Pretty Little Liars

"Never trust a pretty girl with an ugly secret."

In Pretty Little Liars, by Sara Shepard, the town of Rosewood, Pennsylvania is full of them. Best friends, Alison, Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hanna were the girls who had it all, including all the secrets. That is, until Ali disappears one night during the traditional beginning-of-the-summer sleepover.

Three years later with no leads on their missing friend, Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hanna live totally separate lives.

Emily is coerced by her mother to deliver a welcome basket to their new neighbors, the St. Germain's, the ones who moved into Ali's old home. This is when Emily meets Maya St. Germain, who turns her life upside down. Even though she has been with her boyfriend, Ben, for a while, Emily finds herself enjoying Maya's company much more...

Aria is returning to Rosewood from Iceland. Her family moved here a little while after Ali disappeared so Aria's father could do some research on Scandinavian art for a documentary. Aria blossoms and becomes a lot closer to her family. She even forgets about the terrible secret she's keeping from her mother. When she meets a cute new boy in town, things get complicated when she discovers out who Mr. Fitz really is...

Hanna is changed from head to toe, inside and out. As she is no longer "hefty Hanna," she and Mona, her best friend, enjoy their days shoplifting by day and partying at night. When Hanna gets caught by the police for the first time ever, her mom has to get involved. Then things with her boyfriend, Sean, turn sour. Slowly but surely, her life begins spiraling out of control as she resorts to her old ways of losing weight...

Spencer remains her typical competitive self; always trying to gain her parents approval, which is quite difficult with her perfect older sister, Melissa, hanging around. All Spence wants is some respect, independence, and the barn in the backyard to be hers. What she gets comes at a higher price when she starts to have feelings for Melissa's boyfriend Wren...

Only Alison knew all the girls' secrets, but she is gone. The girls are still being haunted by their old memories and ugly secrets by some furtive person named "A".

Pretty Little Liars is a delicious novel full of scandals and, of course, plenty of secrets. The mystery continues to unfold as this is just the first of eight in the series. Get caught up in the liars' torn and twisted worlds and try to uncover the mystery behind "A".