Pretty Little Liars #02: Flawless

Title: Flawless
Series: Pretty Little Liars
Author: Sara Shepard
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 330

WrensReads Review:

So I have already read the “Pretty Little Liars” series including the add-on ones. I don’t really like Shepard’s writing, but her storylines are pure gold. I am going to do the reviews of the “Pretty Little Liars” books a little different. I plan to ask questions as I read the series again and see when (or if) the question is answered. I’ll hide them with the spoiler code so you’ll have the choice to spoil it for yourself! I’m doing way too much for this series, but hey, I like to analysis things and I’m a little nuts. So here we go:

WrensReads Review:

So I have already read the “Pretty Little Liars” series including the add-on ones. I don’t really like Shepard’s writing, but they are quick reads and her show is kind of a guilty pleasure of mine.

I am going to do the reviews of the “Pretty Little Liars” books a little different. I plan to ask questions as I read the series again and see when (or if) the question is answered. I’ll hide them with the spoiler code so you’ll have the choice to spoil it for yourself! I’m doing way too much for this series, but hey, I like to analysis things and I’m a little nuts. So here we go:

Pretty Little Liars: Flawless, Book 02
01. Who actually caused Jenna’s blindness? (Flawless, pg. 009)
Alison DiLaurentis
02. Why are Toby and Jenna Cavanaugh back? (Flawless, pg. 018)
no answer

Text From “A” From Flawless
Emily:
01. Em! Still enjoying the same kinds of “activities” with your best friends, I see. Even though most of us have totally changed, it’s nice to know you’re still the same! Gonna tell everyone about your new love? Or shall I? – A (pg. 039)
02. Emily, how about this picture for the yearbook? [a shot of Emily and Maya from Noel’s photo booth] You wouldn’t want this to get around, would you? – A (pg. 135)
Aria:
01. Naughty, naughty Aria! You should know better than to go after a teacher anyway. It’s girls like you who break up perfectly happy families. – A (pg.125)
02. P.S. Wondering who I am, aren’t you? I’m closer than you think. – A (pg. 126) [post-it]
03. A A A A A A: Two choices: Make it go away or tell your mom. I’m giving you till the stroke of midnight Saturday might, Cinderella. Or else. – A
– A A A A A A: Not sure how? Here’s a hint: Strawberry Ridge Yoga Studio. 07:30 a.m. Tomorrow. Be There.
04. Don’t forget! Stroke of midnight! (pg. 247)
Hanna:
01. Hannakins: Mopping the floors at Bill Beach won’t help you get your life back. Not even you could clean up this mess. And besides, I know something about you that’ll guarantee you’ll never be Rosewood Day’s it girl – ever again. – A
– Hanna’s Response: You don’t know anything
– A’s Response: I know it all. I could RUIN YOU. (pg. 067)
02. Four simple words: Hanna. Marin. Blinded. Jenna. What would daddy think about you if he knew that? I’m watching you, Hanna, and you’d better do what I say. – A
03. Hi again, Hanna! I want you to read Naomi and Riley the sentences below just as they’re written. No cheating! And if you don’t, everyone will know the truth about you-know-what. That includes Daddy. – A [I tried to get in Sean’s pants at Noel’s party, but he dumped me instead. And, oh yeah, I make myself throw up at least three times a day.] (pg. 196)
04. Since you followed my orders so nicely yesterday, consider this a gift: Get to Foxy, now. Sean’s there with another girl. – A (pg. 231)
Spencer:
01. Spence, I don’t blame you for not telling them our little secret about Toby. The truth can be dangerous – and you don’t want them getting hurt, do you? – A (pg. 024)
02. What the easy A? I think you know where to find it. – A (pg. 189)
– P.S. You hurt me, so I’m going to hurt you. Or maybe I should hurt a certain new boyfriend instead? You guys better watch out – I’ll show up when you least expect it. – A (pg. 190)
All:

People They Dated / All Types of Romantic Relationships
Ali:
01. Matt (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 010) [dated]
Emily:
01. Ben (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 025) [dated]
02. Ali DiLaurentis (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 074) [kissed]
03. Maya St. Germain (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 196) [kissing]
04. Toby Cavanaugh (Flawless, Book 02, pg 133) [kissed]
Aria:
01. Hallbjorn (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 032) [dated]
02. Lars (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 032) [dated]
03. Ezra Fitz (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 040) [hooking up]
04. Sean Ackard (Flawless, Book 02, pg. 208) [dated]
Hanna:
01. Sean Ackard (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 044) [dated]
Spencer:
01. Ian Thomas (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 057) [kissed]
02. Wren (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 211) [hooked up]
03. Andrew Campbell (Flawless, Book 02, pg. 182) [fake dated]

