Pretty Little Liars

This is currently a worldwide trending topic on twitter, so I thought I'd write a post about it, since I too absolutely love watching Pretty Little Liars atm.

Pretty Little Liars is a television series that recently premiered in the US. But before that, it was (or rather still is) a young adult fiction series of books written by Sara Shepard. The story centres around four girls who lose their best friend (and 'leader') Allison one summer, tearing their "tight-knit" group apart. Three years later, the girls begin receiving mysterious messages from someone called "A". This leads to a series of events which reveal deep, dark secrets that they believed had disappeared with Allison, and finds them in the path of danger as they come together to get to the bottom of the mystery that is "A".

I cannot remember how I came to first read Pretty Little Liars a couple of years ago, but once I did I was hooked. Sending me on a ruthless quest to track down all the novels in the series - since, rather unfortunately, only books 1-4 (and possibly now 5) are available in Australian bookstores. The series strikes a good balance of mystery and intrigue, and most certainly keeps you guessing whodunnit right until the final book (at least, I never could have guessed how it would end). What else I love about the series, is that these four young characters are stylish and fashion-forward, which translates very well in the television series. I definitely recommend the series for some light reading (my sister F, ever the book snob, even managed to enjoy reading them!)...or for the less patient check out the television show!