Perfect
By Sara Shepard
Review by Gloria
Emily is a focused swimmer who is hiding her true sexuality from the world, but mainly from her
parents. Aria is trying not to involve her mother in Byron, Arias father's, affair. Hanna wants to
be skinny again, and she’s ruining friendships because of it. Oh, and spencer, she stole her
sister's essay, boyfriend, and fame. And her sister wants payback. All of these girls have
nothing in common, but the remains of the friendship they used to have. 3 years ago, Alison
Dilaurentis had a tight nit group of friends, except everyone in this tight nit group was lying, and
keeping secrets. One night at the beginning of 7th grade Alison starts acting sketchy, and
disappears the next day. Leaving Aria, Emily, Spencer, and Hanna in fear for there friends life,
and scared for what might happen to theirs.
As these girls attempt to bury their secrets, someone by the name of A (yes that's all he/she
goes by) threatens to uncover them. Throughout this book the four ex-best friends have to
endure endless text messages, emails, and stunningly vindictive letters. All because, well you
have to read the book to find out why, and the other 17 other books along with it.
Sara Shepard brought a whole new world to life with her version of a mysterious (and
murderous) small town. Giving the reader a taste of what it's like to lose a friend, be cyber
bullied, and go through high school all in one. Perfect, is the third book in in the Pretty Little
Liars series. Shepard perfectly captures a young woman's emotions, even though being thirty at
the time the book was written. Perfect has 37 chapters, with the narration changing between the
four girls. The chapters names seem to sum up its contents adequately, with chapters names
ranging from The Rose Bushes Have Eyes (narrated by Emily), to It Was Necessary (narrated
by Aria). Compare Aria, Emily, Spencer, and Hanna’s need for drama to a 6 year old girls need
for Barbie dolls, it's only fit that the girls make more drama, and get more dolls. Speaking of
dolls, A has a few of them, and there names are Aria, Emily, Spencer, and Hanna, if you read
this thrilling novel you will know just what A can make the girls do. All in all Perfect will be the
perfect book for you (I’m just assuming, if you're reading this you probably have shown some
interest in it), and for anyone else who likes teen drama.
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