Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

In Hush Hush, Becca Fitzpatrick begins her book in the past, when a boy falls out of the sky. He meets up with a young man and then calls the young man a descendant of a fallen angel. Then he forces the young man to enter an oath with him. From here Fitzpatrick moves to present day, to an anemic girl named Nora. She and her best friend, Vee, seem inseparable, but when her coach randomly chooses to change his seating arrangement, Nora finds herself paired with a dangerous, rebellious, but silent, exchange student, Patch. When Patch enters Nora's life, there are different events that scare her, but later she can no longer find evidence for. For example when driving to her house during the night, her car is hit by a person, dressed in all black and wearing a ski mask, who later tries to rip of the door almost successfully, but later when she looks for any damage, there is not a scratch on the car. Then she is introduced to Elliot and his ever ailing friend, Jules. At first she is interested in Elliot, but she finds that something about him causes her to feel uncomfortable.

Fitzpatrick creates a great stage of suspicion, making you question who is after her, Patch? Elliot? her mind? After multiple attacks, some of Nora's actions seem slightly unbelievable for a girl who has someone after her. She makes some naive choices that puts her directly in line for her attacker to get to her. One time, when she sees someone who looks vaguely like the masked man, following her and Vee, Vee offers to dress like her and walk out of the store. And instead of protecting her friend from the dangerous entity, Nora lets Vee travel outside and in turn be attacked. There were some events that do not make sense. It is a suspenseful story that is good, but has its flaws.

Spoiler (Though it does not give away all the true details of the ending):
In the end, when explaining who is actually after Nora, it becomes slightly confusing. Fitzpatrick introduces many different possible antagonists and than in some ways each character has their flaws but a reason for their actions. When Fitzpatrick, chooses to explain who is the evil character, it is slightly surprising.