Either that if her editor felt that the end was too heated and Ms Fitzpatrick didn’t want to take the time for a re-write it and instead bounced the reader right off into a cloud of dust without a second thought. Understandably, this is a teen book, but a good author can weave some intrigue without getting blatant. Throughout the books you hear about “wondering hands” unbridled desire and kissing and Patch pulling Nora closer by her panties but the author drops the reader flat once the vows are spoken.
Which brings me to the end of the fourth book’s excursion. Where the hell was he! There’s a whole lot of reaching but no action. He’s an angel (fallen for what seems erroneous reasons) for crying out loud but is powerless to have vetted a crime scene and help Nora. Book One: Patch disappears into the school to check things out and doesn’t resurface until Nora is in dire straits in the gym. Often times I wondered if the author neglected to include the reader in the story. Nora vacillates from brave to doormat to over the top desire so often that it makes you wonder if it’s the same person. Overall I felt like there was a big gaping hole in a huge section of this book, and I'm hoping Silence is just a long pause before a very eventfully storm. The only saving grace was in the second half of the story when Nora was finally getting some answers, Patch was becoming more of a feature again, there's some resolution, and we find out what really happened to Nora during her lost time. Included in the forgotten portion of her life was Patch, so not only was I lost but I was lost without a lifeline to cling to most of the story. Add in all the supporting characters having drastically changed, some of the plot points fell flat for me as well, and Nora acting self-centered toward her allies at times, I found a lot to disconnect with. I felt like Nora wasn't the only one who didn't remember what was going on, and without the usual recaps in the beginning the story it got a little frustrating. I would also recommend reading the first two books before Silence.
Nora's lack of knowing created more filler than possibilities and took up a good half of the book. While I appreciate the use of amnesia as a writing device to fuel the story, I felt it dragged on too long. Silence was my least favorite of the series so far. Nora's going to have to unravel her past to solve the ever growing mysteries of the present and hopefully save her from an unwanted future. Weird, since she hasn't been gone that long. Unfortunately Grey has been missing for most of the summer and can't remember the past five months prior to her reappearance. The latest installment in the Hush Hush series catches up with Nora at the beginning of fall term. Becca Fitzpatrick returns with her third composition Silence, which was more an absence of content than sound.
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