Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Book Review: Pretty Little Liars


Title - Pretty Little Liars
Author - Sara Shepard 
Series - Pretty Little Liars #1
Genre - YA Mystery
Format - Kindle
Published - October 1st 2006
Publisher - Harper Collins

Synopsis
Three years ago, Alison disappeared after a slumber party, not to be seen since. Her friends at the elite Pennsylvania school mourned her, but they also breathed secret sighs of relief. Each of them guarded a secret that only Alison had known. Now they have other dirty little secrets, secrets that could sink them in their gossip-hungry world. When each of them begins receiving anonymous emails and text messages, panic sets in. Are they being betrayed by some one in their circle? Worse yet: Is Alison back? A strong launch for a suspenseful series.

Review
It’s been three years since the night Alison went missing leaving Aria, Spencer, Emily and Hannah on their own. Alison was the glue that held them together and without her the girls drifted apart moving off on their own paths. Each girl has spent the last three years changing while Aria really had the chance to find herself in Finland, and Hannah lost all the weight to be the hottest girl in school. While Emily has worked hard at swimming and is already being watched by scouts and Spencer is focused on academics being better than her older sister.

Alison was known for knowing a lot more than most about the girls and when start showing up only things that Alison knew the girls start to question what happened to her. Someone knows more about their lives and is threating to reveal all their secrets. The girls are wondering if Alison has returned after all this time gone. The case has long been cold but a new lead may just change everything.

We have four points of view a little insight from each girl who happens to each being dealing with her own share of problems. I didn’t have a favorite girl who I was able to connect with like I did on the show but that could be because it’s only been a week in the book.

I’ve been on the fence since I watched the first season of the TV show on ABC family. I recently got into a little chat about who could possibly be A on the TV show and decided to give it a shot. First off the girls don’t look like they do on the show and it kind of irked me a bit. It was interesting to see how it played out in the book and I honestly think it works better. I like that we get to see an insight into each of the girls lives and found it interesting that while it’s different from the show some things still are the same. Pretty little Liars is a YA mystery that mixes a coming of age story entwined with romance and tragedy. The author had done a great job of weaving a captivating story. I’m curious to see how the series plays out and I very well may read the rest of the books they are quick and fast paced reads. 

3 comments:

  1. I liked the first 2 seasons or so of the show, but I could never get into The Pretty Little Liars series....Especially since there are 16 of them! Glad to see you enjoyed this one, (and I completely agree with you about the fact that the girls don't look the same!)

    Em @ http://theyabookbutterfly.blogspot.com/

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  2. The way you talked I wasn't sure you were going to like this one enough for a four star so I am glad to see that you did. I have it on ebook so maybe one day I will give it a try..it will so bother me they don't look the same..lol. I love the PLL series! :)

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    1. The Blonde Spencer drove me nuts. I enjoyed the book obviously it's a good book to build the show off. The first 20% was tough because I expected things to happen the way they did in the show. Once I was able to push it aside I enjoyed the book went from 20 to done in one sitting.

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