Pretty Little Liars is the first book in the Pretty Little Liars series by Sara Shepard.
Book Summary
The story introduces an exclusive group of friends: Alison DiLaurentis, the manipulative "Queen Bee" of Rosewood Day, Spencer Hastings, a perfectionist who always tries to outdo her sister and the only one to ever have the nerve to stand up to the leader; Hanna Marin, the overweight girl in the group who has really never done anything bad to Alison; Aria Montgomery, a girl who used to despise Alison and anyone related to her; and Emily Fields, a swimmer from an extremely conservative, racist family who is most protective of Alison. They were all best friends, who had planned an epic sleepover to start off their even more epic summer before 8th grade school year begins, only thing is that Alison mysteriously disappears during the sleepover with the girls after getting into an argument with Spencer, and the group then slowly fades away. After three years pass, Aria, back from a long trip in Iceland that left her feeling confident, beautiful, and more stylish than ever returns to Rosewood to find former dork Mona Vanderwaal and a thin Hanna to be the new social leaders of Rosewood Day. Aria soon begins to have an affair with her English teacher, Spencer falls for her sister's boyfriend, Emily is in love with the new girl at school, and Hanna not only shoplifts, but also pukes up all of her eaten food to stay thin. After all this, a mysterious person called "A" threatens to reveal the girls' secrets from past and present, including ones they thought only Alison knew; and especially one in particular, that the girls refer to as: "The Jenna Thing". Ultimately, Alison's body is found cemented in her former back yard, and the DiLaurentis family holds a funeral for Alison in Rosewood: "'the only home Alison ever knew." The book ends with the liars receiving a text saying, "I'm still here, bitches. And I know everything. - A"
Messages from "A"
Spencer, Covet is an easy one. When someone covets something they desire and lust after it. Usually it's something they can't have. You've always had that problem, though, haven't you? -A |
Hey Em. Sob! I've been replaced ! You found another friend to kiss! -A |
Aria: Surprise! I wonder what your pig puppet will have to say about this. -A |
Hey Hanna. Since prison food makes you fat, you know what Sean's gonna say? Not it! -A |
I'm still here, bitches, and I know EVERYTHING. -A |
I bet you thought I was Alison, didn't you? Well sorry, but I'm not. Duh. She's dead.
Nope, I'm very much alive...and I'm very, very close. And for a certain clique of four pretty girls, the fun has just started. Why? 'Cause I say so.
Naughty behavior deserves punishment, after all. And Rosewood's finest deserve to now that Aria's been doing some extra-credit smooching with her English teacher, don't they? Not to mention the nasty family secret she's been hiding for years. The girl is a train wreck.
While I'm at it, I really ought to tip Emily's parents off to the reason she's been acting funny lately. Hey there, Mr. and Mrs. Fields, nice weather, huh? And by the way, your daughter likes kissing girls.
Then there's Hanna. Poor Hanna. Just free-falling into dorkdom. She may try to claw her way back to the top, but don't worry - I'll be there waiting to knock her rapidly growing behind back into a pair of stonewashed mom-jeans.
Oh my god, I almost forgot Spencer. She's a total mess! After all, her family thinks she's a completely worthless skank. That's gotta suck. And just between us, it's about to get much worse. Spencer's keeping a deep, dark secret that could pretty much ruin all four of their lives. But who would tell such an awful secret? Oh, I don't know. Take a wild guess.
Bingo.
Life's so much fun when you know everything.
Just how do I know so much? You're probably dying to know, aren't you? Well, relax. All in due time.
Believe me, I'd love to tell you. But what's the fun in that?
I'll be watching. --A
Break-ups
- Emily and Ben
Hook-ups
- Ezra and Aria
- Spencer and Wren
- Emily and Maya
Quotes
- That look said I'm sophisticated and sexy. This look said I'm studying ... but still sexy. - Spencer Hastings
- Can ghosts send text message? - Aria.