My friend Kris G has been trying to get me to read Anne Rivers Siddons for years. Kris had good reason to like her, Siddons writes about one of Kris’ favorite parts of the country… South Carolina.So I finally picked up “Low Country” off the shelf and it quickly caught my attention. I also like the Charleston area, specifically the islands off the coast that are so mesmerizing. 

I enjoyed the characters. I thought the plot fell apart a bit, especially towards the end (why must authors get caught up in the cliche of using a panther/mountain lion as the mysterious and ominious portent of change?). Still it was worth a read, got me crying (as do most books) and made me long for the Carolina coast.

If you like Anne Rivers Siddons, you would probably also like Mary Alice Monroe’s “The Beach House“.