Nora Grey
Nora is one of the two most important characters in the book, Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick. Nora is a student attending Coldwater High School. She does well in biology, although it's her worst grade. Nora has been tutoring her best friend, Vee Sky, for quite some time. After the biology teacher, Coach McConaughy, redoes the seating arrangement, Nora is stuck sitting next to the mysterious student, Patch Cipriano. Nora makes assumptions that something is not "right" with him, and that he is even more dark and mysterious because of the lack of knowledge Patch is revealing to her about him and his past. Though she's attracted to him, she struggles with it due to his secrets and the odd situations that surround him. She soon meets Elliot Saunders and Jules, and is unable to decide who to trust. Her father was murdered a year ago, and she is forced to see the school counselor, who has her own agenda. Nora lives alone with her mom in Coldwater, in a big, old house.
Nora is described as a “smokey-eyed brunette with volumes of curly hair that holds its own against even the best flatiron”. But she is also described frequently as a redhead. This is giving the idea that her hair must be dark red/brown, and is more than 6 inches shorter than Patch, who is 6ft tops, making her about 5'5". She is also described as having long, “bar stool” legs. Patch and Jules mention several times that Nora has a "weak mind"; this doesn't mean that she's weak-willed, but that it's extremely difficult for her to block out mind controllers, at first, like Nephilim and fallen angels.
Patch Cipriano
Patch, the other main character, aside from Nora, attends Coldwater High School, as a senior. He is described as a “dark-Levi’s, dark-Henley, dark boots kind of guy”, who smells of mint and earth. He is described to have slightly curly, long, black hair, that supposedly 'gave midnight a run for its money' and 'eyes to match'. His smile is also 'sexy, and warned of trouble'. He is described to be about six feet tall. He is Nora's assigned biology partner. He keeps his past under wraps and is accused of more lies than truth from Nora. He is not, in fact, lying, he simply avoids the questions Nora asks him. He can be sly and brooding, and frequently leaves Nora alternately furious or tongue tied. He uses his charms as a way of getting what he wants and avoiding unwanted questions, though he begins to open up throughout the book. He spends most of his time playing pool at Bo's Arcade.
Nora eventually learns he is a fallen angel, who fell when he loved a human girl and tried to be with her. After failing to take control of a human body, the avenging angels ripped Patch's wings off on his way back to heaven. However, he knows how to become human. He can to this by offering Nora, his Nephilim vassal's female descendant, as a sacrifice. Doing this, he will become human. On the other hand, Dabria, Patch's old girlfriend, tells him to become Nora's guardian angel by saving her from death. Patch is left with the choice of being human or returning as a guardian angel. He soon accidentally falls in love with Nora, and having the choice of becoming a human or guardian angel when Nora sacrifices herself for him. He chooses to become a guardian angel.
As a fallen angel, he is stripped of most of his angelic powers, but can still manipulate the minds of weak willed humans, possess them for short periods and create illusions. He cannot feel physically. It is described like experiencing the world through a pane of glass; but he can experience emotions. When he is restored as a guardian angel, he regains the ability to fly, though he still cannot feel, as he has not yet "earned" that right to feel back. He is described to have slightly curly, long, black hair, black eyes and about six feet tall.
Vee Sky
Vee is Nora's best friend. She is funny, and sweet, but can be a bit immature, especially about "S-E-X", which is the topic of the biology unit in the beginning of the book. She is also quick to judge people, and she will ignore facts if she doesn't like them. She is attacked by a man in a ski mask, while shopping with Nora, later revealed to be Dabria, also known as, Miss Greene. After the attack, she shows an extreme distrust in Patch, mistaking him for the attacker, because Dabria put the thought and images in Vee's mind that made her think that Patch did it. She secretly goes out with Jules until his real identity is revealed. Vee is described as being "a few pounds over curvy" with blond hair and green eyes and nearly 6 feet tall, being Nora's 'un-twin'. Besides their physical differences, between Vee and Nora, Vee is far more interested in boys, and isn't afraid to get into a little trouble
Elliot Saunders
Elliot is a transfer to Coldwater High from Kinghorn Prep, a private school. He meets Vee and Nora at a coffee shop on his first morning. Nora soon discovers that he is suspected of killing a girl, named Kjirsten Halverson, though he flirts with her and defends her at every opportunity, and therefore she is unsure of who he really is. It is revealed that Jules was his benefactor as a scholar in Kinghorn Prep. Jules later on tests Elliot's loyalty by making him choose between his girlfriend or money, and Elliot ultimately gives in to Jules. He is revealed to be Jules' pawn in his plan to exact revenge on Patch by attempting to hurt Nora. He is wounded by Jules in the school library while luring Nora into the trap. Vee and the police arrive just in time to save Elliot from dying.
Chauncey Langeais/Jules
Accompanied by Elliot, he is dark and more mysterious than Patch because he doesn't talk much. He is soon revealed to be Patch's vassal, Chauncey, who wants to have revenge on the fallen angel for tricking him into swearing an oath allows Patch to take control over his body for two weeks during the Hebrew month of Cheshvan. He inherited the power to create illusions from his father. He uses this to frighten Nora several times throughout the book. He would also use Elliot as his 'pawn' in his plan to hurt Patch. As a Nephilim, he is killed when Nora sacrificed herself by jumping off one of the ceiling rafters in the gym, in the end of the book. Patch explains that when Nora came back, Chauncey didn't have a soul to reanimate his body, successfully killing him for good. Vee Sky, who dated him for a short period of time, describes at a point in the book, him as looking like a hard-core bad boy.
Dabria/Miss Greene
Dabria is an Angel of Death and Patch's former lover. She came down to the earth to find Patch who fell after trying to be with a human girl by becoming human himself. She wanted Patch to get back his wings by saving Nora from death and go back to her. She also becomes the new psychologist at school, in an attempt to get close to Nora and Patch. She later attempts to kill Nora at one point to get him back, but is unsuccessful. Due to these deeds she begins to fall, and Patch speeds up the process by ripping her already weakened wings off. Nora describes her as having flawless pale skin, sea blue eyes, a lush mouth, and fine, straight blond hair that tumbles past her elbows.
Marcie Millar
The easy and popular girl at Coldwater High who has an on-going grudge with Nora. Marcie and Nora have been enemies since middle school, when Marcie publicly displayed Nora's underwear and spray-painted 'whore' on her locker. The reasons for her hatred of Nora are unknown. Her dad is the owner of Coldwater's Toyota dealership and she lives in an wealthy neighborhood. Marcie has strawberry blond hair and freckles concealed under 'half a bottle of foundation'.
Coach McConaughy
Nora, Vee and Patch's biology and PE teacher. Patch influences him through his mind to rearrange the seating plan to get closer to Nora. She and Vee try to persuade him to put them back together, but they are unsuccessful.
Dorothea
The caretaker of the Greys' house who also looks after Nora when her mother is away on a business trip
Rixon
Rixon is Patch's closest friend who knows all of his darkest secrets, and is always by Patch's side. He is also a fallen angel. Rixon is described as "sexy to the max" and Irish. He is a tall, stringy guy with a hawk-like nose and shaggy blue-black hair.
