Trailer Tuesday: Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

Title: Pretty Little Liars

Author: Sara Shepard

Description: Four friends, all with secrets. An anonymous person threatens to reveal them all. Does it relate to the disappearance of one of their friends four years ago?

I have read the first two novels and I loved them! I'm slowly reading through the series so hopefully I will finish it. I haven't seen the show so I can't really comment on it but the novel should be checked out for sure!

Flawless by Sara Shepard

Title: Flawless
Author: Sara Shepard
Age Group: Older Teens
# of Pages: 330
My Rating: 5/5

After the suspenseful cliffhanger in Pretty Little Liars, the four lovely ladies of Rosewood, Pennsylvania are now more freaked out than ever. Discovering that Alison is truly dead after recovering her remains from underneath her old home, Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hanna are questioning about the secret that killed their manipulative best friend back in seventh grade.

A is still out there, watching their every move. Spencer is now secretly meeting her perfect sister's ex-boyfriend. Emily is still trying to understand her feelings toward her female friend, Maya. Aria is devastated from what had happened between her and her English teacher and is now trying to figure out what to do after she discovered her father is still meeting one of his students behind his family's backs. Hanna is tired of trying to keep up to role with her popularity and life at home is simply gut-wrenching. As things get more complicated in each of their personal lives, A is threatening to ruin them for sure.

Who the hell is A? Is A the creepy Toby that they all used to be scared of who is now somewhat normal? What had happened in the past for these girls to be tormented by? With this intense sequel, you will be left dying to get your hands on the next volume!

Oh my God, I feel so bad for these characters. So bad. The shit (pardon my language but word must be used) that they go through is enough to kill any teenage girl. I know that I would definitely be suicidal if I was in either Hanna's or Aria's shoes (and possibly Spencer's). The problems these three girls go through are based on family and trust. It literally broke my heart because these kind of things get to me. I know they all did something stupid at one point but for them to receive what they did in Flawless made me want to reach into the book and give them a great bear hug. The person that got off the lightest amongst the four was Emily, since her problem could be easily cleared up if she let it.

Now that is off my chest, Flawless finally reveals what Alison did when they were younger, which is a secret they all kept. It is something that anyone would keep their mouth shut about if they did it. There is quite a bit of morals involved within this novel. It makes you wonder as a reader what you would do if you were in any of the characters' situations.

I really am looking forward to Perfect, the third volume for this series. I have a feeling that things will get even more twisted because Flawless left a new mystery that needs to be solved. The only thing I hope for is that when I reach the end of the series that it would be worth it. But for sure, check out the Pretty Little Liars if you haven't yet! What Sara Shepard does best is that she keeps you enthralled as you wondered like mad what will happen to all of her characters at the end!

You can have a sneak peek of the novel here!

Review copy provided by HarperCollins.

Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

Title: Pretty Little Liars
Author: Sara Shepard
Age Group: Older Teens
# of Pages: 286
My Rating: 4.5/5

They all used to be great friends: Spencer, Aria, Emily, Hanna, and of course, Alison. Back in junior high, they always did things together. Alison was the prettiest of them all and everyone listened to her. But they had a secret. These five seventh graders knew of something very terrible. They made a pact to never let the truth be revealed.

One random day, Alison disappeared and never returned. Everyone freaked out, wondering what had happened to her. But the other four friends silently sighed with relief. With Alison gone, their secret was safe. For now.

Three years has passed and the once-friends are no longer together. Spencer is a goody-goody two-shoes, trying to keep her G.P.A. as high as she can as she also participates in other club activities. Aria moves back to Rosewood from Iceland. Maya is working hard on the swim team. And Hanna, who used to be the chubby one in the group, has become the hottest girl around!

But they have their little secrets. Spencer is crushing her perfect older sister's boyfriend. Aria is in love with her English teacher. Emily thinks she may like the new girl in town. And Hanna is doing something pretty ugly to be beautiful.

No one knows, so it doesn't matter right? But someone does. Known as A. And A also knows what they have been keeping in the dark three years before since Alison's incident. A is going to tell.

I wasn't sure what my reaction toward this novel was going to be. But it was much more satisfying than I thought!

Written in third person, the reader gets to view what is happening with one of the four characters every chapter. And as you can tell from the summary, their lives are pretty scandalous. Especially since they live in such an upscaled neighbourhood. Which is a bit of a problem for me. I am honestly tired of stories where the characters do "bad things" and are from a fancy background (ex. Gossip Girl). But one can definitely sympathize for the characters and their situations.

There is a reason why the Pretty Little Liars is a bestselling series. Intense, the novel made me dying of curiosity when A started messaging the four girls. Somehow, some way, A knows everything about the girls. Their little secrets and their big ones. It is creepy to have a stalker and makes you wonder how the hell they do it without being noticed.

When I was nearing the end, I gasped at the climax with my eyes bugged out. I rushed to finish it but even though the book ended, the story was not finished. If I wasn't outside reading this at the bus stop with my friends, I would have screamed, "WHY????". I wanted to know what the secret was that these four friends shared and who A was (yeah, the novel revealed neither of those, disappointingly). I was ready to slam my head against the wall because, dammit, I wanted to know!

Pretty Little Liars is definitely an intriguing read for the first in the series with lovely teenage girls and a dark, dark secret. I want to read the second one so badly now! I just wonder, how can it possibly last for so many volumes...

You can get a sneak peek of this fantastic novel here!

Review copy provided by HarperCollins.