A knew that there was a very good chance Hanna would regain her memory. Hanna's best friend, Mona Vanderwaal informs the girls that she has also received texts from A, drawing the five closer together in trying to figure who their tormentor is. Mona subtly encourages Spencer 's fears that her sister, Melissa might be A as well as Ali's killer.
During Hanna 's recovery masquerade celebration, she suddenly regains her memory, revealing that Mona is A. However, she , Emily , and Aria can't do much about it, because Spencer and Mona are on their way to the police station. After Spencer is warned about Mona by text, she tries to escape Mona 's car, but Mona catches on rather quickly and diverts to a path in a more remote area of Rosewood.
She tells Spencer everything, from seeing Ali launch a firework into Toby Cavanaugh's treehouse and blind her friend Jenna , to finding Ali 's diary of secrets among a pile of old DiLaurentis junk the St. Germains left at the curb, discovering the girls' secrets that only Ali knew. Her motivation was to get revenge for her friend 's blindness, even though Jenna and Ali had planned together to launch the firework. Mona didn't know this and got a scar on her stomach from the ordeal.
Mona also drops the bombshell that Ian Thomas killed Ali , due to Ali 's last diary entry about giving him an ultimatum to break up with Melissa. She then offers Spencer to become A with her and tell Hanna that she must not be remembering correctly, but she refuses.
The two fight at Floating Man's Quarry and Spencer accidentally pushes Mona , who falls and has her neck caught between rocks.
Mona is instantly killed. As the girls move into the big red house they are shocked to receive messages from a new person claiming to be "A". At first, they believe it's just a prank, especially since the first "A" got major news time. Then the girls believe it's Ian Thomas , who is the prime suspect of the investigation. Spencer is especially certain of this until finding Ian's body in the woods bordering her estate and the old DiLaurentis home.
The girls all get a message from "A," saying "He had to go. However, this "A" is even more twisted than the first; Ian's body disappears and the town is largely convinced that it was a hoax.
Through this new fake identity, "A" feeds Spencer some interesting information about her family, specifically her father's affair with Mrs. DiLaurentis and the possibility that Ali is her half sister. They threaten to send these to her mother, even though Aria has tried to ward off her mother's new boyfriend.
Throughout the second half of the series, the second "A" keeps up this forced information search with the girls, pushing them to find more information on Wilden and Jason DiLaurentis. However, when Jenna is found dead in " Heartless ", "A" plants all of their texts, pictures, etc. This is one of the same workers who was involved in building the DiLaurentises' gazebo when "Ali" was still alive.
The girls believe it is all over now, though the fact that the suspect is such a random person bothers them. Everyone in Rosewood is shocked when the DiLaurentises introduce the existence of a third child, Courtney DiLaurentis. She is the twin of Alison and was kept in various clinics because she was "ill". However, "Courtney" is actually Alison DiLaurentis herself.
Though she originally auditioned for Spencer, Shay Mitchell almost lost the role of Emily to another actress. But in the room, Shay just owned the character of Emily.
She changed our minds in the room and got the role. That cigarette-smoking scene ended up being one of King's biggest fights with the studio.
That was the most daring thing we did. Janel Parish revealed she originally auditioned for Spencer. But, about a month later they called me in for Mona and that was it. I'm super happy about that, though. I fell in love with playing Mona. Sasha Pieterse , who would go on to play Alison DiLaurentis, was this close to landing the role of Hanna before producers discovered she was only 12 years old. So that's when we just said she's Alison.
She read with a few of the girls as Alison, she was several years younger than all of them, but she scared the hell out of everyone in a good way. They figure out that there are at least two Red Coats, one of which is CeCe Drake, who claims to be helping Alison, who is alive, in danger, and also wearing a red coat. Jessica is later murdered, and A is seen burying her body, but the identity of her killer is not revealed.
This person shoots Ezra. The Liars discover that the hooded figure in the season four finale was Shana, who dies when Aria pushes her off the stage of the Fitzgerald Theater. The girls believe that Shana was A and that their problems will be over now, but alas, she was not A — she was just a lackey for Jenna. The Liars begin to suspect that Ali, now very much alive, is not telling the whole truth and that she might be A, but they are again wrong. Charlotte went back to Radley, where she met Mona, and stole the A game from her.
