Hush, Hush Characters

The first thing Nora tells us about herself is that she's "a smoky-eyed brunette with volumes of curly hair" (1.22). Let's do a little experiment. Make a list in your head of all the female charact...

Patch is the primary romantic interest in Hush, Hush, but he's also a serious candidate for primary villain status throughout most of the book. While his sexiness is never in question, the question...

Vee is Nora's BFF. The two are so close that Nora says, "there is an invisible thread that ties us together; both of us swear that tie began long before birth. Both of us swear it will continue to...

We meet Chauncey, an entitled, playboy type, on the banks of the Loire River in 1565. We meet Jules a six-foot-ten, "hard-core bad boy […] Dracula's spawn" (4.33) type at Enzo's Bistro circa mode...

You probably haven't ever met someone named Dabria. This is because while lots of names are taken from the Bible, people aren't named after characters found in the apocrypha (books included between...

Elliot enters the book as a possible love interest, develops into a potentially murderous psycho, and goes out a pathetic pawn. Here's the skinny on each of those stages.Love InterestAlways on the...

Blythe Grey is Nora's mom, and at this point, you might be wondering, "What kind of mother lets her daughter have as much freedom as Nora does when there are fallen angels, angels of death, and sta...

At various points in the book, police show up at Nora's house to follow up on stalkers, invasions, and attacks—you know, all the normal stuff a teen girl usually faces. Coldwater must not have a...

There's a classic case of cheerleader stereotyping going on with Marcie Millar. She's thin, attractive, gossipy, and she wears short skirts, pigtails, and lots of makeup. She's pretty type cast and...

Patch's (non-biological) bro and another fallen angel, Rixon is a rough Irishman who only makes two appearances, once at Bo's and once in flashback. Though he doesn't have a big part in the book, R...

Dorothea is the Greys' housekeeper, whom Nora thinks her mother has hired not only to keep their home tidy, but also to keep an eye on Nora when she's out of town. Dorothea's role is pretty limited...

Coach is a seriously minor character in the book. He's the varsity basketball coach (no one in this book plays basketball) as well as the bio teacher. He's mainly here to provide a bit of assistanc...