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The Initial Insult
by Mindy McGinnis
Received a free ARC from Netgalley
Tress blames former childhood friend, Felicity, for the car accident that caused the disappearance of her parents and subsequently changed her life. Felicity is a beautiful and popular teen who struggles with survivors’ guilt and a seizure disorder that she feels she must conceal from the people in the town. Tress lost everything after her parents’ death- her money, her home and is forced to live with her terrible Grandpa Cecil, an abusive alcoholic who runs a seemingly illegal zoo with exotic animals. Tress is poor and makes money selling drugs while Felicity looks like she is thriving (although she is using drugs to cope with her unhappy life). Tress decides to get the answers to what happened on the night of her parents’ accident. She picks a Halloween party in an abandoned home as the spot to coerce Felicity into telling her the truth by walling her up in a basement a la The Cask of Amontillado. Several things occur at this party and things definitely do not go as planned which makes for a very interesting cliff-hanger at the end of the book. The tone of this book is very reminiscent of the author’s [b:The Female of the Species|25812109|The Female of the Species|Mindy McGinnis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1455917180l/25812109._SY75_.jpg|45668311], which I also enjoyed.
Tress blames former childhood friend, Felicity, for the car accident that caused the disappearance of her parents and subsequently changed her life. Felicity is a beautiful and popular teen who struggles with survivors’ guilt and a seizure disorder that she feels she must conceal from the people in the town. Tress lost everything after her parents’ death- her money, her home and is forced to live with her terrible Grandpa Cecil, an abusive alcoholic who runs a seemingly illegal zoo with exotic animals. Tress is poor and makes money selling drugs while Felicity looks like she is thriving (although she is using drugs to cope with her unhappy life). Tress decides to get the answers to what happened on the night of her parents’ accident. She picks a Halloween party in an abandoned home as the spot to coerce Felicity into telling her the truth by walling her up in a basement a la The Cask of Amontillado. Several things occur at this party and things definitely do not go as planned which makes for a very interesting cliff-hanger at the end of the book. The tone of this book is very reminiscent of the author’s [b:The Female of the Species|25812109|The Female of the Species|Mindy McGinnis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1455917180l/25812109._SY75_.jpg|45668311], which I also enjoyed.