Pretty Little Liars: Book 1

If you haven't already heard, Pretty Little Liars is a new hit show by ABC Family, but it originally started with the book series by Sara Shepard! I have read almost all of them except for the last one! So I will do a review on the series and tell you what I think book by book.

The plot is centered around four main characters and set in Rosewood, Pennsylvania. They all are connected to each other by their friendship to Alison DiLaurentis. Alison was the "it" girl who all the boys wanted to date and all the girls wanted to be. She was popular and fashionable, but controlling and mean. Aria Montgomery, Spencer Hastings, Emily Fields and Hanna Marin were nobody before Alison brought them into her group. Together they became the popular girls. The summer after seventh grade Alison mysteriously disappeared from Spencer's barn and was not seen since. They all stopped talking and never looked back. Aria left for Iceland, Emily concentrated on swimming, Spencer became an overachiever and Hanna lost all her extra weight. The balance shifted and Hanna became the "it" girl. She started dating Sean, a guy she's been dreaming of for years. Spencer although trying to gain attention from her parents by achieving academic success, does not even get acknowledged while her sister Melissa is around. Emily is maintaining an great average and focuses on swimming . She is also dating Ben, who is also on the swim team. As the book starts, we all see life from all four characters perspectives. We find out their secrets chapter by chapter and it seems as though someone else knows too. 

Aria's fantasizing about her English teacher.

Spencer covets her sister's boyfriend.

Hanna uses some ugly tricks to stay beautiful.

Emily's crushing on the new girl at school.

That person as known as "A" starts sending mysterious notes and threatening the girls by blackmailing them. Their secrets are so scandalous that they don't want anyone to know. The only person that knows is Alison and well...she's missing.

Main Characters

Aria Montgomery

The artsy one

Spencer Hastings

The overachiever

Hanna Marin

The popular girl

Emily Fields

The swimmer

My opinion of the first Pretty Little Liars: It is GREAT! I love it! It is a guilty pleasure! The text messages, emails and notes will make you wonder if Alison is still here in Rosewood. It will make you keep guessing who "A" is till the very end of the series.
Pros:  It is addicting and the way it is written is easy to read and understand. Warning: The plot line is really deep so make sure to read from the very beginning or you will screw it all up!
Cons: This may seem really superficial and girly, but give it a chance! If you don't like it after the first 5 chapters, stop reading! There are tons of other genres and books to read!
Rating: 8.5/10
The show: If you are going to watch the show and read the books, I suggest you watch the show first, and then read the books because you will be disappointed by how much it has changed. Believe me, I love the show, but it gets really irritating when they change so much!

I hope this review helped! Stay tuned for more!
Rithu