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Pretty Little Liars #7

by Sara Shepard, Мирела Стефанова (translator), Сара Шепард

B живoпиcния Рoузууд, Пенcилвaния, cъcедcките клюки безгрижнo преcкaчaт oгрaдите и пътечките oт нaтрoшен чaкъл c пaркирaни върxу тяx лукcoзни кoли. Ho нaпocледък приятелcките уcмивки ca зaменени oт пoдoзрителни пoгледи и oбвинителен шепoт – и вcе зaрaди тoвa, че Xaнa, Ариa, Cпенcър и Eмили не мoгaт дa cи държaт уcтите зaтвoрени...

Haй-нaпред твърдяxa, че ca нaмерили мъртвo тялo в гoрaтa зaд къщaтa нa Cпенcър. Ho cе рaзбрa, че трупът е изчезнaл безcледнo... Пocле, кoгaтo cъщaтa тaзи гoрa cе зaпaли, те cе кълняxa, че ca видели предпoлaгaем мъртвец дa cе нaдигa oт пепелищaтa… И въпреки вcичкo тoвa, сладките малки лъжкини прoдължaвaт дa cи игрaят c oгъня.
Xaнa cе oпитвa дa изтъргувa caкoтo cи oт Диoр cрещу уcмирителнa ризa. Ариa cе прoбвa дa oбщувa c мъртвите. Eмили зaрязвa гaджетo cи и oфейквa oт грaдa... oтнoвo. А Cпенcър cи миcли, че някoй oт нейнoтo cемейcтвo е зaбъркaн в убийcтвo.
Приятелките нacтoявaт, че гoвoрят иcтинaтa зa oнoвa, кoетo ca видели, нo никoй в Рoузууд не cе кaни дa пoвярвa нa лъжливoтo oвчaрче, кoетo крещи „Bълк, вълк!“ И кoгaтo гoлемият лoш убиец тръгвa пo петите нa мoмичетaтa, дaли някoй ще им пoвярвa, или... те ще ca cледвaщите изчезнaли?

Genres: Young Adult, Mystery, Fiction, Contemporary, Romance, Thriller, Chick Lit

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 19, 2010

About the author

Sara Shepard graduated from NYU and has an MFA from Brooklyn College. She has lived in New York City, Brooklyn, Tucson, Arizona, Philadelphia, and now lives in Pittsburgh, PA. Sara's Pretty Little Liars novels were inspired by her upbringing in Philadelphia's Main Line.

Reviews

[Josu Diamond · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bastante entretenido en cuanto a giros, muy interesantes y siempre respecto a las protagonistas. La trama de Hanna ha sido sin duda la mejor del libro, con escenas más que curiosas y haciendo que estuviera siempre alerta. Además, planta la semilla de un misterio que me ha gustado mucho. Respecto al resto, la historia de Spencer ha estado también muy bien, aunque ha mejorado tirando hacia el final. Emily y Aria han sido más secundarias en esta séptima novela, pero aun y todo, consiguen que la novela te meta en la historia y se lea sin darte cuenta.

Es la más floja de todas las que he leído al momento porque los descubrimientos que ha habido no han estado tan bien llevados como en otras ocasiones, y porque el final es un poco... decepcionante. Sin embargo, hay tramas muy, muy interesantes que estoy deseando que se resuelvan en Wanted.

[Geraldine O'Hagan · Rating 1 out of 5]

How is this still happening?

As usual nothing happens in the prologue, although we are reminded of those suspicious builders from the first book. Then onto the exact same story arc as last time – as with the previous cliff-hanger figure (Ian), Alison has now vanished as quickly as she appeared. Which means a book’s-worth of characters obsessing about finding her and doubting her reality. Even Emily despairs “But it couldn’t be happening again. It couldn’t.” Sadly, it is. Also, we catch a brief glimpse of Mona Vanderwaal’s parents and discover that she did actually have a funeral. Since there has been no previous mention of the aftermath of her violent death I had begun to assume that the odd teenage girl was just collateral damage in Rosewood. Unless that girl is Alison, obviously.

