A girl missing, a boy who will do anything to get what he wants, a panther on the loose, and death looming in the town of Aontillado. Picking up where the first book left off Tress Monter has murdered Felicity Turnado and in the frey of it all her panther has gotten loose and clawed her... leaving her injured and delirious. The whole town is now searching for Felicity and Tress’s injuries are getting worse and worse, to the point where she believes she is being haunted by the growing sound of Felicity’s heartbeat pulsing from the “beast friend” charm around her neck. Ribbit Usher, Tress’s cousin, and the guy who will do anything to please his mom, to please any girl to the point where its gotten out of hand is obsessed with Felicity and believes if he saves her he can finally have everything he wants. Ribbit also has come up with a revenge plan to finally get revenge against all those who have wronged him, including Tress. But in the small town of Amontillado there are deeper darker secrets that are threatening to get loose. Tress is dealing with the fact that she might have killed Felicity and that the town might discover her body, but also that her own family secrets are beginning to come to light, horrible secrets that will forever change the way she sees her family. It doesn’t help that Ribbit has made a pack with his mother that involves a death that must be delivered in four days. Tress will have to navigate who she can trust and who is out to get her as well as the consequences of her own actions because Felicity might not be as dead as she thought. This was a fantastic ending to the duology and pays a lot of homage to the classic works of Edgar Allan Poe. This one amped it UP, the stakes were high, the chaos was amazing, and oh gosh, I loved every second of it.