There was also a third POV from the character “Cat,” whose voice was confusing.
None of the characters were particularly likable, but I’m glad there was a dual narrative between Tress & Felicity, so at least we could hear where both were coming from. This book was strange and dramatic, and gruesome at times. So in The Cask of Amontillado style, Tress plans to wall up Felicity, brick by brick, in Usher House’s coal chute, unless she finally admits what happened to Mr. Tress’s parents disappeared seven years ago, and the only witness was Felicity, though she’s buried any memories of that terrible night in her subconscious. In Amontillado, Ohio, at the condemned Usher House, Tress Montor devises a sinister plan to get information out of her former best friend, Felicity Turnado. Tress will have her answers-or settle for revenge.THE INITIAL INSULT gives a modern YA spin to the imagination of Edgar Allan Poe, taking inspiration from several of his classic tales of suspense. A Halloween costume party at an abandoned house provides the ideal situation for Tress to pry the truth from Felicity-brick by brick-as she slowly seals her former best friend into a coal chute. only that she can't look at Tress without feeling shame and guilt.īut Tress has a plan. Felicity has buried what she knows so deeply that she can't even remember what it is. One misstep could send her tumbling from the top of the social ladder, and she's worked hard to make everyone forget that she was with the Montors the night they disappeared. The entire town shuns her now that she lives with her drunken, one-eyed grandfather at what locals refer to as the "White Trash Zoo."įelicity Turnado has it all: looks, money, and a secret. When her parents disappeared seven years ago while driving her best friend home, Tress lost everything. Tress Montor's family used to mean something-until she didn't have a family anymore.
Perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying and Truly Devious! In the first book of a suspenseful YA duology, award-winning author Mindy McGinnis draws inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe and masterfully delivers a dark, propulsive mystery in alternating points of view that unravels a friendship.
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