Back in the present all four girls wake up in hospital and straight away begin their usual procedure of wildly flinging about a series of unfounded accusations built on the previous book’s baseless theories. Their target this time is Officer Wilden, who responds by producing the evidence he conveniently brought with him that he wasn’t at the scene of the arson. Since the latest theory is that Wilden is in cahoots with Jason his evidence that he wasn’t personally present shouldn’t make any difference, but it does and they move on immediately.

Everyone other than Emily has decided that the sighting of Alison was a group hallucination, even though they mutually held a full conversation with her. Apparently this is a common side-effect of smoke inhalation, as Shepard is at pains to inform us twice per page. Then various plots dragged out over the last book are suddenly wrapped up in the spaces left between the endless recaps of previous events. Spencer actually bothers to ask if she’s adopted and it turns out that Olivia is in fact her surrogate mother, something which probably should have been mentioned to her before now. She also admits having given away the thousands of dollars meant for her university expenses but is forgiven because her parents are shockingly rich and therefore it doesn’t really matter. Hanna is delighted to be dating Mike, whose extreme vile misogyny she excuses as a “raunchy sense of humor”, but this is interrupted when the school psychologist decides without meeting her that she has PTSD and her father tells her he is sending her to a mental institution. Although she has been having really badly-written visions for a while now, so perhaps it’s for the best. Aria’s father is also behaving a little oddly, persuading Aria that what they saw in the woods was Alison’s Vengeful Shade seeking justice. Finally, Emily is given an Amish costume and alias by ‘A’#2 and told to take a bus to a random location to meet a stranger, all without telling anyone where she’s going. Naturally, she does so unquestioningly.

Spencer’s mother is added to the list of ‘suspicious people’, as usual for no reason whatsoever, and we are once more reminded of previous not actually suspicious suspects Jenna and Maya. Everyone misses as much school as their parents choose without ramifications, which I suppose it the privilege of those who are buying their children’s education. The press have somehow managed to work out the name of the series in which they are characters, and started calling the four girls collectively the Pretty Little Liars. Aria goes to a séance held at one of those ridiculous Magic Shops that always crop up in shows like Buffy and Charmed, full of lazily stereotypical goth items like patchouli incense, clove cigarettes, purple candles and skull-shaped trinkets. They also sell coffins, which as we all know are what goths sleep in. Here she meets Noel Kahn, who is apparently such a tired cliché he has actually managed to get into mysticism/witchcraft/Satanism (he clearly has no idea of the difference) by listening to Led Zeppelin records. Even Shepard thinks this is a bit ridiculous, but can only compound the unoriginality by later suddenly giving him a tragic dead brother to explain his interest in the occult. At any rate, he and Aria meet the world’s most over-the-top becaped medium, learn nowt and go home. Meanwhile Emily makes sure she is totally untraceable and then heads to the middle of nowhere, just like her mystery blackmailer demanded, and seconds later she is welcomed into the bosom of an Amish family who don’t know her. Then Suggestible Spencer suddenly remembers some details about her mother’s behaviour on the night of Alison’s death, but none of them are of any use.

Hanna is enjoying herself at the mental institute, where they hand out Valium on request without bothering to assess her as a patient or even speak to her. There is a brief moment of panic when she has to sit next to “losers” and genuinely worries that uncoolness has somehow diffused through the air from them into her pores, but then a rich Alison lookalike with “Chanel-black” nail polish (not sure how that’s different from traditional “black” black), turns up and save hers. Back at home her charming boyfriend Mike is busy telling his father’s girlfriend “that her boobs had really grown since she’d gotten knocked up”, which is totally acceptable interfamilial talk.

Emily’s Amish adventures continue, clearly researched entirely via TV reality shows and (the text itself admits) Wikipedia, which explains why all the Amish characters talk and act in exactly the same manner as the non-Amish characters even though they’re supposedly from a very strict community. It turns out Emily’s new Amish friend Lucy had a sister Leah who went missing, just like Alison, which is obviously very interesting and hopefully means that there’s a local serial killer preying on teenage girls who will soon eliminate the rest of the cast. This leads Emily to reflect that “In a parallel, Amish universe, she and Lucy would probably be good friends.”, although in fairness they could just as well be friends in this universe. I can only conclude that Emily could only be friends with Lucy in a reality where not one single non-Amish person was around to witness her associating with someone wearing an outfit completely bereft of brands, no part of which has ever featured in Teen Vogue!. However there are witnesses, and so their brief but touching nearly-friendship cannot be.

