Cannibalism is a recurring theme in The Sessanite universe. Children are being eaten, and no adult seems to care.
Hansel and Gretel is a story about children being fattened up and eaten. Heck, they even kill the witch in an oven!
Little Red Riding Hood is another children’s story where a wolf eats Grandma—and in most versions, also eats Red Riding Hood, who is then saved by a woodsman slicing open the wolf’s stomach.
Beloved children’s stories from all over the world are full of kids being killed and eaten. As children, they spook us—make us unsettled. But as adults, we understand: these tales aren’t really about witches or wolves.
They’re allegories. Warnings. Lessons in disguise.
That’s what Meet Me Tonight is, too.
It’s a thrilling, magical adventure—but underneath, it asks harder questions:
- What happens when no one protects the children?
- What do kids do when faced with their own mortality?
- What if the fear is real—and the world doesn’t care?
The Sessanite series is all about Fear—and how to change it into strength.
The reality is, kids today aren’t sheltered. They see war, violence, greed.
They’re living through it.
If you’ve ever read a Fear Street book, you know how descriptive death and terror can be in kidlit. But that isn’t my goal—and never will be.
So if you’re expecting gore and shock for shock’s sake, you won’t find it here.
The horror in Meet Me Tonight is in the implications. The silence. The loss.
But it’s also about laughing when the world is dark.
About banding together to fight a system.
That even if you’re weak, you can find strength in each other.
And yeah—there’s implied cannibalism.
But that’s not the heart of the tale.
So for anyone on the fence—if you don’t like books that, at times, leave you with a creepy, queasy feeling, then this isn’t for you.
But if you’re the kind of reader who wants magic, rebellion, found family, jokes, and just enough terror to leave your stomach twisting…
Take a read.