by Sara Shepard
First published 2014
Alison DiLaurentis owns Rosewood High School. Every girl wants to join her circle. Every boy dreams of dating her. Emily, Aria, Hanna, and Spencer blend into the background while Alison shines as the school's golden girl. But behind her perfect facade, danger lurks. Someone watches her every move. Someone knows all her secrets. Someone waits for her to stumble. This mysterious enemy wants more than Alison's downfall. They want her dead. Before Emily, Aria, Hanna, and Spencer became the targets of anonymous threats, they lived ordinary lives as unremarkable students. Before their world turned into a nightmare of lies and blackmail, they were just four girls who admired the untouchable Alison from afar. This is the story of how it all began, when Alison's seemingly charmed life started unraveling and the girls who would later become her closest friends were still finding their place in her shadow.
Genres: mystery, contemporary, thriller, young-adult
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Rosewood High School
Period: 21st-century
304 pages · Paperback · Otwarte
Content warnings: anxiety, depression, mental-illness