All the characters continue to periodically discover secret photographs, overhear mysterious whispers or suddenly remember new facts. The majority of these are either obvious red herrings or not actually relevant in anyway. Spencer continues to have a dully perfect boyfriend who buys her jumpers, which apparently constitutes a storyline. Hanna continues to bully people who tried to befriend her when she was alone, in yet more spectacularly infantile ways. Aria and Noel, who she has now decided might as well be her boyfriend since he has spoken to her more than twice, decide to hire a another medium since the last séance was so useful. Everyone continues pissing money up the wall with a causal insouciance which is extremely aggravating to all normal, right-thinking people.

Spencer’s snooping reveals some incriminating e-mails from 3½ years ago (although surely by now it’s nearer to 4 years ago? Why does time not pass in Rosewood?)* which her father inexplicably keeps saved in a file on his hard drive, even though they’re only 2 lines long each and contain nothing he would need to re-read. Emily finally finds out that Officer Wilden and Leah the Missing Amish Girl were involved with each other, meaning that most likely he killed her and therefore the body that everyone thought was Alison was Leah all along, coincidentally buried in Alison’s garden. This seems an impressively unfounded extrapolation based on coincidence and stupidity, but Emily has stubbornly convinced herself of it even so. We learn that Hanna’s therapy costs $1000 dollars a day, which is clearly both disgusting and alienating to any reader still suffering through this series. Hanna meanwhile finds herself suddenly unpopular at the mental institute because the inmates find out she has problems, which doesn’t seem that unexpected in the circumstances. The press suddenly decide for no reason to accuse all four girls of murder, which seems a bit off but strangely doesn’t lead to any sort of libel case, even though the families are fabulously wealthy.

In order to move the plot along Emily decides to do something about her suspicions. Since “she couldn’t call the police—Wilden was the police.” (obviously there are no other police or authorities in Rosewood) she decides to break into the police station to read their secret case files, on the advice and with the assistance of her blackmailer. Which doesn’t seem entirely sensible to me. Although no worse than Aria’s plan to trespass in Alison’s garden in the company of what appears from the description to be a cartoon witch, in an attempt to bring evoke Alison’s spirit. Said witch-psychic, who appears from her skeletal, beclawed appearance to herself have risen from the dead, appears from nowhere to illegally enter Alison’s garden, spout nonsense and instantly vanish. Apparently I’m supposed to take this seriously.

Spencer meanwhile has been a lot more productive. A quick chat with escaped murder suspect Ian, currently on the run but none-the-less in communication with all his school friends, reveals that Spencer’s father and Alison’s mother were having a long term affair of roughly 13 years, covering the period of both their marriages, but no one ever mentioned it before even though half of Rosewood, including Ian, knew. Furthermore he takes time out of his busy schedule of being on-the-run from the law and a wanted murderer to suddenly mention how he’s always though Spencer, Melissa and Alison always looked alike…hint, hint. Conclusion – Alison is obviously Spencer’s secret half-sister, but it was never mentioned and their parents married different people and acted like the whole thing has never happened because…something or other. Of course!

Hanna is sadly lagging behind somewhat, still having her useless dream visions. This time, instead of going all Laura Palmer, Alighost takes to crying blood-acid tears like some combination of the Virgin Mary and Ripley. Which to be honest isn’t a great deal of help. Aria has also got somewhat side-tracked: having asked the conveniently possessed medium the one question you are allowed to ask the dead (not sure where this rule has come from): “Who killed you?” and received the answer “Ali” she has now come to the conclusion that Alison killed herself and buried her own body in concrete, before presumably returning from the grave to wreak vengeance upon herself.. Although to be fair at this stage I wouldn’t rule anything out as being too ridiculous. Soon enough she is arrested for withholding evidence, specifically Ian’s class ring which isn’t evidence of anything, whilst Jason repeatedly tries to tell her something important but finds himself physically prevented from doing so apparently by the force of plot requirements. Simultaneously Emily pops back into the story and is also arrested, which is actually fair enough since she is reading private police files.

