Name: Daniela V.'s review of Perfect by Sara Shepard
Item: Perfect
Rating: 3
Author: Daniela V.

Sara Shepard

After their missing friend's body is found and another of their friends commits suicide, four former best friends live in fear of their secrets being exposed by someone who is stalking them via their cell phones.

a pretty little liars novel

Perfect

Daniela V.

Pretty Little Liars #3: Perfect

Sierra

I thought this book was really good. Cant wait to finish the series.

Briar's Reviews

I am so annoyed at this book but I love it at the same time! I am annoyed at wanting to know who A is and why he or she is going after Spencer, Aria, Hanna and Emily. 

This series is continuing to bring me back to the ever frustrating life of the girls after Allison died. The novel is a very quick read and is full of twists and turns that I shouldn't have expected (except for the fact that I have looked ahead by watching the television series Pretty Little Liars). I cannot wait to get the next novel in the series and start reading it! Hopefully soon A will make an appearance as a character!

The only thing I found wrong with the novel was some of the girls got more 'screen' time than the others. I would have liked to see the girls all together in some scenes, or experience more time with each of the girls by themselves. The plot was easy to follow and the chapters moved fast enough that I wasn't getting bored. 

I can't complain about this novel! It is perfection in my eyes, except for the fact that I am desperate to know who A is! But that's good for this kind of novel.

Five out of five stars! I love it!

Izza

The end D: I have to start the next one right now!! It beats by far the first 2!

Kelsey Joëlle

Liked the book again. still love the series.

bonch cronch

so i think they added supernatural time travel to the book. i dont like time travel so im hesitant to continue with the series. but i absolutely love what happened to the teacher. i was cackling while making dinner (audiobooks4thewin)

Also wow. graphicish depiction of getting run over. one of the girls in a coma was surprising and i wasn't sure if the author was gonna kill her off. honestly, i was thinking A would cut her life support or something. Until i realized that A has only helped the girls. now being outed and in an embarassign way is not okay and i'm very worried about Emily being a queer in an early 2000's drama. BUT all the girls lives are taking a turn for the better. its a small turn. i expect shit to hit the fan next book.

 Blackmailer Prediction 
Mona that bitch

 Ali's Killer Prediction 
im still reeling from the end of the book. i can't even start speculation on this.

Elizabeth Neill

I am loving the book series better then the TV series

☽ jess ☾

Michelle Muller

Had a bit of a hard time keeping my attention to this. I feel like mainly the parents are very unrealistic in this book, acting like a bunch of babies. I understand it’s for plot reasons, but it annoyed me. Most of the story felt like filler, and the same scene gets retold half a dozen times, which is very annoying to read

Jade Flynn

“Before you enbark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”

After a lot of thinking, I decided to rate it three stars.

Though this book is slow-paced compared to the previous ones, it is extremely important for the course of the story. Without it, the revelations on book four would have seemed rush. The first time I read it, I gave it only two stars, but that's probably because I didn't know the events on this ones were important. Now that I'm re-reading the series, three stars seems to be the proper rating.

Leaving all those absurd considerations aside (because they are only a number, right? But I wanted to explain all of you the reason of my sudden change of mind anyway) the book is a little bit less melodramatic than Flawless. Anyway, A is finally acting, unveiling the secrets of two of the main girls and causing all of them trouble.

It also takes us back to the night Ali disappeared through the eyes of Spencer Hastings, who starts to wonder if she had something to do with the disappearing of her best friend, since she argued with her and then followed her when she left the barn that night.

At the end, Aria connects a lot of things together and realizes something that nobody else had seen before and Hanna finds out who A is, though she has a little mishap when she tries to tell her old friends about it.

So, that said, Perfect is a great book, though the story does not advance a lot. It's a nice theory holder. And yeah, Ezra is back too, and that makes it a gazillion times better!

I'm totally hooked on this series. Of course, spending the entire day traveling has given me lots of time to read.

Kourtney

This series has me hooked! And the ending!? WOW! I had to pick up the next book right away to see what happened next and was disappointed to find out it starts with a flashback! NOOO! TELL ME WHAT HAPPENS!!! AND WHO IS A!?!??!

Kenna Armstrong

I feel like a lot of the big plot points in this book were pretty predictable, but I still enjoyed reading it! 4/5 stars!

Wren Hardwick

So I have already read the “Pretty Little Liars” series including the add-on ones. I don’t really like Shepard’s writing, but they are quick reads and her show is kind of a guilty pleasure of mine.

