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Book cover of Spells for Forgetting
Spells for ForgettingAdrienne Young

Characters in Spells for Forgetting

4 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Emery Blackwood

    Runs her family's tea shop on Saoirse Island and reads tea leaves; the island's magic and her old love for August pull her into the unsolved death of her best friend.

  • August Salt

    Returns to the island after fourteen years to bury his mother's ashes, still branded the man who killed Lily Morgan and unwelcome among the neighbors who turned on him.

Supporting characters

  • Lily Morgan

    Emery's best friend, found dead in the woods fourteen years before the story; she is known through memory and the other characters' accounts.

  • Dutch Boden

    A childhood friend of Emery and August who now runs the orchard; he is both rival and ally once August returns.