". . . Day-to-day story in the Deep South, set in the gothic, swampy southern town of Wet Moon, a place fraught with lousy love lives, teen angst, and shadowy rednecks. ... Goths, friendship, romance, sex, betrayal, gossip, cats, murder, guilt, a squirrel monkey, and all the terrible and wonderful things people do to each other."--Publisher.

Cleo Lovedrop has been going out with Myrtle, the girl who left her roses, who wrote her a song, and who took care of her black eye. But lately, Cleo's been seeing a different side of Myrtle: jealous, aggressive, manipulative... and scary. And with everything else going on Cleo's roommate being attacked, Audrey breaking up with Beth, Trilby being distant Cleo just isn't sure she can deal with it anymore...