6.79k reviews for:

Spells for Forgetting

Adrienne Young

3.86 AVERAGE

libbycee's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

haleyrenfro's review against another edition

2.25

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tinywitcher's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

regina_184's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious

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This book was sooo good! I never saw the ending coming and I loved the slightly spooky, cozy atmosphere of the town

audreyrm5's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jacquieloo83's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

hannahconwell's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

anwade88's review against another edition

4.0

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Beautiful, atmospheric, and mildly haunting. This was like if the atmosphere, mystery, and dark-edged magic of A Study in Drowning met the unraveling mystery of teenage misdeeds of We Were Liars…

The themes of toxic relationships, secrets, and lies were well done.

I didn’t expect the teenage storyline and teen angst and drama isn’t my favorite thing to read about. But I loved the island, the mystery, and the writing. A great fall read.

Quotes:

“Rivulets of rainwater hugged the sidewalks, where bundled-up tourists were hidden beneath bouncing umbrellas.”

“It was a moment split down the seams, clumsily stitched closed by fourteen agonizing years.”

““There are spells for breaking and spells for mending. But there are no spells for forgetting,”

“The cadence of the woods drifted through the open window, where the wind in the trees sounded like a thousand whispers.”

tanikon's review against another edition

4.0

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The vibes and atmosphere are done so well!! The island feels perfectly eerie and magical. But the story and pacing was painful. The tension and mystique around our main leads was perfect and matched what I expected from the synopsis, but soon after that the rest of the set up just dragged on for almost half the book. I found myself wanting to scream because they all kept referring to the "incident" and I just wanted to know already WHAT even happened. But the second half of the book was much more enjoyable as we finally started being fed scraps of what happened and watched it all piece together. A tiny bit of an anticlimactic ending but overall a really fun story! Perfect little dark magical realism for the fall time.

🌶️/5 barely spicy.

leah6336's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes