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Amazon.com Review
In the exclusive Philadelphia suburb of Rosewood, Alison is the Queen Bee of her elite seventh grade hive. BFs Aria, Hanna, Spencer, and Emily vie for her attention, even as each of them hides a hideous secret only Alison knows. So when Alison goes missing after a slumber party, never to be seen again, each girl is heartbroken, but also a little relieved. Now it is three years later, and though the four girls have grown apart, they are each still hiding something. Artsy Aria is carrying on an affair with one of her teachers, fashionista Hanna shoplifts to accessorize her trendy outfits, blue-blood Spencer is sleeping with her older sisters boyfriend, while straight-A Emily is trying to ignore her attraction to a new female classmate. When the girls begin receiving threatening text messages and emails that from someone known only as "A," they must confront the fact that against all odds, it appears Alison is back. Could Alison still be alive? And if so, why is she so determined to uncover all their dirty little secrets?

Debut author Sara Shepard's shamelessly addictive blend of Desperate Housewives and I Know What You Did Last Summer is absolutely delicious. Her infusion of mystery and murder breathes new life into the tired genre of high society chick lit, and will give fans of Gossip Girl and The A-List something new to dig their French-manicured nails into. A cliff-hanging ending will leave readers craving the second title in the planned four-part series. --Jennifer Hubert

Product Description

Everyone has something to hide—especially high school juniors spencer, aria, emily, and hanna.

Spencer covets her sister's boyfriend. Aria's fantasizing about her English teacher. Emily's crushing on the new girl at school. Hanna uses some ugly tricks to stay beautiful.

But they've all kept an even bigger secret since their friend Alison vanished.

How do I know? Because I know everything about the bad girls they were, the naughty girls they are, and all the dirty secrets they've kept. And guess what? I'm telling.

Customer Reviews: Read 27 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars

what was the author thinking? October 10, 2006
28 out of 39 found this review helpful

Poorly written and totally inappropriate.

Most books have a message, or an underlying theme. The theme of Pretty Little Liars is that you can do whatever you want and get away with it. There are no repercussions for bad behavior. In this book, the main characters steal and wreck a car, shoplift expensive jewelry, go after a sister's boyfriend just to make her mad, and on and on. All without consequences.

I don't mind characters that make mistakes and learn from them, but that never happens in this book, the main characters--four spoiled teenaged girls--go from bad behavior to worse behavior--and someone else cleans up and sets things right. I kept waiting for the lightning bolt that would make the girls realize they shouldn't be doing what they were doing, but it never happens.

These girls learn nothing except that they don't have to be responsible for their actions. Brand names play a major role--everyone is concerned about what they're wearing--or stealing. Pathetic.

The book never even has an ending, it just sets up the next in the series. I'd save my money for a book that's well written, and has a positive message. Try Meg Cabot's books or Dairy Queen. Leave this on the shelf.

5 out of 5 stars

As satisfying as a pint of Ben & Jerry's...without the calories October 3, 2006
14 out of 16 found this review helpful

The summer after seventh grade started out fine, but when Alison "Ali," one of Rosewood, Pennsylvania's most popular girls vanished, things changed. While her closest friends (Spencer, Aria, Hanna, and Emily) have all moved on, and are now juniors in high school, she was never seen again. The girls, wanting to move away from the secrets Ali took with her, broke apart, and made new friends. Putting the scandalous past behind them. Spencer began competing non-stop with her older sister, Melissa, for her parents affections, but one little slip-up, and her good girl image is shattered; Aria moved away to Iceland, but has returned, only to find that everyone she used to know (including the guy she was always crushing on) has stayed the same, stagnant, stuck in one place; Emily has tried to move on, and forget about the feelings she held for Ali, but when a new girl moves into Ali's old room, she must come to terms with the truth; and Hanna, who went from "little piggy" to Paris Hilton-wannabe, has found herself in deep water, being questioned by the police on an almost weekly basis. But now, they must confront their old secrets, and join forces once again, for someone known only as "A" is onto them. Someone who knows things about them that only Ali knew. Someone who gets off on sending them threatening messages. Now the girls are confused, since Ali was never found, how on earth could she be contacting them. She should be dead. She should be on some other plane, millions of miles from them. But maybe...she's not.

I have one guilty pleasure. No, it's not chocolate, or sweets. In fact, it has nothing to do with food. It's books about the rich. Their scandalous lives, and the constant shopping they spend most of their time doing. But no YA book has come even close to the amount of scandal found within the pages of Sara Shepard's PRETTY LITTLE LIARS. From page one I was intrigued by the secrets that these four (or should I say five?) girls shared. From blow-ups to make-ups, and everything in between. The characters found within these pages are beyond young and beautiful. There's an evil that lurks around them. An evil that is unexplainable and addicting. Each girl possesses her very own unique personality. Personalities that will draw readers in, in droves, and keep them reading long into the night. From Spencer's wandering eyes; to Aria's fondness for older men; and Hanna's thirst for attention; to Emily's constant confusion regarding her relationships; every reader will find the ability to mesh with one of these...scandalous characters. As satisfying as a pint of Ben & Jerry's...without the calories.

Erika Sorocco
Freelance Reviewer

1 out of 5 stars

child porn? November 18, 2007
12 out of 19 found this review helpful

Am I missing something here? 16 year olds having sex? One with her teacher? Not saying this doesn't happen but having a book that is targeted for teens and pre-teens that galmorizes it? This author should be drawn and quartered for writing this trash.

1 out of 5 stars

Don't waste your hard earned money!! April 12, 2007
11 out of 21 found this review helpful

Never have I read a bigger load of prententious, meaningless nonsense, for want of a stronger word! I cannot believe somebody actually got paid for having produced these words thrown together between brand names, which for a non American mean little. Dreadful.

1 out of 5 stars

GARBAGE--not fit for minors May 7, 2008
8 out of 11 found this review helpful

In the first chapter, two 15/16 YO girls smoke marijuana. In the next chapter, a girl the same age goes to a bar, gets drunk, then has sex with an adult stranger in the bar's restroom. This book is nothing but garbage bordering on narrative child pornography. Shame on the book industry for marketing this trash to children. Parents, just because a book is in the teen section of the store or website doesn't mean it is actually suitable or appropriate for children--even teenagers.

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