Review: Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick

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Book: Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick

Pages: 438

Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal

Source: library

Short Synopsis: Nora has no clue what happened to her in the last five months. Waking up in a cemetery with a shock and no recollection of what happened to her. As things get back to normal for Nora, she starts to have strange visions and unearthly creatures.

My Thoughts: An okay read. Definitely not what I was expecting, but it was nice to come back to a familiar story.

Nora, with no idea what really happened, wakes up one day in a cemetery with no recollection of what happened, where she was, or who she was with. Upon waking up in the cemetery, she meets a detective who takes her to the hospital to have her checked out.

When Nora wakes again in the hospital, she finds out that she has been missing for months and had a search party out to find her. She has no memory of who her captors were, what happened. As things return back to normal for Nora, she finds out that her mother is dating Hank Millar, the father of her sworn enemy and is wary of the relationship.

As things continue on for Nora, she starts to have visions of a mystery man, angel wings, and unearthly creatures. She has no clue what's going on, and tries to find out any information she can from her best friend, Vee.

As if things couldn't get any stranger, Nora is contacted by a long time friend, Scott Parnell, and finally starts getting some answers. But as Nora and Scott dig deeper into finding out what really happened, Nora finds out that not everyone is who they say they are, and must figure out who she can really trust.

Truth be told, I was really excited when I picked up this book, but it's been so long since the last book, I completely forgot the story plot and why I loved the series. But as I read on, it was still an interesting read, but I kind of felt like it lost its magic. It was definitely nice coming back to characters I adored, and loved reading about the chemistry between Nora and Patch, and the new trials that Nora has to overcome.

It was a bit confusing on Patch's part, especially in the beginning when he'd changed his name to Jev, and all the while I kept thinking, 'who is this guy and why is he helping her?' which I don't know if it's supposed to be intentional or not.

It was also kind of obvious, to me at least, that Hank was The Black Hand from the beginning, and that made it loose its magic as well, when you already know who the bad guy is. I also wasn't too pleased with how Hank used his daughter Marcie, and Nora's mother, claiming that he both loved them so much, but used them like they meant nothing to him.

Over all, it was an okay read, and hopefully the last novel will redeem the series.

Would I recommend this book: Eh

Rating: I give this book a 3.5/5.