The narrative is set in Gatlin, a small town in the state of South Carolina. Like every decent little town, everyone knows everyone. Ethan Wate, is the boy who carries the narrative in the back throughout the book (which I loved, since most of the views are of girls). Ethan is a normal, normal boy who lives with his father and Amma, the cross-bordered family housekeeper who creates amulets against bad things and spreads all over the house. She kind of became a grandmother to the family. Ethan's father is an absent guy in the boy's life. He is a writer and lives recluse in his office writing a book at night and sleeping on the couch during the day since the death of his wife. The question Ethan is that for months he has the same dream: a mysterious girl falling and asking for his help; and if he does not help her something terrible can happen. But he would not release her because it was as if he was already in love with her, even without knowing her, without having seen her