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Fitzpatrick, Becca
5 Reviews
(4)
YA
After watching her mother's powerful drug dealer commit a murder, seventeen-year-old Stella reluctantly enters the Witness Protection Program. Stella resists assimilating to her temporary home in rural Nebraska, but healthy new relationships with locals put the dysfunction of her former life into perspective. Slowly revealed secrets lead to an action-packed ending, but the book is ultimately an unchallenging contemporary romance.
Reviewer: Jessica Tackett MacDonald
(4)
YA
When a sudden snowstorm interrupts their drive to the Grand Tetons, Britt and her best friend seek shelter in a cabin where two fugitives have holed up. The men--possibly serial killers--force Britt to be their mountain guide. It's Lifetime-movie-plot fare (Britt pines for her ex and falls for one of her captors, while trudging through snow), but this thriller is compulsively readable.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger
(4)
YA
Nora (Hush, Hush; Crescendo) awakens to find she has been missing for months, but she cannot remember what happened. As her memory returns, Nora recalls her discomfiting role in the conflict between fallen angels and the half-human Nephilim--and her relationship with angel Patch. Though its high-drama plot twists can be difficult to follow, the book offers suspense and swoony romance.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher
(4)
YA
Nora searches for the mysterious Black Hand, who murdered her father and heads a secret society of Nephilim. She places herself in mortal peril just as her boyfriend/guardian angel Patch grows increasingly distant. Fans of paranormal romance may overlook two-dimensional characters (including an unabashedly self-centered heroine) for the novel's fast pacing and whopping dose of sexual tension.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher
(4)
YA
Nora finds bad-boy Patch dangerously attractive. She suspects him of stalking her but discovers that the truth is even more frightening. As a fallen angel, Patch can either reclaim his wings by saving Nora's life--or become human by killing her. Patch's abrupt redemption foists the role of villain onto a previously marginal character, defusing an otherwise suspenseful denouement.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher
5 reviews
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