Pretty Little Liars Book 1 - Sara Shepard

I am absolutely in love with this series! There is 8 books in total, I just finished the first one and I am currently reading the second one so there should be a review up soon. It is a very interesting story filled with murder, suspense and secrets. I love the show too but I won't get into that :P

It all begins in Rosewood on the day of the "Jenna Thing", the Jenna Thing is when Jenna Cavanaugh was blinded by a fire cracker that was set of by Ali DiLaurentis. Everyone assumed it was Jenna's creepy older stepbrother Toby who for some unknown reason took the fall for Ali and her 4 friends, Aria Montgomery, Hanna Marin, Spencer Hastings and Emily Fields. The summer after the Jenna Thing Ali mysteriously disappears from a late night sleep-over in Spencer's barn turned loft.  Ali is never found and the 4 other girls move father and farther apart. Hanna, Spencer and Emily all stay in Rosewood but Aria's father takes a sabbatical from work so her and her family move to Iceland for a few years.

Three years after Ali's disappearance Aria and her family move back to Rosewood.  A few days after they get settled a family moves into the DiLaurentis's old home (they had moved away about a year after Ali's disapearance) the new girl's name is Maya. In the backyard is the DiLaurentis's unfinished gazebo. The new family decides to remove it and as the constuction workers remove the concrete base they discover a body, Ali's body. 

Within a few days of this discovery the girls start receiving notes, emails and texts from "A" who seems to know everything about them, including stuff only Ali knew.  At Ali's funeral they look to the back of the church and guess who they see, Jenna, Jenna Cavanaugh and her brother Toby, who had been at reform school since the summer of Jenna's "accident".  

This book ends outside of the church where all 4 of the girls receive a text that says "I'm still here bitches, and I know everything -A"

The first book in the Pretty Little Liars Series is a very suspenseful story that will leave you wanting more. It is a great read for all ages even though it is intended for teenagers. I really like this book and I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series!

Book Rating: ******