Pretty Little Liars #03: Perfect

Title: Perfect
Series: Pretty Little Liars
Author: Sara Shepard
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 308

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: Perfect, Book 03

Text From “A” From Perfect
Emily:
01. Emily, sweetie, I know you’re all about tit for fat, so when you made plans to out me, I decided to out you too. Kisses! – A
02. I see you. – A
03. Em, I see you! And if you don’t stop it, I’m calling you-know-who. – A
04. She knew too much. – A
Aria:
01. Aria: Don’t you think Sean should know about that extra-credit work you did with a certain English teacher? Real relationships are built on truth, after all. – A
02. P.S. I may be a bitch, but I’m not a murderer. Here’s a clue for the clueless: someone wanted something of Ali’s. The killer is closer than you think. – A
03. Careful, careful! I’m always watching! – A
04. Here’s a second hint: You all knew every inch of her back-yard. But for one of you, it was so, so easy.
05. Dear Sean, I think someone’s girlfriend has a LOT of explaining to do. – A
06. She knew too much. – A
Hanna:
01. Dear Hanna, We may not be friends, but we have the same enemies. So here are two tips: One of your old friends is hiding something from you. Something big. And Mona? She’s not your friend, either. So watch your back. – A
02. Hanna: Remember when you saw Mona leaving the Bill Beach plastic surgery clinic? Hello, lipo!! But shh! You didn’t hear it from me. – A
Spencer:
01. Spence: I know what you did. But I won’t tell if you do EXACTLY what I say. Wanna know what happens if you don’t? Go to Emily’s swim meet… and you’ll see. – A
02. Need another warning, Spence? Ali’s murderer is right in front of you. – A
03. Dear Ms. Finalist, How’d you like it if I told your secret RIGHT NOW? I can, you know. And if you don’t watch it, maybe I will. – A
All:
01. You really thought I was gone? Puh-lease. I’ve been watching you this whole time. In fact, I might be watching you right now. And girls – if you tell ANYONE about me, you’ll be sorry. – A

People They Dated / All Types of Romantic Relationships
Ali:
01. Matt Doolittle (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 010) [dated]
02. Ian Thomas (Perfect, Book 03, pg.281)
Emily:
01. Ben Coogan (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 025) [dated] [broken up with]
02. Ali DiLaurentis (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 074) [kissed]
03. Maya St. Germain (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 196) [kissing] [broke up with]
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) [hooked up]
04. Sean Ackard (Flawless, Book 02, pg. 208) [dated] [cheated on]
Hanna:
01. Sean Ackard (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 044) [dated] [broken up with]
02. Lucas Gottesman (Flawless, Book 03, pg. 269) [kissed]
Spencer:
01. Ian Thomas (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 057) [kissed]
02. Wren Kingston (Pretty Little Liars, Book 01, pg. 211) [hooked up] [broken up with for Melissa]
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
Who was the blonde-pony tail in Maya St. Germain’s window? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 084)
no answer
Who killed Allison? (Pretty Little Liars, pg.254)
no answer
02. Why are Toby and Jenna Cavanaugh back? (Flawless, pg. 018)
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.
01. Who actually caused Jenna’s blindness? (Flawless, pg. 009)
Alison DiLaurentis
What does Spencer know about Alison that the other girls don’t? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 017)
That she knew that Alison blackmailed Toby into keeping it quiet that they blinded Jenna. She kept this secret for three years (Perfect, pg. 016).
What does Alison know about Spencer that’s so secretive? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 123)
That Spencer shared a kiss with her sister Melissa’s boyfriend Ian (Perfect, pg. 081)
What had Spencer’s fight with Alison been about that night at the barn? (Pretty Little Liars, pg. 017)
Over Ian Thomas and if he thought Spencer was a good kisser. And that he was secretly dating Alison, aka cheating on Spencer’s sister Melissa (Perfect, 284).

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).
In the beginning of Perfect (Book 03), the narrator says “Don’t you just want to kill her? Spencer had snarled. But no. She’d been kidding. Hadn’t she?” indicating that once again, someone suspects Spencer Hastings (Perfect, pg.012).
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).
Perfect: Book 03
Spencer Hastings?:
Hanna thinks it could be Spencer because she fought with her and was always mad at her. She was very defensive (Perfect, pg. 192). Spencer thinks she is the killer because she has a history of blacking out (Perfect, pg. 183). Aria thinks that A might be Spencer because she was couldn’t deal that Ali was with Ian (Perfect, 281).

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