erincharp 's review for:

The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
4.0

2 for 2 on books by this author making me ugly cry. Dill, Lydia, and Travis are a motley crew. Lydia is a lesbian in their small Tennessee town, Travis is a gentle giant who is way more into fantasy novels than football, and Dill unfortunately shard the same name as his father, a Pentecostal snake handler who is in prison for porn involving a minor.

The three have their sights set on a world beyond their hometown, though all in markedly different ways. I would say 4.5 stars for this one.