The build up to the end was masterfully done and the town delightfully dysfunctional. But the end! Please tell me there will be another installment. I have so many questions.

Book 190 towards my goal of 280! 4.5/5 stars for this YA Mystery read. Like the Tiger King, plus more family drama, plus a mystery thrown in! Loved the characters and the story! Definitely recommend once it releases! Already wanting book 2!
*I received this book in exchange for honest review from Netgalley*

This book was so good but the end just fell flat. Maybe this this the first of a series. I loved the two perspectives, the cat not so much. Definitely would love to find out what happens to these characters.

This is a story about the love & hatred only a best friend can inspire.

I adored this book! It was creepy, beautiful, and tragic. The story was reminiscent of Poe without being derivative & was full of the unique, strange, violent touches I’ve come to expect & love from the author.

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Note: I cannot provide a review of the finished audio book product as this was a synthetic voice, so the above review is in reference to the content.

***Thanks to NetGalley for providing me a complimentary audio copy of THE INITIAL INSULT by Mindy McGinnis in exchange for my honest review.***

Small town hi-jinx, secrets and mystery permeate this atmospheric mystery centered around family, friendship and class. Teen girls acting badly, yet they’re portrayed in a sympathetic way that doesn’t excuse their behavior that only Mindy McGinnis can do. “Yes, I can understand why she knocked out her former friend with a brick” is a phrase I never imagined thinking.

I’m usually someone who can only do audio books an hour at a time, but I couldn’t stop listening to McGinnis’s newest masterpiece. I’m usually a creature of habit when it comes to reading. I like my favorite writers’ books to feel familiar and don’t usually enjoy when they stray too far from the genres I love. McGinnis has a way of writing truly different books, ones I wouldn’t normally pick up after reading the blurb. But she’s Mindy Friggin McGinnis and I’ll can’t not read.

THE INITIAL INSULT is the first of two in a series, which means readers will get to read (or listen to) more of these flawed, yet easy to root for characters.

I enjoyed THE INITIAL INSULT so much I’m going to purchase the book.

Tress is in middle of nowhere . I liked the descriptions . I didn't like the foul language. I liked tresss owork withth the animals.