Full Series Overview
Where Snow Doesn’t Fall is a place where comedy and joy prove that simplicity prevails where complexity does not.
The story follows Yin, Kyle, Eric, and Krow, four teenage pranksters collectively known as the Meme Squad. We begin in two worlds -Edyn and Idyll- where happiness is mandatory.
They start off with the idea that being Escapists was really funny and if they caused harmless chaos, they’d be pretty cool.
Whilst keeping their identities secret from the HELTH Program (who think laughter isn’t an excuse to annoy people), they also find various ways to smile every day.
From camping trips, water parks, laser tag, theme parks, and to simple movie nights and pranks on each other, the Meme Squad have a lot to laugh about other than being their popular Escapist selves. It turns into pranks that matter less for the joke and more for the feeling they leave behind.
Peak doesn’t last forever.
When Mr. Finch, the series’ antagonist, grows restless with paradise, he doesn’t leave alone.
He drags the Meme Squad with him, out of Edyn and Idyll, and into another few universes entirely. Worlds that have no guarantee of happiness; in fact, even something as simple as a raindrop falling from the sky feels dangerous, breathtaking, and out-of-this-world.
Stranded in a new reality with hidden motives, veiled characters, brow-raises, and mysteries, the Meme Squad face a ridiculous question that means everything to them.
Can we still prank people?
The answer, again and again, is yes.
Through the many unexplainable things they encounter, the Meme Squad continue doing what they do best: finding joy, spreading it recklessly, and reminding others that life is allowed to be fun, even if water rains from the sky.
Because being the Meme Squad is more than just being mischievous pranksters.
It’s about belonging.
Peak can last forever when the journey matters as much as the height.
To Answer some Questions…
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Kids, young adults, and anyone who never quite outgrew the joy of being silly with their friends.
People who love friendship-centered stories. The series isn’t primarily about romance, power-scaling, or defeating some huge villain. The relationships between the characters are the heart of it.
It’s for anyone who likes humor and absurdity, and seeing characters be ridiculous, do pranks, games, have inside jokes, and go through situations that escalate for absolutely no good reason.
People who enjoy everyday activities. There is no epic fantasy quest or insane, unimaginable expedition. It’s really just a bunch of teenagers having sleepovers, going out and about to do something fun like going to the park or a cookout, or staying at home tryna do a cooking contest.
It’s also for people who enjoy a meaningful story and meaningful connections between the characters beyond all the memes and jokes. While Where Snow Doesn’t Fall is mostly about fooling around, the subtler theme is a sense of belonging, being wanted, choosing joy, and being genuinely happy, instead of letting pessimism dictate life.
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Where Snow Doesn’t Fall follows the main cast, Yin, Kyle, Eric and Krow, who come from a society where life is already peaceful and happy. They aren’t trying to escape or rebel from it; actually, they’re perfectly fine with their world. They just have their own little twist to what ‘happiness’ means to them.
Circumstance and chance takes them away from home, they end up in unfamiliar places where society isn’t always filtered, and as such have to figure out when happiness isn’t guaranteed, can they still be happy?
Yet it becomes clear that despite the unknown, they continue doing what they’ve BEEN doing: joking, pranking, exploring, playing games, getting into trouble, and laughing some more.
What these four, also known as the Meme Squad, realize, is that belonging was never a place, it was something they created together.
While the story’s heart stands there subtly, the story’s brain jumps around the most between jokes, stupidity, absurdity, bantering, and character dialogue. So ultimately, you’re reading about a bunch of goofballs messing around 24/7.
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As previously stated, this series doesn’t have a super-villain (though does have a few mysterious characters and mysteries), it doesn’t have real intense drama (if we’re not counting who ate the last chicken nugget), there’s no trauma, gore, deep hardships, and there is no big battle.
Because it isn’t the point of Where Snow Doesn’t Fall. Not every series’ point is about “what if we go to the park to play tag in the sprinklers but get a ton of mud on us so we change into our costumes and prank the Future Prime Minister, almost get caught in the process and then celebrate the day by eating ice cream and tamales on the trampoline at midnight?” That would summarize one chapter.