We also have to go through the whole victim-trapped-in-car-with-potential-killer business once again, with the protagonists this time being Spencer and her mother. Why anyone ever gets into a car driven by anyone else in this series is beyond me, as it inevitably leads to terror and police chases. Or in this case accusing your parents of murder (incorrectly), adultery (correctly) and fathering illegitimate children (again, correctly) at a polite social function. Following this faux pas Spencer is also arrested, leaving Hanna as the only free member group. Hanna wisely uses her extra time in running aimlessly about making wild surmises about how exactly how Iris, her insane and yet dull roommate at the mental institute, could have come to know Alison, even though this have come about via any number of silly plot devices. Having flung some accusations about in classic PLL style, she then completes the quartet of arrests.

Once in custody due to a combination of a police cover-up that makes no sense and the force of an article in People magazine, the girls are immediately placed in a cell together in order to allow them to conspire. After comparing clothes they exchange stories and realise that absolutely everything they have done in this book was incredibly stupid. Just after this the police make a similar realisation about their own actions in this book, and all four girls are immediately released. Suddenly everyone has decided that one of the suspicious-looking builders who nobody questioned at the time is the murdered. Which makes sense, because he has a gold tooth. Spencer, astounded by the idea that the killer could have been “such a stranger, an outsider” and not her mother as she had hoped, checks CNN and finds that his name is Billy Ford and there is “overwhelming evidence” against him, although we don’t get to hear any of it. We also hear that he was apparently all aspects of ‘A’#2 including Fake Ian, even though he couldn’t have known all the necessary facts and had no reason to do any of the things ‘A’#2 did. Also, for some reason he has killed Jenna and buried her in a trench that was being dug in her back garden. Not sure why, when, or how I’m supposed to care. At any rate it would seem that even if he escapes custody the girls of Rosewood are safe as long as they refrain from digging graves on their own properties, so I’m not really sure where the element of danger or excitement is supposed to come in.


[* Shepard confirms in the next chapter that it was indeed four years ago. If she can’t even keep track of her own timeline consistently I don’t see how her readers are supposed to]

Most Ridiculously Prudish Mother-Daughter Conversation

“Basically . . . we used my egg and your dad’s . . . you know.” She lowered her eyes, too demure and proper to say sperm aloud.”

Spencer’s mother, proving that she is too immature to have a child in the first place. Which didn’t stop her buying one.

Worst “Meal”

“bowls of cut-up melon and cottage cheese. Hanna couldn’t think of a more vomit-inspiring food combination.”

This also marks the first time I have agreed with Hanna about anything.

Stupidest Names
Lucy Zook
Emily Stoltzfus
Equinox
Giada
Veronica Macadam (Is this supposed to be McAdam? Due to the spelling I could only think of the road surfacing material)
Felicia Roderick
Esmerelda the Medium
Billy Ford - about as realistic as “John McAlias”

Most Pretentious Job Title
An “aesthetician”. Which translates as someone who works at a beauty spa.

Strangest Misunderstanding of the Benefits of Healthy Eating

“her legs already looked thinner from the organic fruits and veggies she’d been eating.”

I’m no expert, but I’m fairly sure that eating organic doesn’t change your leg shape. Particularly not in a fortnight.

Most Pathetic Depiction of the Afterlife

“beautiful beaches, perfect, cloudless days, and shrimp cocktail and red velvet cake —Ali’s favorite foods. Every guy there had a crush on her and every girl wanted to be her, even Princess Diana and Audrey Hepburn. She was still fabulous Alison DiLaurentis, ruling heaven just as she ruled earth.”

There’s not really any point in mocking it really, as it does the job itself. I would like to say though that I’m pretty sure Alison didn’t rule Earth, however popular she may have been in the tiny and unimportant suburb of Rosewood.

