Spells for Forgetting

Spells for Forgetting is the literary equivalent of a foggy morning on a Pacific Northwest island—moody, layered, and slightly unsettling. The mystery of who killed Lily Morgan drives the plot, but the real engine is the ache between Emery and August, two people who never stopped loving each other despite everything. Young's prose is beautifully atmospheric without tipping into purple. The magic is woven into the fabric of the island itself—herbal tonics, ancestral spells, generational secrets. Read this in October with tea and a blanket.