Wicked

“No bad deed goes unpunished.”

Sara Shepard’s Wicked is the fifth in the Pretty Little Liars series, and the mysteries just keep piling on.

After the identity of A is revealed, the girls finally believe their lives will go back to normal. Of course, they do have to testify to put Ali’s killer in jail. Once this is all over, Hanna, Emily, Spencer, and Aria will finally be safe.

Hanna had such a grand time with Lucas over winter break. Now that school is back in session, she realizes she can’t rule the school on her own. She performs the unthinkable act of befriending Kate, her soon-to-be stepsister. After all, Kate, Isabel (Hanna’s father’s fiancée), and Hanna’s father are all living under one roof, so what choice does she have? Hanna wants desperately to be on top and will do whatever it takes to get there.

Emily is so distraught over Ali’s death. All her emotions are resurfacing as Rosewood is finally facing the killer. Since Em doesn’t have Maya anymore to keep her company, she decides to spend some more time with her family. During a church fundraiser event, Emily meets Issac, a very handsome Christian boy. Terrified that her past will chase him away, she reveals her secrets, and finds herself a new boyfriend.

Spencer finds herself, once again, miserable living with her family. Even though she did the right thing in confessing about the Golden Orchid, her family seems to disown her. She is even cut out of her grandmother’s will. With the help of Andrew Campbell, the only person she ever had to compete with in her grade, Spencer comes one step closer to discovering the Hastings’ true family secrets.

Aria is once again in the good graces of her mother. When she meets Xavier at an art gallery, she thinks she will be able to move on from Ezra. He seems into her and is obviously interested in art, just like Aria. Things take a wicked turn when she finds out that her mom met Xavier on Match.com and fell head-over-heels for him. Embarrassed and a little disappointed, Aria decides to stay away from her mother’s new man, but he just can’t seem to leave Aria alone.

Yes, everything was finally going back to normal in Rosewood, until copycat A arises and Ali’s killer escapes…

Wicked brings Pretty Little Liars’ fans one step closer to the truth, but throws readers a bombshell with the discovery of a brand new A.