Well-versed Poe fans will gobble this up, but the heartache, revenge, and -anger that ooze from these pages should -entice any reader. As the first book in a duology, the story ends in a cliff-hanger, which heightens anticipation for the second installment. Their linked tragedy and trauma is expressed in prose that is by turns gritty and heart-rending, and they join a lineup of strong, flawed, and intriguing McGinnis main characters. Tress and -Felicity are expertly fleshed out. * A Junior Library Guild Selection * Texas Tayshas Reading List of the Year * A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults and Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Book of the Year * Review Quotes McGinnis draws heavily upon the works of Edgar Allan Poe to deliver a gripping modern retelling of The Cask of Amontillado. Tress will have her answers-or settle for revenge. 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 cant look at Tress without feeling shame and guilt. Felicity has buried what she knows so deeply that she cant even remember what it is. One misstep could send her tumbling from the top of the social ladder, and shes worked hard to make everyone forget that she was with the Montors the night they disappeared. Felicity Turnado has it all: looks, money, and a secret. 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. When her parents disappeared seven years ago while driving her best friend home, Tress lost everything. Perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying and Truly Devious! Tress Montors family used to mean something-until she didnt have a family anymore.
Book Synopsis 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. About the Book Ostracized by the elite community of Amontillado, Ohio, after the disappearance of her parents, Tress organizes a Halloween costume party at an abandoned house, where she launches a macabre plan to force a popular former friend to confess what she knows.
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