Pretty Little Liars

De: Sara Shepard

Narrado por: Cassandra Morris

Gossip thrives amid the Mercedes-Benzes, mega mansions, and perfectly manicured hedges in the exclusive town of Rosewood, Pennsylvania. Behind their big Gucci sunglasses, beneath their perfectly pressed Polos, everyone has something to hide, especially high school juniors Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hanna. Spencer covets her sister's gorgeous new boyfriend. Aria is having an affair with her English teacher. Emily is infatuated with the new girl at school. And Hanna is using some ugly tricks to stay beautiful. Deeper and darker still is a horrible secret the girls have shared since sixth grade—a secret they thought was safe forever.

Then the girls start receiving threatening messages signed by someone named ""A."" Could ""A"" be Alison, the ultra-popular girl who disappeared three years earlier? Alison was their best friend. She knew everything about them. But if Alison isn't ""A,"" who is? And how could anyone else know so much about the bad girls they were and the bad girls they've become? Suddenly, their secrets—the big ones, the little ones, even the long-buried ones—no longer seem so secret. Suddenly, nothing is safe in Rosewood.

A is for...

I felt pretty mixed about this audiobook all the way to the end. That said, I can see how it 's appealing to the teen audience and how some people may really enjoy this series.

For those that don't know, this series follows the lives of Spencer, Emily, Hannah and Aria. They're basically a group of rich, spoiled, pretty...liars! I likened them to the group from Mean Girls, but the Pretty Little Liars are definitely a much darker group of girls with secrets that are harmful to all around. The story does keep your interest and you'll most likely want to continue on in the series to see what happens as the story becomes more tangled and you become more attached to the characters.

As for the narrator, the voice is a little surprising at first. I don't really know what I was expecting, but I do know I wasn't expecting it to be that high. Definitely listen to the sample first before you purchase the audiobook so you can get an idea of what to expect. That said, the story pulls you in and so you quickly get used to the narration.

I knew some of the content from the shows, but I was actually surprised by the amount of strong language and sexual situations in this book and felt it should be mentioned somewhere in this review.

Overall, I think this is a pretty good book, I can see why it became so popular and I'll probably give the second book in the series a listen. After all... I need to find out the identity of "A"!

Narrator ruined it for me

I really had a hard time with this narrator, it honestly kinda ruined the book for me. I really liked the story line however. That said, this is about teenagers and the narrator does sound like a teenager so maybe that is relatable to teenagers who listen to this book. For me as an adult it was a negative.

Love the book as much as the tv show

Would you listen to Pretty Little Liars #1 again? Why?

Of course it was interesting story and a great reader

Who was your favorite character and why?

Aria is my favorite character

Which scene was your favorite?

When all of them are hanging out

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes when they found the missing girl body. I didn't cry

Any additional comments?

I can't wait to listen to the second book

Decent

This book was a good one. I watched the TV series before I ever started to listen/read the books and didn't even realize there were books till recently. The TV show got very close to being exactly like the book which I am thankful for! I was NOT expecting Spencer's sister to be a smoker or anything like that and there were a few other things I was not expecting but overall its a good book and I can't wait to listen to the rest of the series.

Not the same as the TV show

I unfortunately wasn't a fan of this book. I expected something similar to the TV series, but it wasn't. As a 30-year-old woman, I enjoy the show, but the books are a little young for me.