Book: Flawless by Sara Shepard

Pages: 330 (Hardcover)

What Did I Think? The Pretty Little Liars series continues with the 2nd book, Flawless.  The 4 girls continue to get texts from the mysterious A, who threatens to expose the secrets they had told Ali.  They believe A is Toby Cavanaugh, who is the only other person who knew about “The Jenna Thing.”  We learned what the Jenna thing is: they were having a sleepover, and they caught Toby watching them change clothes.  To get back at him, they went over to his treehouse, and Ali lit a firework.  Instead of scaring Toby, they accidentally blind his step-sister Jenna.  Emily is taunted about her feelings for Maya, while Hanna is pressured to tell a couple people about her bulimia and shoplifting.  Aria is told to get rid of Meredith or A will tell her mom, and A tells Melissa that Spencer has been dating Wren, who is Melissa’s ex-fiancee.  Emily accuses Toby of murdering Alison; he later kills himself, and Spencer reveals that he had molested Jenna.  Emily realizes Toby thought she was talking about that, and was worried she would tell the entire town about what he did to Jenna.

It was really intriguing, and just when you think that everything is revealed…you realize that it’s not.  Emily gets a text from the mysterious A, which means it’s not Toby.  Of course it’s not Toby, because there are a total of 9 books in the series, with one to be released in December.  So it would be way too easy for it to be Toby.  But since it’s not Toby, who is A?  How does A know all their secrets?  Did Alison tell A?  Why is A taunting them now?  How does A know what they’re doing at all times?  Did they do something to A?  I know these questions will be answered at some point in the series…or at least I hope they’re answered.

I really like the series, at least based on the first couple books.  I love how mysterious everything is, and we only get bits and pieces of everything.  A mysterious stalker, threatening to reveal their secrets?  4 girls who used to be best friends, but drifted apart after their ringleader mysteriously vanished, only to be brought together again?  What’s not to like?

Rating: 4 out of 5.  I was worried that I wouldn’t like it, but I do.  I’m hoping the series doesn’t get all weird or anything.  Well, weirder than it already is.