own father 2 years ago.

Her life gets even more complicated when she sees her father twice, and both times she survives an attempt on her life. Her universe is clouding in again, and she’s aware that someone out there is hunting her. But now that Patch is no longer her guardian angel, Nora’s all alone. Desperate for answers, she keeps pushing, but the truth of what happened to her father two years ago could destroy her.