I went into his book expecting the worst. And because of this I think I enjoyed it more than had I gone in with no expectations at all. I liked Nora. She's very much the girl next door type. She's on the verge of something but so far her life has been fairly bland. She gets roped into ridiculous situations by her best friend and I found there to be something incredibly likeable about her naivety to what was going on around her. The plot is fairly slow-moving with a lot being set up but things do ramp up as the book goes on. And I found myself loving Patch. He's rude and unhelpful - all those things lead males tend not to be. I was amused with the animosity which Nora sent his way and I can see why I've seen people cite Patch as a book boyfriend. 
 That said - I did have some major problems with some stuff within Hush Hush. The lack of parents was oh-so convenient. And the other adult characters in general were a little two-dimensional. Miss Greene was too obvious with her not so hidden agenda and the foreshadowing involving her was blatant to the point of making me uncomfortable. There were a few other characters where their true motives were not a surprise. I also wanted more angel specifics going on. As the driving force behind the action in this book, there was a distinct lack of angel superawesomeness. The same could be said for the romance. There were a lot of moments which felt like Nora or Patch were going to act upon their impulses and have some grand moment but they sort of just... fizzled out. 
 I own copies of the next three books in the Hush Hush series but I'm not sure I'll be continuing. Overall I enjoyed the first book but it felt somewhat complete as a single book. I'm not sure what direction the rest of the series is headed and with no cliffhanger I feel nothing compelling me to find out what happens next.