Worst Advice for Escaping Group Therapy

“Just sit there and shrug. Or say you have your period and don’t feel like talking.”

Whilst we can no doubt all agree that periods are unpleasant, and tend toward decreasing your interest in group activities and life in general, I have yet to meet anyone who would agree that they reasonably excuse you from speaking.

Least Workable Literary Analogy
Noel Kahn on the Hastings’ burnt barn:

“It’s like the House of Usher.”

Except that it’s not at all, in any way. The reference does however allow him to use the phrase “she’s not really dead, which is presumably supposed to remind us of Alison. Which hopefully means she will appear soon as a demented revenant wrapped in winding sheets, a harbinger of doom for all. Fingers crossed.

In case we’ve missed all this, Shepard adds a few pages later:

“ “The Fall of the House of Usher.” Just like the sister in the story who had been entombed in that old house, Ali’s body had been trapped under the concrete for three long years.”

The phrase “just like” here meaning “Pretty much nothing at all like. But I can only think of one horror story, so…”


There is literally no internal integrity to the story – people’s actions are based on what will result in the most narrative drama and new facts from the past suddenly turn up whenever Shepard feels like handing out a new clue or adding someone else to the suspect list. All the characters are identically inconsistent and lack any basic common sense, their actions bizarrely contradictory and deeply uninteresting. Each individual book follows the same pattern of negating the events of the previous book, baldly stating the new suspects without regard for sense, dawdling about restating the previous plot and adding filler stories that don’t fit with the main narrative and finally throwing in a random-accusation-based cliff-hanger at the conclusion. The result is a transparently manipulative story of no depth or meaning whatsoever, which is thereby impossible to care about.

[Naina · Rating 5 out of 5]

OH MY GOD. This changed everything I thought I knew about the series and we were left with another cliffhanger again. Wow. So the next book is supposed to be the last and now I'm wondering if I'm ready for this. 7 books and I can't seem to get enough. There was more suspense than usual in Heartless and the plot twists seemed much more important.
Okay so spoiler time!
1) Darren Wilden the cop is from an Amish settlement that A sent Emily to and God knows what happened to his ex?girlfriend Leah. Could she be the body that was found in the hole? DNA results are not back yet, unfortunately.
2) Jason DiLaurentis says Aria doesn't understand why he went to Radley. I think theres more to this in the next book. Maybe he was visiting someone?
3) Okay, so the mental hospital that A sent Hanna to was in the evidence file that A sent Emily to find.
4) Could this be where she meant Iris? Is Iris going to appear in the next book? She seems to know way too much about Ali and Ali warned Hanna in her dream.
4) What is up with Ian Thomas? Is he dead? Are we ever going to see him again? He definetly wasn't the one IMing Spencer since apparently it was the creepy outsider arrested for Ali AND Jenna's murders. I doubt he did it though. Aria still has his class ring and I don't think Melissa is in contact with him.This isn't looking good, Ian, we need you now more than ever.
5) NEWSFLASH! Jenna's dead. Why? Who knows.Its sad because she finally made a friend after watching everone painfully, Emily's exgirlfriend, Maya. Apparently the pedophile got her, and disposed of her body like Ali. I guess we'll never know about Jason and Ali's sibling problems and the whole mystery of Jenna herself. RIP Jenna Cavanaugh, your character will be missed greatly.
6)I don't know where to start on this one.Ali's mom and Spencer's dad (Yes her parents are her biological parent's but Olivia delivered her) were an item! Even more suprising Ali, Spencer and Melissa are sisters. Maybe thats why Ian had a thing for all of them. Oh, and Jason might be part of this happy family too since Spencer's dad said kidS.
7) While on the topic of romance, here are the following couples: Spencer and Andrew, Aria and Noel, Hanna and Mike and Emily is flying solo. Three cheers for younger lacrosse boys and love!
8) The girls are starting to talk more. Maybe this will lead to a renewed sense of sisterhood (Am I the only who thinks the 'Pretty Little Liars' would be a fly clique at Rosewood?). At least they would be better than Kate, Naomi and Riley. Bleh!
9) As for Melissa she seems to be living her life Ian-free but traumatized.
So now whats to happen to our 'Pretty Little Liars'? Got any theories?

