Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick

Synopsis:
Nora should have known her life was far from perfect. Despite starting a relationship with her guardian angel, Patch (who, title aside, can be described as anything but angelic), 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 she becomes obsessed with finding out what really happened to him that night he left for Portland and never came home.

My Review:
I liked it! I have been looking forward to reading this book since I finished reading the last page of “Hush, Hush” which offered lots of excitement, romance, and humor (mostly from Nora’s best friend Vee-that character cracks me up). I read it in about a day which tells you how entertained I was throughout. I am a sucker for dangerous and forbidden romances because the characters always have to go through many challenges and usually grow in their relationship with each other. I enjoy the romance between Patch and Nora, but I felt like Nora was lacking in her ability to trust Patch. Has this guy not risked everything to be with her? But I also understand her feeling like she is being treated like a child by not being trusted to know the truth about Patch’s past and his position in the realms of both heaven and hell. It pained me to see Patch and Nora mostly apart in this book because of the mistrust between them. The book also failed to convince me that all was forgiven by the end. No amount of smooth talking on Patch’s part would convince me everything was ok if I were Nora. But this one ended on a cliff-hanger so of course lose ends will have to be tied up in the next book. All in all a fun read which has me hanging on until the next book.