by Sara Shepard
Part of Pretty Little Liars, book 3
First published 2007
Aria Montgomery returns to Rosewood, Pennsylvania, where she and three former friends guard dangerous secrets. Aria sneaks around with her teacher Mr. Fitz despite the risks. Hanna Marin shoplifts compulsively while her friendship with Mona crumbles. Emily Fields struggles with her attraction to girls after kissing Maya. Spencer Hastings covets everything her perfect sister Melissa owns, including boyfriends. The four girls drifted apart after their leader Alison DiLaurentis disappeared a year ago. Now someone calling themselves "A" sends threatening messages that prove they know each girl's deepest shame. A demands obedience and promises exposure if the girls refuse to comply. Each message arrives with intimate details only Alison could have known. The friends must decide whether to trust each other again or face their secrets becoming public. In Rosewood, where appearances matter more than truth, A holds the power to destroy four carefully constructed lives.
Genres: mystery, contemporary, thriller, young-adult
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Rosewood, Pennsylvania
Period: Present Day
298 pages · Paperback · HarperTeen
Content warnings: anxiety, depression, mental-illness