It’s not a twist if the reader can see it coming just because it is a (bad) trope that bad boys rock and nice guys finish last. I wanted the lesson to be “girls, don’t fall for the dude who makes you feel unsafe and who follows you around,” not “if he looks good while he stalks you, go ahead and date him!” I wanted Elliot, the one who seemed nice, to actually be nice. I wanted the danger vibes Nora felt to be legit. Speaking of Patch being a fallen angel, was I really supposed to be surprised by that revelation even though the cover is of a falling angel? Really? What? He’s a fallen angel? WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THAT COMING? Seriously… the dangerous non-human attracted to a nondescript girl who is his lab partner in biology. Nora feels drawn to him basically because he is a fallen angel version of Edward Cullen (side note: I actually like Twilight as a series, but I do not think that Edward is an acceptable template for a romantic partner, even a fictional one). But Patch is a hero, probably because he is male and handsome and Nora thinks that he’s sexy. It’s supposed to be romantic, but the female character who stalks him in much the same way is seen as dangerous and unhinged and someone who should be punished. He fell in love with her from afar and stalked her for months before transferring to her school and manipulating her science teacher into making them spend time together. Patch, the so-called hero of Fitzpatrick’s novel, literally tries to kill the heroine a few times. They’re not “bad boys.” They’re abusive stalkers. There’s a tendency to romanticize “mysterious” guys who aren’t actually mysterious. Becca Fitzpatrick’s Hush Hush reminded me of something I hate in fiction.
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