Pretty++Little+Liars

 Pretty Little Liars

Year Published: 2006
= Summary: = = Have you ever felt like your being watched or followed? Well these four girls now know the feeling of that. Aria Montgomery, Hanna Marin, Emily Fields, and Spencer Hastings used to lead fairly normal lives, but one day, everything changed for them. = =Aria is a funky girl who always shows her true personality. She used to be shy but as soon as she found a group of friends, she was set to go. Hanna was always the nice girl, but she was always afraid to speak up. Until she was taken under the wing of a popular, peppy girl that is. Now Emily was always the loyal friend. She had always been a strong swimmer and friends with everyone on her team. But outside of that, was a whole other world she had committed too. Lastly, Spencer was always the smart girl. Although she always had a tough time competing for her parents attention with her older sister. But her friends always made her feel better and she knew she should be grateful, but sometimes she wondered if everything was just an act. = = Now you are probably wondering what changed the lives of these four girls. The answer is Alison DiLaurentis. Ali was the most popular girl at Rosewood Day in Rosewood, Pennsylvania. Everyone loved or hated her, or some just wanted to be her. The 5 girls were best friends although none of them knew why Ali had chosen them out of all the other kids in their school. They always had fun together. But one night, everything changed. The girls were tired of this boy, Toby Cavanaugh, spying on them when they had sleepovers, so they decided to get him back. Ali suggested that the set of a firework over Toby’s house and the girls reluctantly agreed, even thought they knew it was dangerous, nobody argued with Ali. But when Ali went to set off the firework, something went wrong. Instead of going over the house, firework smashed a window and hit Jenna Cavanaugh in the eyes and blinded her for life. Ali made the girls swea r never to tell anyone as long as they were best friends, which would have to be forever. But Toby knew that the girls had done it, and he always gave them the coldest stares. The only reason he didn’t tell was because Ali told him she knew his biggest secret, too, which she did. After that, things were always tense with the girls, and Ali and Spencer seemed to always set each other off. The night of their 7th grade sleepover, Ali and Spencer got in a huge fight and Ali ended up walking out, and no one could find her. A few weeks later, it was confirmed she was missing. The other four girls’ relationships fell apart. The girls saw Ali’s face wherever they went, on flyers, milk cartons, or the newspapers. Now it was 5 years later and Emily, Aria, Spencer, and Hanna were all in 11th grade at Rosewood Day. Aria had just come back from Iceland and wasn’t too happy about being back in Rosewood. Hanna had become best friends with Mona Vanderwaal and they were now the most popular girls. Emily had become very committed to swimming. Spencer had tried to improve her academics although they were nearly the best. One night a strange thing happened, though. The girls started getting emails, text messages, and instant messages from a person named A. The girls were shocked though, because the messages contained details about their personal lives that only Alison knew. The notes said they had to tell the truth about the incidents about their lives to the people it had affected or hurt or bad things would happen. The girls all thought it was Alison, and she came back. Then a terrible thing happened, Alison’s dead body was found. It was found buried in Spencer’s backyard when they were digging for a gazebo. Spencer and Ali had been neighbors. Aria, Emily, Hanna, and Spencer knew that A couldn’t be Ali after that. Could it? But soon, the messages became dangerous. Some were even threatening. They didn’t know what to do. Aria wondered if it was Ali’s ghost. Spencer was wondering about the latest threat she’d received. Hanna was eating her fear away. And Emily, who always wanted to believe that Ali would come back, was still trying to keep that thought, even though she knew it was impossible. Will A’s threats affect the girls? Or will they face the truth? There was one more clue the girls had just missed about A. How will they find out… = =Review of the Book: = =I really liked this book because it was scary but still somewhat a reality. If you are a person that likes drama in books, or a mystery that you like to figure out, then this is the book for you. I was hooked on to this book and could barely put it down! I liked to follow along with the m mystery and have my own motives and suspects. Overall, the book was fantastic! = =Recommendation: = =I would definitely recommend this book, mostly to people at 7th grade and up. Some times the book can get frightening, but once you get into it you can’t stop. If you liked this book, I also recommend reading the rest of the series. There are 7 books so you’ll be busy! Be sure to read the books in order though, or else they won’t make sense. Happy reading! = =My final rating of this book is a 9.5. it was great, but there were some parts that were a little bad. =