Title: Pretty Little Liars (Bk 1, Pretty Little Liars Series)
Author: Sara Shepard
Release Date: August 27, 2007
Publisher: Harper Teen
Pages: 304
Links: amazon/ borders/ indiebound
Summary (amazon.com): Aria, Emily, Spencer, Hanna and Alison have been best friends since the third grade. They go everywhere together, thinking no-one can come between them. If anyone is the ringleader of the group it is Alison, and the other girls cannot help but confide all their secrets to her. One night, during a sleepover, Alison goes missing. Her body is never found. The girls mourn her death but move apart after time, assuming their secrets have disappeared with Alison too. Three years later and Aria is having an affair with her teacher; Emily is questioning her sexuality; Hanna is a thief; and Spencer is flirting with her sister's fiancé. They all think their secrets are safe, until they start receiving messages from the mysterious A - who knows exactly what they are all up to, and is threatening to spill the beans...
My Thoughts: My first thoughts on Pretty Little Liars were that it was going to be this big murder mystery plot with a lot of drama. Yeahhhh, I was kinda wrong. But I’m no saying this is a negative thing. For lack of a better comparison, this is was closer to a more gossip girl type plot with a bit of mystery added on. But I love the drama that it did involve. So this novel wasn’t what I expected but it was amazing.
These characters were developed very well and the personalities of each character really stood out. Each character’s story was interesting and kept me hooked from page one. My personal favorite is Aria’s story because I felt that I shared her type of personality. Except the fact that she is messing around with her English teacher xD. But I give Sara Shepard two thumbs up for her characters and plot. I was completely captivated and didn’t put down the book until I finished it.
I would recommend this book to older teens because there are some older situations (Sex, Drug Use, Stealing, Language) but I believe they make the story and without them it wouldn’t be the same and the plot would feel two-dimensional. But this is just the beginning of a very fun series that I will definitely be continuing soon. So if you haven’t already please go check out this awesome series.
Rating: 4/5 Stars
Happy Reading!
Author: Sara Shepard
Release Date: August 27, 2007
Publisher: Harper Teen
Pages: 304
Links: amazon/ borders/ indiebound
Summary (amazon.com): Aria, Emily, Spencer, Hanna and Alison have been best friends since the third grade. They go everywhere together, thinking no-one can come between them. If anyone is the ringleader of the group it is Alison, and the other girls cannot help but confide all their secrets to her. One night, during a sleepover, Alison goes missing. Her body is never found. The girls mourn her death but move apart after time, assuming their secrets have disappeared with Alison too. Three years later and Aria is having an affair with her teacher; Emily is questioning her sexuality; Hanna is a thief; and Spencer is flirting with her sister's fiancé. They all think their secrets are safe, until they start receiving messages from the mysterious A - who knows exactly what they are all up to, and is threatening to spill the beans...
My Thoughts: My first thoughts on Pretty Little Liars were that it was going to be this big murder mystery plot with a lot of drama. Yeahhhh, I was kinda wrong. But I’m no saying this is a negative thing. For lack of a better comparison, this is was closer to a more gossip girl type plot with a bit of mystery added on. But I love the drama that it did involve. So this novel wasn’t what I expected but it was amazing.
These characters were developed very well and the personalities of each character really stood out. Each character’s story was interesting and kept me hooked from page one. My personal favorite is Aria’s story because I felt that I shared her type of personality. Except the fact that she is messing around with her English teacher xD. But I give Sara Shepard two thumbs up for her characters and plot. I was completely captivated and didn’t put down the book until I finished it.
I would recommend this book to older teens because there are some older situations (Sex, Drug Use, Stealing, Language) but I believe they make the story and without them it wouldn’t be the same and the plot would feel two-dimensional. But this is just the beginning of a very fun series that I will definitely be continuing soon. So if you haven’t already please go check out this awesome series.
Rating: 4/5 Stars
Happy Reading!
4 comments:
Oooh this looks great! Adding it to my TBR list.
Nice review! I've been debating on buying these books, but I wasn't sure. They've been on my tbr list for awhile and they sounded good. I was expecting more mystery than drama too, so I would have been caught of guard. 4 out of 5 stars...definitely need to read. Thanks again!
I should really pick this series up! Everyone is talking about how good it is.
Great review!
I really enjoyed this book, but I never picked up the rest of the series! Great review :)
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