Crescendo: Prologue

[zelda_queen]

ZeldaQueen: You guys knew it was coming and now it is here: Crescendo, the sequel to the utterly fucked-up novel Hush, Hush. Over the next twenty-five chapters worth of sporkings, we're going to be treated to lovely amounts of hypocrisy, ill logic, slut shaming, general idiocy, and all the previous abuse vibes we know and hate. Not only that, but

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[gehayi]

I described "Hush, Hush" to someone like this:

"It's basically your typical woman-in-jeopardy flick, novelized, with a sensible teenaged girl who's being pursued by a creepy guy who, it's overtly stated in the text, wants to kill her as part of a ritual sacrifice. The only problem is that everyone else in the world thinks that Sensible Girl and Creepy Guy make the most adorable couple and keeps trying to get the two together. This would be a fantastic horror story--except that the author is under the impression that the girl and her aspiring murderer not only make a great couple, but are in the Twuest of Twu Wuv. Oh, and just for added insanity...Creepy Guy is a fallen angel. Only in this series, that doesn't make him a demon. It makes him an angel who did something wrong, but the author thinks that he's got a heart of gold. Did I mention that the creepy killer angel tries to rape and murder her several times?"

The reaction was, "OH MY GOD I ALMOST BOUGHT THAT FOR MY DAUGHTER."

I ended up reccing several other series instead. (Earthsea, Harper Hall, the Circle of Magic and its sequel, The Circle Opens. Oh, and I might have mentioned the Abhorsen Trilogy. And Discworld.)

Take THAT, Fitzpatrick.

[lisaerin]

I love The Circle of Magic and the Abhorsen trilogy.

[zelda_queen]

I'd say that description sums it up very nicely. Well said!

[aikaterini]

Good for you! *applauds* The more people realize how horrible this series really is, the better.