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Pretty Little Liars is a series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard. Beginning with 2006's initial novel of the same name, the series follows the lives of four girls— Spencer Hastings , Hanna Marin , Aria Montgomery and Emily Fields .
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Pretty Little Liars is a series of young-adult novels by American author Sara Shepard, beginning with 2006's inaugural entry of the same name.
The series follows the lives of four girls – Spencer Hastings, Hanna Marin, Aria Montgomery, and Emily Fields – whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their leader, "Alison DiLaurentis". Three years later, when the girls are juniors in high school, Alison's body is found, and they begin receiving various messages from someone using the alias "A" who threatens to expose their secrets and get revenge.
The novels explore several serious issues such as bullying, murder, pregnancy, family issues, drug addiction, underage drinking, eating disorders, homosexuality, peer-pressure, infidelity, and mental illness. Moral ambiguity and the consequences of lying are featured prominently in the series; the girls constantly create their own problems through their unwillingness, to tell the truth about certain events and misdeeds they have done. The novels have frequently appeared on the The New York Times Best Seller list.
In 2010, a TV series loosely based on the novels began airing on ABC Family (now known as Freeform). The series aired for seven seasons until it ended in 2017.
Arc 1
•Ali's Pretty Little Lies •Pretty Little Liars •Flawless •Perfect •Unbelievable
Arc 2
•Wicked •Killer •Heartless •Wanted
Arc 3
•Twisted •Ruthless •Stunning •Burned
Spencer Hastings
An extremely competitive girl who strives for perfection in everything she does. A high-strung over-achiever, Spencer is willing to do whatever it takes to win, often to the detriment of herself and others. She is often quick to jump to conclusions and suffers from IED. Spencer was half-sister with Alison and Courtney DiLaurentis, her father had an affair around the time of Spencer's conception; her parents' divorce, when the affair comes to light. When she attends a summer program at Penn to improve her GPA, she becomes addicted to Easy A, leading her to frame a friend for possession in order to get admitted to Princeton. In Ruthless, she experiences hallucinations and paranoiac while suffering from withdrawal and guilt over her actions.
Hanna Marin
A pretty, popular girl who struggles with both bulimia and anorexia due to insecurities about her appearance. Flighty and occasionally air-headed, Hanna often acts purely on impulse. In Alison's absence, she became best friends with Mona, not knowing that Mona was "A". Hanna's parents divorced when she was younger after her father had an affair. Hanna dislikes her father's new wife, Isabel, and her daughter, Kate, with whom she forms a rivalry. For a short time, Hanna is sent to a mental institution, her father believing her eating disorders would resurface due to stress.
Aria Montgomery
An artistic, independent girl whose family moved back to Rosewood after her father took a three-year sabbatical in Iceland. Prior to Alison's disappearance, Aria became aware that her father was having an affair with a student of his (Meredith); having promised to keep it a secret, she is kicked out of the house after the first "A" reveals the affair to her mother. Her parents' divorce and Aria's father marries Meredith, and she becomes pregnant. Aria often feels out of place in Rosewood and tends to be attracted to older, more worldly men, which frequently causes conflicts for her.
•Sara Shepard, the writer of Pretty Little Liars, commented that the characters of Hanna, Emily and Aria have aspects that she experienced as a teenager. With the exception of Spencer, who according to Sara, looks more like a friend of hers. She said: "Hanna was me in junior high, wanting to be popular. Emily was me in that middle period between junior high and late high school, being a swimmer and not sure that’s what she wants to do and being a good girl. Aria was me at the end of high school, just totally different and over the suburbs and wanting a different life and sick of the lacrosse players."
•Originally, the Pretty Little Liars book series was going to be very different, with only four books: Pretty Little Liars, Flawless, Perfect, and Unbelievable. And of course, with only one "A" being Mona Vanderwaal and Alison's killer being Ian Thomas which is exactly Arc 1. But when author Sara Sheppard was working on the second book the editor asked her if she wanted make more books and she agreed. Creating Arc 2: Wicked, Killer, Heartless, and Wanted, along with the story of the DiLaurentis twins, the second "A" and the truth behind the disappearance of "Alison". And Sara had planned to end like this, but when the TV series started to go viral and become an international hit, she decided to create more books.
•The TV series influenced the books in the way of characters returning that Sara loved in the show.
•She brought Ezra Fitz back into the book series for one novel.
•She wanted to re-introduce Toby Cavanaugh, as she had fallen in love with him in the TV series.
•There are eighteen books in the series, not including the additional Emison novels.
The novels in the “Pretty Little Liars” series written by American author Sara Shepard have reached the New York Times best seller list and some installments have reached the top spot. The series has four different arcs that have four books each to them and each one shows the introduction and the exposure of each antagonist.
The #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the hit ABC Family TV show Pretty Little Liars and the upcoming HBO spin-off series Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin! Never trust a pretty girl with an ugly secret.
Aug 24, 2023 · Here’s a full list of every book in Sara Shepard’s bestselling Pretty Little Liars series. Follow along from the debut title to the final release. Skip to content
Toppsta provides reviews and order of the YA teen thrillers by Sara Shepard, based on the TV show. The books follow four girls who receive mysterious messages from A after their friend disappears.
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