The second half of the season jumps five years forward. Suspects for A. But no, it's not. I feel like she's just doing it for the money now. And it makes me kind of sad because Pretty Little Liars act I wish she just finished the series already.
And it makes me kind of sad because Pretty Little Liars actually used to be good and entertaining. This book just downright sucked. There's no "A", or much drama, or basically anything.
That's all, nothing more nothing less. It's just how they spent their holidays and how this new "A" that we all know of now is plotting her new evil plan. I probably would have enjoyed this more if I read it after Unbelievable, which is when the story is set. But it's not. It's basically just "their life and how they've moved on. They keep bringing up seeing a glimpse of blonde hair, not believing it, telling themselves Ali is gone, and doing little Christmas activities.
Because I totally care about that. No, Sara Shepard, I really don't. What happened to the book series I love that was just mystery and scandalous things that go on in Rosewood? The newer books she's making can't bring that, either. It's sad to say it but I really think I might just give up on this series. I don't like the show, either. This book series had a god two-year run but let's face it: She's running out of ideas. I honestly really enjoyed this book. I really liked the story being told from the different perspectives.
I think this is my favorite one in the series so far tbhhh. Oct 22, Shannon Rochester rated it liked it. This was a Christmas book that showed up between Unbelievable and Wicked and had some secrets we might not have caught in the series. There was a section where the focus is on each girl and what is happening in her life after A There were parts I enjoyed and parts I didn't.
I loved Aria's story and she has stayed my favorite throughout the book series but Spencer almost gained on her this t This was a Christmas book that showed up between Unbelievable and Wicked and had some secrets we might not have caught in the series.
I loved Aria's story and she has stayed my favorite throughout the book series but Spencer almost gained on her this time. In the tv series, Spencer became my favorite towards the end and I just loved that she was so put together and always striving to be her best but there was also such a vulnerability about her.
And the whole damn reason I read this series in the first place was because I wanted to go back and watch the show and I had no idea it was no longer on Netflix. Somehow I missed that it had been taken off.
Cliff Hanger: Nope. Rating: 2. Worst Part: Pointless stories. Overall Feels Felt: Bored; Shut up! Conclusion Continuing the Series: yes Recommending: nooooooooooooo Misc. Big mistake. This was crap. Comparing this to Fan-Fic. It's just ugh. Hanna's story was gag worthy. Hanna please stop throwing yourself at every man! Aria's story was wayyyyy too far fetched. Marring in Atlantic City. Aria please calm your tits. Emily's story was a bit exciting but demeaning. Her mom saying shit about girl's with short hair are lesbians.
Emily please get the stick out of your ass. Spencer's story was the worse, i think. Fighting over yet another man with her sister. Spencer please kill your sister already. Melissa please act your damn age. Apr 17, Ashley rated it did not like it Shelves: Another stupid filler book about the same four stupid girls.
What else is new? View 2 comments. Dec 25, Chelsea rated it did not like it Shelves: 1-star. This book was one of the most boring, laughable, stupid, and incredibly offensive books I've ever read.
Hannah's Story: Stupid. I read all 16 main books, but this is the one where I really started thinking about how stupid Hannah is, and man oh man is she an idiot.
There is not one smart decision made by Hannah during any of her story. Frankly, her decision making skills insult the human race. Emily's Story: Laughable. Her story was the least annoying of the four, but it was still pretty bad. I ha This book was one of the most boring, laughable, stupid, and incredibly offensive books I've ever read.
I had a hard time not laughing at the concept: The Merry Elves, a group of Christmas pranksters trying to show the rich people the true meaning of Christmas, decide to steal a baby Jesus, so the owner of the Jesus statue makes her daughter dress up as Santa to infiltrate The Merry Elves and get the baby Jesus statue back.
I'm pretty sure they even say, "We call ourselves The Merry Elves. Aria's Story: Incredibly Offensive. Even if I hadn't found this story totally offensive, I would have hated it. Aria lets this random guy she met in Iceland live with her, and after he confesses that he's a wanted criminal, Aria decides the best solution is to marry him.
