Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick

Whew, it has been a while. I have been absent on here due to my wonderful trip during spring break to Austria and Spain, as well as being deathly sick for a week as soon as I returned to my country. Now that I’m half caught up on homework I’ll take some time to do some bloggin’


Despite starting a relationship with Patch, her guardian angel (whose title is the only angelic thing about him), and surviving an attempt on her life, things are not looking good for Nora Grey. Aside from fearing her boyfriend is interested in her nemesis, Nora is haunted by images of her father and becomes obsessed with understanding his disappearance. As Nora delves into the mystery of her father's death, she begins to wonder whether her Nephilim blood line has something to do with it. And since Patch isn't answering her questions, Nora has to start finding the answers on her own. Relying too heavily on the fact that she has a guardian angel puts Nora at risk again and again. But can she really count on Patch-or is he hiding secrets darker than she can even imagine?
I haven’t ever held this series as important to me, there isn’t anything that stands out greatly about the story or anything.


When I started reading Crescendo I didn’t really remember what happened in the first book but it was still enjoyable. Let me tell you though, all of this reading I’ve been doing especially in the young adult section makes me realize how very alike most of the stories are. I’m just going to categorize this one with the rest haha.

The protagonist in this book is extremely childish, which I guess some teens can relate with. I found it sort of annoying to read about her relationship problems at most points in the novel. Patch also needs to start showing some flaws at some time or another. So far he is the perfect boyfriend and person and he does everything right which is kind of boring if you ask me. When Nora was getting upset and jealous of Patch and the other girl I knew the entire time she was wrong which as a reader is kind of boring.

There was a good twist though at the end that is sure to surprise the readers because there is no hints whatsoever to what is going to happen. I think there is another book out in this series, maybe in that one we’ll actually know what’s going on instead of being stuck in naive Nora’s shoes. http://www.beccafitzpatrick.com/

A 2.5 OUT OF 5 for Crescendo. Taaaaa daaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Fight Club is next, and some Canadian writing from Margaret Atwood sometime in the future.

MRR