Texas

Texas is the overarching setting of the novel. The state does not really function as a character in the novel because it is not really referenced outside of allusions to the heat. There are culturally Texan events, such as the rodeo that the characters experience, however.

Sydney and Tori's apartment

Sydney and Tori's apartment is the initial setting of the novel and catalyst for the main conflict. This is where Sydney discovers Tori and Hunter's infidelity and runs away from her apartment to move in with Ridge. Sydney struggles to feel at home in this apartment because she is surrounded by dishonesty.

Ridge's apartment

Ridge's apartment is the main setting of the novel because this is where Sydney and Ridge begin falling in love. When they are in the apartment, they are often working on writing lyrics together. Sydney makes Ridge's apartment feel like home for herself before...