Point of View

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick is written in the first person point of view, through the eyes of the main character, Nora Grey. The use of first person in the story works well in that the reader is able to understand the modern world of angels, fallen angels and nephilim through the eyes of one of its uninitiated. The reader is taken on a journey along with Nora and is enabled to see inside the mind of a supposedly normal high school girl as she wends through a complicated case of angels, murder, and betrayal.

The use of first person makes the story seem slightly less fantastic to the point that the reader can grasp what the future might be like if nephilim and fallen angels were going to make themselves known to mere mortals. Of course Nora is the descendant of Chauncey, which means she...