BESTSELLERS in EDUCATION Shop All Education Books.The relationship surrounding Tress and Felicity is both messy and complicated, and this ultimately makes it intriguing because you’re kept on your toes and motivated to keep reading to find out what happens next.īe warned: you will be left with a cliffhanger with a bunch of unanswered questions! I look forward to reading part two of this duology, coming out of 2022. Both girls are not particularly likable, but it’s a quality that keeps you on your toes: you don’t know who to trust with the immature and petty antics that are planned for revenge. The book offers point of views from both characters and even a surprise one towards the end. Though it is a young adult novel, overall themes of darkness and mature content run throughout.Īlternating between the current and the past when the girls were friends, we learn what led to the inevitable breakup of their friendship. Fans of Poe will be able to distinguish the similarities and McGinnis’ own personal twist. The Initial Insult is loosely based off of Edgar Allan Poe’s story A Cask of Amontillado, with elements of the source material dispersed around the story. She traps Felicity in an abandoned home’s basement and begins sealing her shut brick by brick until she decides to talk about the night Tress’s parents went missing. One Halloween, Tress decides to take matters into her own hands to get some answers. Her grandfather is known by the town for owning the “White Trash Zoo,” and Tress is lonely and left wondering what happened to her parents. Seven years later, Tress lives with her alcoholic grandpa while Felicity is off living her best life.
Tress’s parents disappear when they give Felicity a ride home, and she has no recollection of what happened to them. This is exactly what happens to our main character, Tress, while her ex-best friend Felicity lives in fear of the same thing happening to her. A single wrong slip can send you tumbling down the social ladder, shunned by the whole town. Politics and social status come into play in this dysfunctional town where everyone knows each other and grew up together.
In Amontillado, Ohio, your name is worth much more than your money.
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