Unanswered Questions from the Last Books
Why did Emily and Hannah have the same dream? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 014)
no answer
What had Spencer’s fight with Alison been about that night at the barn? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 017)
no answer
What does Spencer know about Alison that the other girls don’t? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 017)
no answer
Who was the blonde-pony tail in Maya St. Germain’s window? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 084)
no answer
What does Alison know about Spencer that’s so secretive? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 123)
no answer
Who killed Allison? (Pretty Little Liars, pg.254)
no answer

Answered Questions from the Last Books
What is “the one secret they couldn’t even bear to talk about”? (Pretty Little Liars pg. 004)
The Jenna Thing (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 057)
What did Emily’s letter say that she sent Alison? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 017)
The letter was Emily telling Alison that she loved her (pg. 195).
What was the secret that only Aria and Alison knew? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 032)
Byron, Aria’s dad, was cheating on her mother with a girl about twenty years old named Meredith (pg. 100).
How did Hanna lose her weight so quickly? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 043)
She’s bulimic: While hard-core dieting was sexy and admirable, there was nothing, nothing, glamorous about eating a tone of fatty, greasy, preferably cheese-filled crap and then puking it all up (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 043)
What’s the Jenna Thing? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 016)
A firework he [Ali claims it wasn’t her fault and she didn’t light it] went off in Toby Cavanaugh’s tree house which ended with his step sister Jenna Cavanaugh going blind. Ali was going to light a firework in his window to scare him. This was payback for spying on girls trying on each other’s clothes (Flawless, pg. 006 – 011)
Where’s Alison? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 015)
Maya says they found her body in her backyard (which was the old DiLaurentis House) (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 255). Her body was found under the concrete in her backyard. They knew it was her from the ring she was wearing. But they’re doing DNA tests to make sure (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 256).
What did Ali see Toby do that was just as bad as The Jenna Thing? (Pretty Little Liars, 145)
Toby molested Jenna, his step sister.

Who Died?
Alison DiLaurentis: They found her body (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 255)
Toby Cavanaugh: After thinking that Emily knew about his big secret, he went into the woods behind her house, OD’d on some pills and died (Flawless, 315).

Who Is A?
Pretty Little Liars: Book 01
Alison DiLaurentis?:
Throughout the whole first book, the girls all think that Ali is back and is playing a game with them. They think this on and off until they find Ali’s body at the end of the book.
Andrew Campbell?:
Spencer thinks Andrew is A because he drives by her house all the time and probably saw her in the hot tub with Wren (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 144)
Flawless: Book 02
Toby Cavanaugh?:
Spencer things Toby is A because he knew what really happened to Jenna and told Ali that he would get her back for what she did (Flawless, pg. 018) Emily gets a feeling Toby might be A when she sees how much he changed and rereads a line of A’s text, “Even though most of us have totally changed” (Flawless, pg. 072). Aria thinks it might be Toby because he could have snuck into the school and put the post-it on Ali’s case (Flawless, 148). Aria, Spencer and Hanna think that Toby is A because he is at Foxy and knows about the Jenna thing (Flawless, pg. 260). Emily thinks A is Toby because he knew what Alison did and is really bitter about her. She also thinks that he killed her (Flawless, pg. 271).
Ben Coogan?:
Emily thinks that Ben might be A because he is the only one that saw Emily and Maya in a “more than friends” moment (Flawless, pg. 074).
Hanna Marin?:
Aria suspects Hanna because Ali could have told Hanna about her parents and she was a part of the Jenna Thing (Flawless, 148).
Spencer Hastings?:
Aria now thinks that A is Spencer because she showed up at the yoga place where she was told to go to by A; Wondering who I am? I’m closer than you think (Flawless, pg. 180).
Melissa Hastings?:
Spencer thinks that A could be Melissa because A told her to use the saved files from Melissa’s family-shared computer. Only the family knew about it so it seemed logical that A could be Melissa (Flawless, pg. 189).

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