I am going to do the reviews of the “Pretty Little Liars” books a little different. I plan to ask questions as I read the series again and see when (or if) the question is answered. I’ll hide them with the spoiler code so you’ll have the choice to spoil it for yourself! I’m doing way too much for this series, but hey, I like to analysis things and I’m a little nuts. So here we go:

Pretty Little Liars: Perfect, Book 03


  Text From “A” From Perfect

(view spoiler)[Emily:
01. Emily, sweetie, I know you’re all about tit for fat, so when you made plans to out me, I decided to out you too. Kisses! – A 
02. I see you. – A
03. Em, I see you! And if you don’t stop it, I’m calling you-know-who. – A 
04. She knew too much. – A
Aria:
01. Aria: Don’t you think Sean should know about that extra-credit work you did with a certain English teacher? Real relationships are built on truth, after all. – A
02. P.S. I may be a bitch, but I’m not a murderer. Here’s a clue for the clueless: someone wanted something of Ali’s. The killer is closer than you think. – A
03. Careful, careful! I’m always watching! – A
04. Here’s a second hint: You all knew every inch of her back-yard. But for one of you, it was so, so easy.
05. Dear Sean, I think someone’s girlfriend has a LOT of explaining to do. – A
06. She knew too much. – A
Hanna:
01. Dear Hanna, We may not be friends, but we have the same enemies. So here are two tips: One of your old friends is hiding something from you. Something big. And Mona? She’s not your friend, either. So watch your back. – A
02. Hanna: Remember when you saw Mona leaving the Bill Beach plastic surgery clinic? Hello, lipo!! But shh! You didn’t hear it from me. – A 
Spencer:
01. Spence: I know what you did. But I won't tell if you do EXACTLY what I say. Wanna know what happens if you don't? Go to Emily's swim meet... and you'll see. – A
02. Need another warning, Spence? Ali’s murderer is right in front of you. – A
03. Dear Ms. Finalist, How’d you like it if I told your secret RIGHT NOW? I can, you know. And if you don’t watch it, maybe I will. – A 
All:
01. You really thought I was gone? Puh-lease. I've been watching you this whole time. In fact, I might be watching you right now. And girls – if you tell ANYONE about me, you'll be sorry. – A (hide spoiler)]

People They Dated / All Types of Romantic Relationships
(view spoiler)[Ali:
01. Matt Doolittle (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 010) [dated]
02. Ian Thomas (Perfect, Book 03, pg.281)
Emily:
 01. Ben Coogan (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 025) [dated] [broken up with]
02. Ali DiLaurentis (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 074) [kissed]
03. Maya St. Germain (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 196) [kissing] [broke up with]
04. Toby Cavanaugh (Flawless, Book 02, pg 133) [kissed]
Aria:
01. Hallbjorn (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 032) [dated]
02. Lars (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 032) [dated]
03. Ezra Fitz (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 040) [hooked up]
04. Sean Ackard (Flawless, Book 02, pg. 208) [dated] [cheated on]
Hanna:
01. Sean Ackard (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 044) [dated] [broken up with]
02. Lucas Gottesman (Flawless, Book 03, pg. 269) [kissed] 
Spencer:
01. Ian Thomas (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 057) [kissed]
02. Wren Kingston (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 211) [hooked up] [broken up with for Melissa]
03. Andrew Campbell (Flawless, Book 02, pg. 182) [fake dated]
 (hide spoiler)]


  Unanswered Questions from the Last Books

(view spoiler)[Why did Emily and Hannah have the same dream? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 014)
(view spoiler)[no answer (hide spoiler)]
 Who was the blonde-pony tail in Maya St. Germain’s window? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 084)
(view spoiler)[ no answer  (hide spoiler)]
Who killed Allison? (Pretty Little Liars, pg.254)
(view spoiler)[ no answer  (hide spoiler)]
02. Why are Toby and Jenna Cavanaugh back? (Flawless, pg. 018)
(view spoiler)[ no answer  (hide spoiler)]

 Answered Questions from the Last Books
(view spoiler)[ What is “the one secret they couldn’t even bear to talk about”? (Pretty Little Liars pg. 004)
(view spoiler)[The Jenna Thing (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 057) (hide spoiler)]
What did Emily’s letter say that she sent Alison? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 017)
(view spoiler)[The letter was Emily telling Alison that she loved her (pg. 195). (hide spoiler)]
What was the secret that only Aria and Alison knew? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 032)
(view spoiler)[Byron, Aria’s dad, was cheating on her mother with a girl about twenty years old named Meredith (pg. 100). (hide spoiler)]
How did Hanna lose her weight so quickly? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 043)
(view spoiler)[She’s bulimic: While hard-core dieting was sexy and admirable, there was nothing, nothing, glamorous about eating a tone of fatty, greasy, preferably cheese-filled crap and then puking it all up (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 043)  (hide spoiler)]
What’s the Jenna Thing? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 016)
(view spoiler)[A firework he [Ali claims it wasn’t her fault and she didn’t light it] went off in Toby Cavanaugh’s tree house which ended with his step sister Jenna Cavanaugh going blind. Ali was going to light a firework in his window to scare him. This was payback for spying on girls trying on each other’s clothes (Flawless, pg. 006 – 011) (hide spoiler)]
 Where’s Alison? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 015)
(view spoiler)[Maya says they found her body in her backyard (which was the old DiLaurentis House) (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 255). Her body was found under the concrete in her backyard. They knew it was her from the ring she was wearing. But they’re doing DNA tests to make sure (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 256). (hide spoiler)]
 What did Ali see Toby do that was just as bad as The Jenna Thing? (Pretty Little Liars, 145)
(view spoiler)[ Toby molested Jenna, his step sister.  (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]
01. Who actually caused Jenna’s blindness? (Flawless, pg. 009)
(view spoiler)[Alison DiLaurentis  (hide spoiler)]
What does Spencer know about Alison that the other girls don’t? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 017)
(view spoiler)[ That she knew that Alison blackmailed Toby into keeping it quiet that they blinded Jenna. She kept this secret for three years (Perfect, pg. 016). (hide spoiler)]
 What does Alison know about Spencer that’s so secretive? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 123)
(view spoiler)[ That Spencer shared a kiss with her sister Melissa's boyfriend Ian (Perfect, pg. 081)  (hide spoiler)]
What had Spencer’s fight with Alison been about that night at the barn? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 017)
(view spoiler)[ Over Ian Thomas and if he thought Spencer was a good kisser. And that he was secretly dating Alison, aka cheating on Spencer’s sister Melissa (Perfect, 284).  (hide spoiler)]

