The Initial Insult

"Really great and suspenseful, just didn't realize it was a duology. At least the 2nd book comes out on April 2nd. Can't wait to read it!"

"Read it. This book destroyed me. I loved the different character POVs she wrote in. "

"This book is amazing!!"

"this book was great! just a little confused on what happened to tress’s parents"

"I was really sucked into this book! 40 pages in mere seconds. I did feel left lost at the end there were so many unanswered questions and tension that just made you feel like you are gasping for air. "

"McGinnis throws too many Poe allusions into this twisted and convoluted tale of revenge that also includes random poetry from a panther."

"June read…not bad. "

"God damn it! I knew this one would be painful to finish as the sequel doesn’t come out until next year, but I just couldn’t pass up a novel by my favourite author. I didn’t love it at first, but it captured my attention rather quickly and I was itching to know what happened to Tess’s parents. I AM STILL ITCHING. You bet your ass I’ll be preordering the second novel the instant it becomes available Le."

"Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Children's/Katherine Tegen Books for letting me listen to and review this audiobook. This was done with a voice galley so I can't comment on the audiobook narrator at this time.<br/>I was excited to read/listen to this because I like retellings of Edgar Allan Poe most of the time, but unfortunately, for me, this one, I didn't like as much.<br/>This came across to me as mostly a kind of retelling of the Cask of Amontillado with other Edgar Allan Poe influences and such. I know that Edgar Allan Poe's work is dark, but I thought this was a bit darker than I was expecting it to be. So, basically, this is a story with a bit of teen angst, betrayal, and such and a troubled relationship between ex-best friends seems to be the main focus.<br/>It's about Tress who lives a troubled life with her crazy grandpa on a farm/white trash zoo - I'm not entirely sure about the part with the animals. Her troubled life began when she lost her parents one night when she was young and they were driving her best friend home one night and her parents disappeared. Tress is shunned as the town outcast and her ex-best friend is the popular one with the seemingly great life, but her ex-best friend also has problems of her own and guilt about the night that Tress's parents disappeared. Felicity, the ex-best friend can't remember what happened the night that her best friend's parents disappeared because she's buried it deep down, but every time she looks at her ex-best friend, Tress, she feels horrible. <br/>Then one night, Tress and Felicity are at the same party, a Halloween party at an old, abandoned house on an old farm in the outskirts of town and Tress sets things up and makes a plan to trap Felicity and get the truth out of her about what really happened to her parents on the night they vanished without a trace. This is where Tress demands her answers or else she'll put Felicity away in an old coal chute in the basement brick by brick.<br/>I've had a hard time thinking about this to review it because it was really not what I thought and while it's a decent retelling of Edgar Allan Poe and such, it's a bit too dark for me and I also had a hard time getting through this because of the language and such - it was a bit too much for me with all the profanity along with everything else.<br/>If you like Edgar Allan Poe, dark stories, and such, then feel free to check it out, you might like it better than I did, but unfortunately, it wasn't for me."

"summery - This book is a murder, but not so much mystery. It’s main characters are Tress and Felicity two very different people. Ex best friends. But we’re they ever REAL best friends. Tress parents went missing when she was young the only one who know how is Felicity. Tress is willing to do anything to get Felicity to talk. Will she find out how they disappeared? "