[Tylah Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

****3.5/5****

This was a very quick and enjoyable (like always) read. I felt like I got a lot more out of this book than the last couple. It’s still a little childish for me but I can’t judge too harshly on that because that’s just my age, I think. Like always, the girls different story lines are intriguing and keep you excited for the following books!

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

Heartless by Sara Shepard

Bad/boring review because I'm not home so I'm writing it on my phone:
This instalment was very enjoyable, as usual, but I don't think I enjoyed it quiet as much as the last 2 because of exams...at least they're over now, haha

I would've liked a bit more out of this one, but oh well, there's still about 9 books left in the series... Oh my, hahaha

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series really pulls you in. It's stuffed from cover to cover in each book with mystery after mystery. New theories are always arising and complications presenting themselves. Will Ali's murderer ever be caught? Is Ali even dead? Even after reading this installment, those questions still linger. One thing certain about this series is that no one will really know what happened until the series is finished.

[bookworm ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆ · Rating 5 out of 5]

HEARTLESS (PRETTY LITTLE LIARS #7)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

—memories by conan gray now playing

“call me heartless, but it’s about time someone shut those liars up for good. after all, no one likes a girl who cries wolf, least of all me…”
- A 💋

✿﹒“bad things didn’t happen in places like rosewood. and they certainly didn’t happen to girls like ali”

✿﹒“what if ali had something to tell aria and the others about the night she died? wasn’t it their duty to listen”

✿﹒“she wasn’t heartless- or lawless. and what would be the point of covering up something like that?”

✿﹒“there was a lot about that sticky awful summer than spencer had tried to forget, but she would always, always remember june 20 for as long as she lived. it was the day the seventh grade ended. the night of their seventh grade sleepover.
the night ali died”

the town has turned against them, spencer’s father is keeping a massive secret, emily goes on another trip, aria starts chasing ghosts and hanna’s new friend knows more than she’s letting on

what secret was ian keeping? and why does a certain cop’s name never stopping coming up…?

“but just remember, the world has a way of balancing out: when something is given back, something else must be taken away.
and in rosewood, that could be anything. credibility. sanity. lives”

hanna is so close to finding out a secret that will change their whole lives… but no one is giving them any clues. A’s throwing them all off track- they all have different theories. but which one is true? or are they all wrong?

“i think A was messing with all of us”

the plot twists never stop coming with this series! sadly i accidentally spoiled a few secrets for myself when i started reading one of the books in an op shop and didn’t realise until it was too late that that book was way ahead of where i was at 😭😭
but are you letting things slip mr. hastings?

the accusations are flying but which ones are true…?

“the foursome now known as the pretty little liars- spencer hastings, aria montgomery, hanna marin and emily fields”

p.s i support mike and hanna! THE OFFICIAL LABEL IS HERE- the pretty little liars origin name

“well you’ll just have to stay tuned because i’m keeping that my last little secret.
for now, anyway”
kisses,
- A 💋

preread 🗝️
i feel like this is going to end on a cliffhanger too…

[Jenn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok,. so this one was a little better than the rest. Hopefully this incline continues.

"A" is really sending these girls spiraling. I feel like if they communicated more with each other, they would actually figure more out but alas, they still aren't really friends. Although, in this book they are closer than previous books. So what has "A" been up to? A lot actually. Here's the rundown:
1. Sending Emily to an Amish community where she discovers that Wilden is hiding more than they think.
2. Sending Hanna to a mental institute for her eating disorder where she meets a girl who seems to have known Ali in the past.
3. Leading Spencer to uncover her fathers infidelity and possibly the secrets surrounding her birth.
4. Framing Aria who is in possession of Ian's class ring and gets her arrested - actually all the girls arrested.

While the girls still had their annoyances here (omg Emily and her undying love for everything that is Ali), I really felt like at least Spencer and Aria started to grow a little. Hanna still only cared about popularity - even while institutionalized. Hanna is so horrible that I do not feel sorry for her at all. Same with Emily. They are the down points of this story.