And back to the point- it’s doing some of the stupidest, silliest stuff, and laughing about it at the end of the day, because it was fun.
WSDF chooses to care about the things that don’t usually need to be cared about. Sometimes, it’s a flaming hot gummy bear on sale from ten years ago held up as a trophy. Other times it’s sitting across from each other on each other’s favorite color bean bags to show a friendship alliance has begun. This is because normal memories are worth making memorable. Not everything has to be gloomy or negative to make someone realize, or have a reason to believe, that living can actually be pretty great.
A lot of the time, friendship supports the main plot. In WSDF, friendship IS the plot.
Importantly, this series doesn’t take itself seriously and is pretty flexible. A story can be both funny, goofy, and worthwhile. Because there isn’t life-risking, do-or-die, or walking on thin ice situations, the story has the chance to make eating a jalapeno, for example, the riskiest thing a character has ever done. That’s as serious as it gets.
I’ve seen some stories where a utopian world is actually dystopian, and I’m here to prove it otherwise. In Edyn and Idyll, where the main characters start off, society is largely happy and peaceful, and there is nothing to fix. The story has nothing to do with saving it or even thinking it’s terrible, because it’s frankly not. While the Meme Squad are ‘criminals’ in their eyes, it’s actually not that serious.
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WSDF is written primarily for kids and young adults, while also being intended for anyone young at heart. It’s made to be suitable for anyone to read.
The series is generally lighthearted and comedic. While the series occasionally touches on heavier subjects, all are kept at a low-intensity, age-appropriate depiction, and are more hopeful than anything.
Lack of profanity. The strongest language in the series is “damn,” “crap,” “crud,” and sometimes even “shyt”
Violence and danger. Characters may find themselves in dangerous or chaotic situations, but violence is generally mild and non-graphic.
Romance. Light crushes and age-appropriate romantic feelings may appear, but romance is not the focus of the series. The most romantic thing to happen in the series is hand-holding (which can also be implied as friendly, depending on context.)
Themes readers encounter:
Friendship
Family
Belonging
Individuality
Creativity
Curiousity
Consequences
Choosing connection
Mild Loss
Resilience
Finding joy in ordinary life
Mystery
Technology / Innovation
Note to mention - WSDF characters are mischievous and frequently get themselves into ridiculous, silly situations, but their antics are presented for comedy rather than as instructions for real-world behavior.
Overall: Where Snow Doesn’t Fall is age-appropriate for readers that resonate with playful, comedic, adventurous, warm, and occasionally serious moments, that remain optimistic and promote joy and friendship.
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The main characters are essentially Yin, Kyle, Eric and Krow. They consistently show throughout the entire series, while other important characters are already there or show up further down the line!
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Not necessarily, I try to give a good background in each book, but it would help for context.
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There will be 12 books in Where Snow Doesn’t Fall.
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Absolutely! Where Snow Doesn’t Fall is first and foremost a lighthearted comedy, about friends having fun, getting into trouble and bizarre situations, making a bunch of inside jokes, and has plenty of things to laugh about. Though, it isn’t afraid of an occasional difficult moment.
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Where Snow Doesn’t Fall has a story of its own, but it’s also the first glimpse into a much larger world. Hidden throughout the series are little details and easter eggs pointing toward stories and characters yet to come.
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Over half the series, it mostly takes place in Edyn, a parallel universe to Idyll. Both societies are built on people’s happiness.
In said world, the main characters frequent a city called Hapcity, but also go to places like Utopia City and Noitce City.
The story takes place typically at homes, parks, shops, arcades/laser tag, beaches, festivals, restaurants, camps, neighborhoods, school, etc.
Usually it’s one idea leading to the next that brings them to different parts of the world, but as such focuses more on the little things.
The second half generally takes place in Gimania, a universe the main characters end up in that has no guarantee of joy. Matter of factly, it can even rain or snow, or heck, tornados exist in Gimania, which is completely foreign to Edyn.
Here, it’s not much different, the characters would likely visit similar places, but with different experiences. The new focus is on weather, cultural differences (imagine scary movies can exist- which it certainly does not in Edyn), some subtle mysteries, and more.