Becca Fitzpatrick’s Hush, Hush series is a set of four romance and fantasy novels. They follow Nora Grey as she falls in love with a fallen angel and discovers her own celestial heritage. The first book in the series, Hush, Hush, was published by Simon & Schuster on October 13th, 2009. The final novel in the series, Finale, appeared on October 23rd, 2012. The series was a trilogy at first but later became a four-book series.
‘Hush Hush’ isn’t your average love story with a happy-ever-after ending. The reader will empathize with the characters and gain insight into their minds.
Nora is a high school sophomore who is fascinated by the strange new boy in her class. Weird things start to happen, and she can’t help but distrust him while she’s in danger. Her best friend Vee is attacked after being stalked, by someone wearing a ski mask. Nora’s life is being probed by an untrustworthy new therapist. The threat grows when a homeless man is murdered while wearing Nora’s jacket. Nora draws closer to Patch and the solution to the riddle. Soon, she discovers more about fallen angels and a deviant race known as the Nephilim.
Hush Hush Series in Order
Similar authors
- Lauren Kate’s Fallen features seventeen-year-old Lucinda. She falls in love with Daniel at their reform school and discovers that he is a fallen angel. See Fallen Series Books in Order.
- Jamie McGuire’s Beautiful series follows college student Abby. She believes she has enough distance from her past, but her path is challenged by Travis Maddox.
See also: House Of Night Books in Order.
Most recommended books of the series
- Finale (Hush, Hush, #4) (4.14 Goodreads score)
- Silence (Hush, Hush, #3) (4.09 Goodreads score)
- Crescendo (Hush, Hush, #2) (4.00 Goodreads score)
- Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1) (3.94 Goodreads score)
Awards
The books won the ILA Young Adults’ Choices. They also got on The Pacific Northwest Young Reader’s Choice Award Master List. They were a Soaring Eagle Book Award Nominee and North Carolina Children’s Book Award Nominee.
Latest releases in the series
The last and final book of the series is Finale, published in 2012.
Movie adaptations of the books
Hush Hush will be a live-action made-for-TV film. It will air exclusively on Paramount+ in 2022.
Book summaries
Hush, Hush (2009)
For Nora Grey, romance was not part of the plan. She’s never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how much her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch came along.With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Nora is drawn to him against her better judgment.But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora’s not sure who to trust. Patch seems to be everywhere she is, and to know more about her than her closest friends. She can’t decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel.For Nora is right in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortal and those that have fallen – and, when it comes to choosing sides, the wrong choice will cost her life.
Crescendo (2010)
Nora should have known her life wouldn’t stay perfect for long. Despite starting a relationship with her bad boy guardian angel, Patch, and surviving an attempt on her life, things are not looking up. Patch is starting to pull away and Nora can’t figure out if it’s for her best interest or if his interest has shifted to her arch-enemy Marcie Millar. Not to mention that Nora is haunted by images of her father and starting to become obsessed with finding out what really happened to him that night he left for Portland and never came home.The farther Nora delves into the mystery of her father’s death, the more she comes to question if her Nephilim blood line has something to do with it as well as why she seems to be in danger more than the average girl when she has a guardian angel. Since Patch isn’t answering her questions, she has to start finding the answers on her own. But when she finds them, will she be able to count on Patch or are the things he’s hiding from her darker than she can imagine?
Silence (2011)
waking up in a cemetery and being told that she has been inexplicably missing for weeks, she tries to get her life back on track. So she goes to school, hangs with her best friend, Vee, and dodges her mom’s creepy new boyfriend.But there is this voice in the back of her head, an idea that she can almost reach out and touch. Visions of angel wings and unearthly creatures that have nothing to do with the life she knows. And an unshakable feeling that a part of her is missing.Then Nora crosses paths with a sexy stranger, with whom she feels a mesmerizing connection. He seems to hold all the answers…and her heart. Every minute she spends with him feels more and more intense until she realizes she could be falling in love.Again.
Finale (2012)
Nora is more certain than ever that she is in love with Patch. Fallen angel or no, he is the one for her. Her heritage and destiny may mean they are fated to be enemies, but there is no turning her back on him. Now Nora and Patch must gather their strength to face one last, perilous trial. Old enemies return, new enemies are made, and a friend’s ultimate betrayal threatens the peace Patch and Nora so desperately want. The battle lines are drawn—but which sides are they on? And in the end, are there some obstacles even love can’t conquer?
