The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney
The Mockingbirds deals with issues of date rape and the difficulties a victim faces if the victim chooses to confront the attacker. The story begins with the morning after and follows Alex through to when she once again feels in control of her life.
One of the moments [...]
Locke and Key: Keys to the Kingdom #2
Locke + Key written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez is about a family that moves from Northern California to the Massachusetts seacoast after the brutal murder of their father. The town they move to is a fictional town named Lovecraft (most likely [...]
Decade Later-esque Graffiti in Charleston, SC
One thing I like about literary travel is that sometimes you experience books in places completely different than where they take place. Two good examples for me came while I was in South Carolina.
After parking Bonnie and walking to Lake Moultrie I kept thinking of the [...]
Beautiful Darkness Written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
The premise: A continuation of the Caster Chronicles, which is a tale of star crossed lovers that has a mix of fairy tale and reality check.
Travel Angle: While mainly set in the fictitious South Carolina town of Gatlin and many of the places [...]
Beautiful Creatures Written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
The premise: A tale of star crossed lovers that has a mix of fairy tale and reality check. Gatlin isn’t a town you could locate on a map of South Carolina, it is a real place. The small town is a mixture of backward [...]