That just annoyed me in general. Sara, please research the organizations before you start dropping their names. Neither of those are any good at all. Oh, and that's not all: as an animal rights activist myself, I hate that animal rights activists are always portrayed in the media as psycho's ready to endanger people's lives for animals.
That is very false. Most are people who just want to help those who don't have a voice. Just because a few of them are stupid doesn't mean they all are. Aria's "husband" is an animal rights activist. Instead of being someone who cares about animals and wants to help them, Sara writes him in as not only a nut job, but a stupid nut job. You can be radical and insane and not be stupid. If Halbjord really cared about animals, he would have contacted a sanctuary not the ASPCA to let them know about these panthers being ill-treated, not letting them go into a popular city where the cops would obviously get involved, traumatizing, injuring, and possibly killing them in the process of apprehending them.
I refuse to believe there is anyone that dumb. Spencer's Story: Boring. Spencer's story was completely pointless. Nothing happened worth mentioning. All that happened was Spencer flirted with an old guy and competed with Melissa. So to sum it up: bleh. Feb 29, Paula Phillips rated it it was amazing. OMG , I have to admit that this series is one of my all-time favourites and I am loving every bit of it , when I read that their was to be a new book - I couldn't wait , though at first I was a tad disappointed as the title was originally called Ali's Little Secrets and I thought it might have been more a prequel to the whole Pretty Little Liars saga but I soon got over that.
Pretty Little Secrets is in fact, in a way a collection of four short stories and has been slotted as an in-betweener nov OMG , I have to admit that this series is one of my all-time favourites and I am loving every bit of it , when I read that their was to be a new book - I couldn't wait , though at first I was a tad disappointed as the title was originally called Ali's Little Secrets and I thought it might have been more a prequel to the whole Pretty Little Liars saga but I soon got over that.
Pretty Little Secrets is in fact, in a way a collection of four short stories and has been slotted as an in-betweener novel which authors like Janet Evanovich has done and proved to be popular. The Pretty Little Secrets is split into four stories , each one telling the Winter secrets of the characters.
First up is Hanna, Lucas is away on holiday with the gorgeous family friend Brooke and Hanna is bored so she hits the gym and meets the hunky and good-looking instructor Vince. Vince talks Hanna into joining the Winter Boot-camp and Hanna wanting to dig her claws into him , goes along but it seems Hanna has competition in the form of a girl named Dinah.
Can Hanna win over the affections of Vince even if it means getting her Pretty little liar hands dirty once again? We also see some blackmailing going on between Hanna and her step-sister Kate and we discover that Hanna and Ashley Marin are in fact Jewish. Next up on the Pretty Little Liars list is Emily. Somebody is messing with the Christmas decorations at her mum's church, community groups and the neighbourhood and they have their eyes on the elves at the local mall as the suspects.
The old Santa has been fired for lewd behaviour - for more take reference to the creepy Santa in Hanna's story. Emily with much reluctance from her mum has been hired as the replacement elf and been sent in to spy. Can Emily find herself a part of the group and get them to spill their secrets? When a prank goes wrong and her friends are arrested , can Emily spring them with a little blackmail heading the officer's way as Emily has photos of him in a compromising position and he could lose his job, credibility if they were ever to get out.
Third , which was the most surprising and interesting story and I can admit I was shocked and would never have guessed it. Aria's family is celebrating the Winter Solstice, when a retreat visit goes bad , Aria finds herself back home alone in Rosewood.
However, not for long as she recieves a visit from her ex-boyfriend in Iceland Halljborn. Will her parents find out about this little adventure and what will Aria's reaction be when she discovers the real reason Halljborn fled Iceland? Last but not least , Spencer's tale. It seems that a common thread has developed between Spencer and Melissa , they both like the same type of guys and they have a habit of sharing them between the two of them.
On a family holiday, Spencer meets Colin at the local Tennis Club and falls head over heels with him but it seems that Colin has another admirer that Spencer doesn't know about - Melissa and when he chooses Melissa over Spencer - it's a War of the Sisters once again but what will happen when the sisters realise they have been duped and that Colin is in fact married , will the two be able to stay friendly to exact revenge on Colin? Sep 24, hayden rated it really liked it. It kinda sucks that I'm bad at gushing, because my mind while reading this was nothing but gushy thoughts.