Who Died?
(view spoiler)[Alison DiLaurentis: They found her body (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 255)
Toby Cavanaugh: After thinking that Emily knew about his big secret, he went into the woods behind her house, OD’d on some pills and died (Flawless, 315). (hide spoiler)]

Who Is A?
Pretty Little Liars: Book 01
Alison DiLaurentis?:
(view spoiler)[Throughout the whole first book, the girls all think that Ali is back and is playing a game with them. They think this on and off until they find Ali’s body at the end of the book. (hide spoiler)]
Andrew Campbell?: 
(view spoiler)[Spencer thinks Andrew is A because he drives by her house all the time and probably saw her in the hot tub with Wren (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 144) (hide spoiler)]
Flawless: Book 02
Toby Cavanaugh?:
(view spoiler)[Spencer things Toby is A because he knew what really happened to Jenna and told Ali that he would get her back for what she did (Flawless, pg. 018). 
Emily gets a feeling Toby might be A when she sees how much he changed and rereads a line of A’s text, “Even though most of us have totally changed” (Flawless, pg. 072).
Aria thinks it might be Toby because he could have snuck into the school and put the post-it on Ali’s case (Flawless, 148). 
Aria, Spencer and Hanna think that Toby is A because he is at Foxy and knows about the Jenna thing (Flawless, pg. 260). 
Emily thinks A is Toby because he knew what Alison did and is really bitter about her. She also thinks that he killed her (Flawless, pg. 271). (hide spoiler)]
Ben Coogan?:
(view spoiler)[Emily thinks that Ben might be A because he is the only one that saw Emily and Maya in a “more than friends” moment (Flawless, pg. 074). (hide spoiler)]
Hanna Marin?:
(view spoiler)[Aria suspects Hanna because Ali could have told Hanna about her parents and she was a part of the Jenna Thing (Flawless, 148). (hide spoiler)]
Spencer Hastings?:
(view spoiler)[Aria now thinks that A is Spencer because she showed up at the yoga place where she was told to go to by A; Wondering who I am? I’m closer than you think (Flawless, pg. 180).
In the beginning of Perfect (Book 03), the narrator says "Don't you just want to kill her? Spencer had snarled. But no. She'd been kidding. Hadn't she?" indicating that once again, someone suspects Spencer Hastings (Perfect, pg.012). (hide spoiler)]
Melissa Hastings?:
(view spoiler)[Spencer thinks that A could be Melissa because A told her to use the saved files from Melissa’s family-shared computer. Only the family knew about it so it seemed logical that A could be Melissa (Flawless, pg. 189). (hide spoiler)]
Perfect: Book 03
Spencer Hastings?:
(view spoiler)[Hanna thinks it could be Spencer because she fought with her and was always mad at her. She was very defensive (Perfect, pg. 192). Spencer thinks she is the killer because she has a history of blacking out (Perfect, pg. 183). Aria thinks that A might be Spencer because she was couldn’t deal that Ali was with Ian (Perfect, 281).  (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

Jessica 

Blog | Twitter | Instagram | She knew too much. -A

Sara Shepard’s completely addictive bestselling series Pretty Little Liars continues down its dark and delicious path of Rosewood through its third installment, Perfect, and picks up right where Flawless left off.

Everyone’s favorite liars and readers alike have hardly had a chance to breath, and things are only looking more dramatic from here on out. Trouble is certainly brewing in the beautiful, exclusive town of Rosewood -- what could possibly happen next?

Pretty Little Liars is wildly entertaining in the vein of Cecily von Ziegesar's Gossip Girl book series, for its exploits of rich, mysterious and beautiful teenagers, with dashes of a good old vintage young adult thriller reminiscent of Lois Duncan. With every clue, with every description and development, with every answer comes about a dozen more questions.

And that, my friends, is what makes the suspense of A and who killed Alison DiLaurentis so fun. Continue to BOOKEDJ to read my full review of book three in the Pretty Little Liars series.

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