But the ending was a nice little twist. A new suspect was thrown into light and I'm interested to see how this plays out.

[Sara Santos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Foi um livro normal. O fim é que eu não estava á espera.

[Leslie Santillan · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.2 Estrellas ⭐
Siento que hasta ahorita es el que más me ha gustado, y apenas he leído 7 libros de los 18, esta saga me está sorprendiendo de una manera muy buena.
Tengo que confesar que este libro lo estuve esperando desde que comencé a leerlos, pues sabía que aquí nacería una pareja romántica demasiado importante que involucra a una de las cuatro chicas, de hecho esta pareja fue la que hizo que quisiera leer esta saga tan enorme, así que para mi son súper importantes estas dos personas involucradas. Supongo que es por eso que ya tenía una predisposición a que me encantara este libro y así sucedió.
Ya es costumbre el decir quien de las cuatro chicas me gustó más, así que aquí va: Hanna me había estado gustando mucho en los libros pasados, cosa que en este séptimo libro no ocurrió. Creo que esto se debe a la situación en la que se ve envuelta a las pocas páginas de comenzar el libro, lo que hace que su historia se desarrolle en otro entorno distinto al que ya conocíamos, provocando que su historia tenga un giro algo brusco y siga así hasta las ultimas páginas; Spencer tuvo una historia algo floja para mi gusto, lo que no quiere decir que estuviera mal, de hecho me encantó el descubrimiento que hizo. Mi problema es que al principio todo está tan "normal", es una realidad que Spencer siempre había anhelado y ahora que la tenía se sentía demasiado falsa para mi, lo que hizo que no disfrutara leyendo esos capítulos; Emily es el personaje que a lo largo de los libros que he leído no me ha convencido, y tengo que decir que en este libro me agradó un poco, pero solo un poco. Me estresó mucho que lo que descubrió en el viaje que hizo quedara flotando, como si no fuera algo importante, cuando yo creo que si lo es y estaba esperando que me lo explicaran, pero no sucedió; Y llega Aria, el personaje al que le he tenido mucha fe desde que comencé con la saga, y es hasta este libro que me gusta su personaje. La historia que desarrolla aquí me agradó bastante, siento que su personaje ha estado creciendo lentamente y es aquí donde se ve un poco de este crecimiento, lo que me encanta muchísimo. Ademas que es ella la que tiene dos pistas importantes para resolver todo el misterio que rodea a la muerte de Ali, espero que en el siguiente libro ahonde mucho en esas dos pistas, porque estoy segura de que descubriría cosas impactantes. Aria fue mi mentirosa favorita en este séptimo libro.

[Kathryn Ford · Rating 4 out of 5]

Much better than the previous book. I love the intrigue. It really is a good story. Now for the last book. xD

[Katie T · Rating 3 out of 5]

How many books before these chicks stop listening to the horseshit being texted to them by ‘A’?

[Ximena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cada vez que termino un libro quiero ir a por el siguiente, me entretuvo bastante y es una lectura súper fresca, me encanta. Amo lo diferente que es a la serie, y ahora que ya la terminé no quiero terminar los libros, que sad jajaja

[Deyse · Rating 1 out of 5]

This series has kind of plateaued with this new A :( there is always the same formula of sort of boring plot with lots of wrong leads and some scandals, and them a cliffhanger/chocking ending. There is a grand 0 of character development to keep me invested and caring about these girls, the romances last about 5 seconds and they still aren't friends. Overall disappointed but still addicted 🤷‍♀️

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

Please, can she just end this series already? I mean of course I read it so I'm obviously addicted, but this one really said NOTHING! I'm sticking to my evil twin theory though.

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Guilty pleasure #7

[Natalie Dhyanchand · Rating 1 out of 5]

Straight up these girls are extremely stupid and Sarah Shepard has never met a real person, ever. Time to read 9 more of these.

[Sara (Sbarbine_che_leggono) · Rating 3 out of 5]

La trama si complica - continuando a discostarsi da quella della serie tv - e la saga delle liars crea sempre più assuefazione.