I mean, one of the girls gets married, for Pete's sake. I know, right? Am I the only one who found that a bit sudden? Oh, well. Now onto the book itself. The thing that surprised me about Pretty Little Secrets was that Shepard had turned off the switching narratives, and we got a solid pages of each girl by herself.
It was weird to read this way, because at the end of each chapter, It kinda sucks that I'm bad at gushing, because my mind while reading this was nothing but gushy thoughts. It was weird to read this way, because at the end of each chapter, I'd catch myself going "Wait.
It took a while to get used to, and once I did, I liked it even more than Shepard's original style of writing; it just seemed to flow faster, and it made the book unputdownable.
The first story in the book is Hanna's, and this story is the longest of them all pages , but it didn't feel like it. At no point in this story was I stereotypically looking at my watch and tapping my foot on the floor and tapping my fingertips rhythmically. The only thing I actually remember doing throughout this entire thing is turning the pages, which I guess is pretty good!
Next was Emily's. In her story, her mom loses a Christmas decoration that she thinks someone or a group of someones have stolen. She is sent to the mall to work as Santa a girl Santa? Unbelievable to investigate, because her mom's friend thinks the thiefs work there.
This story was one of my favorites, because it was cute watching Emily interact with the children. Aria's story was the third, and it was definitely the most wild of the three. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about.
It was kind of odd to me how she just brushed it off after she was done. Spencer's story came last and it was the most dramatic of them all. Her and her sister were fighting over boys as usual and their occasional patch-ups were cute. I really don't feel like saying much more and I have loads to do before school tomorrow , so I'm going to sign out how.
I hope you all enjoy this book! May 20, Michael rated it liked it Shelves: judge-me. Pretty Little Liars - among so many other YA series that I unabashedly read - have become one of those series that I automatically purchase every time a new installment comes out - usually the day it's released. It took me quite a while to buy Pretty Little Secrets , though, because it seemed like a really awkward add-on to the series: the tenth book was recently released, but this novel takes place between the fourth and fifth ones and revolves around the "scandalous" I use that term loosely e Pretty Little Liars - among so many other YA series that I unabashedly read - have become one of those series that I automatically purchase every time a new installment comes out - usually the day it's released.
It took me quite a while to buy Pretty Little Secrets , though, because it seemed like a really awkward add-on to the series: the tenth book was recently released, but this novel takes place between the fourth and fifth ones and revolves around the "scandalous" I use that term loosely events of the four main characters' winter breaks. Really, the one thing this quite long novel accomplished was proving that, without the identity of A or Ali's murderer to figure out, these girls don't have much going on in their lives.
Hanna flirts with a guy for pages, Emily tries to befriend the "troublemakers" in her town, Aria By Sara Shepard standards, that's pretty dull, especially when these subplots because the everyday lives of these girls are usually overshadowed by the A and murder plots in the main series would typically only fill or so pages of a regular PLL book, not the pages of this volume.
Aria's story was probably the most interesting of the four, if only because something actually interesting happens and was different than the other three, which basically consisted of really mundane events. If you haven't read this yet and were debating whether or not you should, I would suggest skipping it.
No new revelations or anything of the sort surface, and really, it's not as fun as the regular books. The thing I love about PLL is that Sara Shepard always invents new and interesting story lines to wrap her characters in, but this one fell flat. If anything, it confused me because now I can't remember what happened in the tenth book because my memory of this series has been consumed by the very mundane adventures of their winter break.
View all 3 comments. It took me way too long to read this book It was kinda boring and useless I should have read it in December instead of July haha. Aug 28, Stephanie rated it really liked it. I liked this book but didn't love it. It wasn't as good as the rest of the books, which is why I gave it 4 Lily Pads.
I still enjoyed it though, I love this series : I liked this book but didn't love it. I still enjoyed it though, I love this series Jan 28, paigeee [ a bookish brat ] rated it liked it. Some things seemed far fetched to me. Jan 15, Olivia rated it really liked it Shelves: books-read-in Pretty Little Secrets tells the stories of the four girls during their Christmas break.
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