Pretty Little Liars (Pretty Little Liars, #1) in Around the World in 80 Books

Jan 31, 2013 Kim DeCina rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, mystery, glbt, characters-of-color, drama, adolescence, intrigue, chick-lit, series, better-than-expected

Wow, I did not expect to enjoy this as much as I did.

I expected a guilty pleasure book, which this definitely is, but it's hugely engaging. The author has an excellent grasp on what it's legitimately like to be a teenager, the concerns you have and the way you think about things - even the slightly dated constant list of brand names makes you feel like this could really be happening to someone in a soap opera kind of way, rather than taking you out of the story.

My biggest critique is that a lot ...more

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Jan 17, 2012 Jayme Pendergraft rated it liked it

Shelves: 2012

What a nice break from adult books. I had a bit of a hard time keeping all the girls straight, but that may have been one of the goals. They are a group that's meant to be together as a unit, not apart. I think my favorite character was Aria but you can certainly identify with parts of each girl. I don't know if the stories will go more paranormal but I do hope that in future books the girls will be together. Ah high school- not a place I'd love to go back to but the pages of this book brought b ...more

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Sep 18, 2012 Amy rated it really liked it

so addicting!i love the show so i started to read the books. clever and sassy. i like them. im a fan. ill read them all at some point there is a whole series. fun.

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