[Natalia Belchi · Rating 4 out of 5]

No sé cómo lo hará la autora pero consigue engancharme a leer el siguiente libro nada más terminar el último que llevo leído. Es como si ver la serie no sirviera de nada, porque los libros te mantienen con otra intriga, con otra trama que es casi completamente distinta.

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

(Audiobook format) This book was amazing! It started strong and started strong until the very end. Heartless totally made up for Killer being a little slow. This book kept me at the edge of my seat. I was totally hooked from the first chapter until the last. I just had to know what was going to happen. I thought the ending for the last book was great, but this one was way better. This was my favorite book of the entire series so far. Can't wait to see what the next book brings.

[Ria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Does Prada Make Strait Jackets?

[Sydney Chapters · Rating 4 out of 5]

5 star PPL book but a 4 star book in general.

THAT ENDING...

[Gabriella · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honestly, what tf is going on

[Catalina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Obvio me gustó tanto como el resto pero para la historia este es claramente libro relleno, como que a todas las mandaron a seguir pistas falsas y odie un poco a los personajes (sobretodo a Emily bitch wake up)

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Always fun and nostalgic, ridiculous and draggy but entertaining

[madzia:) · Rating 3 out of 5]

that was different than the show ‼️

[Ann Mirmina · Rating 2 out of 5]

It all
Goes back to Ian He killed Allie. It was good. But Nothing more on other people who could have killed Allie

[megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very quick read as always, one of the more entertaining series of the book because it was more mystery than boy drama which I liked. The ending was a bit off though, but it almost felt like it was supposed to be.

[Nicole]

so I feel like a ton of shit happened in this book. One thing that really bugs me is how obsessed with Ali Emily is - she thinks Ali is like perfect when Ali really is a horrible person. Like why are you so obsessed with someone like that? I feel bad for the girls in this one the whole aspect of getting arrested. I feel really bad for Spencer too - confronting her dad about the affair and ruining their marriage since her mom didn't know about it. Overall a lot happened in this book.

[Ingrid · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oh good grief. I cannot believe this wasn't the last book. I must have lost track. Surely there is no way that "Twisted" will wrap this all together with a pretty little bow and set everything straight.

You won't get too much validation from Heartless; however, this book stands out from the rest because the girls actually take ACTION, which is more than they do in the other books. They don't let people hold them back as much, and circumstances don't trap the girls in situations that render them completely useless in solving ANYthing, which seemed like a trick that the author used in the other novels to feed the plot.

Also, can she please do away with the, "Oh and 4 years later I remembered this VERY SPECIFIC THING that happened the day Ali died" thing? I'm sorry, but nobody remembers specific dialogue randomly after 4 years especially after years of being questioned by the cops. They weren't that traumatized, and no one--even young adults, or teens, or kids, buy it. This completely surpasses the suspension of disbelief. It's just logic. And she does this in almost every single book.

I'm very conflicted about my feelings toward the extension of this series from a, what, 3-4 book series? To a 6 book series to an EIGHT book series? It seems evident that even the author is no longer concerned with clarifying the ambiguity of A and what forms A has taken. What's evident is that the author is unsure of how to clear up what's happened in past books and unclear about how to untie the giant mess of a knot that's been created.

ALL that said: I can't get enough of these characters. Despite the massive inconsistencies (for example, the fact that over the course of a few weeks/months, these girls have gone from T-Mobile Sidekicks to Blackberry phones to iPhones ... I get that it's been years since the first few books came out, but do away with the technological trend references if they don't make any chronological sense!), I really love these girls. I really do. And I love that they are such realistic teens. Yet seemingly even less caddy than people I went to school with, than most people went to school with, which I love. They are great. I would 100% be friends with them. It's just too bad that getting down to the bottom of the A mystery has been clouded by so many out-of-left-field accused murderers that I honestly, at this point, have no idea nor can invest in any ideas I would have if anything led me to something concrete ANYway.

But. I will keep reading. Regardless of everything above, I'm interested, and I will spend a couple hours finishing the 8th book because ... well, just because.