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Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young

28 reviews

haliahli's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

I was honestly bored with most of this but the last 60 pages or so had me hooked! 

The women on an island outside of Seattle have varying degrees of mostly subtle magic. It's like Twilight & Practical Magic in a PNW version of Salem focused on a murder mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Murder

bookish_hollyx's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Violence and Murder

phoenixlovesbooks's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I loved the story and the mystery of it all, but the thing that made me the most frustrated was all the talk of secrets. It felt like everyone had a secret and it got to the point where I didn't even care anymore

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer and Suicide

stagemanaginger's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed it! I feel like people describing the vibe of it as Gilmore Girls meets mystery made me think it would be cozy? I wouldn’t say this is a proper cozy read. That being said, I really enjoyed it and watching the mystery unravel. I wish there was more explicit witchiness throughout the whole story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

openbookheartmind's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

slvt4b00ks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I read this book very fast so I would say I was invested in how things turned out but the only wow factor was really the twist at the end.  The author does paint a very vivid picture with beautiful words which I can appreciate, but I just felt like it fell flat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

yruss972's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

More a mystery book than anything else. Similar to Harlan Coben books- mystery from the past comes to light in the present.
Very little magic involved.
Pseudo-suspenseful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Pregnancy

sierrau1's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Wow. I hope this book gets more hype. I thoroughly enjoyed almost the whole thing. The imagery and plot twists really kept me tied in. The beginning was slow and hard for me to get into, but after that, man it was a roller coaster!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

heatherjchin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

bakunzi1990's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Damn this isn't my normal type of read at all. But this was so amazing. The setting was my favorite following closely with the writing. The World building was top notch and also extremely believable. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Stalking and Pregnancy