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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
*3.5 stars.
I have to be completely honest with you. After I finished 'Wanted' I thought Shepard did a fantastic job with the ending. It was near perfect and there was no need to continue the series on with one book....let alone four books. When I heard that she was writing another book - without a doubt I was going to read it, but I was also thinking that she was just doing it because of the success of the ABC show......and to earn more money.
I went into this thinking it was going to be rubbish and repetitive and it was just going to spoil the previous books. Boy was I wrong! I couldn't be more pleased to be proven wrong and now I am desperate to read the next one, which I've already purchased. What can I say? These books are my guilty pleasure.
Regarding the girls, I found Spencer's, Aria's and Emily's new stories fun and intriguing! Hanna's....not so much. Hopefully, Hanna's story gets better in 'Ruthless'.
PS - If I was Aria, I would of pushed Klaudia off the ski-life too.
PPS - I've heard a certain 'English teacher' is making a comeback in 'Ruthless'....and it's about time!!
PPPS - Who the bloody hell is the new 'A'???????
I have to be completely honest with you. After I finished 'Wanted' I thought Shepard did a fantastic job with the ending. It was near perfect and there was no need to continue the series on with one book....let alone four books. When I heard that she was writing another book - without a doubt I was going to read it, but I was also thinking that she was just doing it because of the success of the ABC show......and to earn more money.
I went into this thinking it was going to be rubbish and repetitive and it was just going to spoil the previous books. Boy was I wrong! I couldn't be more pleased to be proven wrong and now I am desperate to read the next one, which I've already purchased. What can I say? These books are my guilty pleasure.
Regarding the girls, I found Spencer's, Aria's and Emily's new stories fun and intriguing! Hanna's....not so much. Hopefully, Hanna's story gets better in 'Ruthless'.
PS - If I was Aria, I would of pushed Klaudia off the ski-life too.
PPS - I've heard a certain 'English teacher' is making a comeback in 'Ruthless'....and it's about time!!
PPPS - Who the bloody hell is the new 'A'???????
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Okay, I'll admit it - I didn't have high hopes for this book (or the rest in the series). After completing Wanted I was skeptical because for all intents and purposes, the story had ended, and it had ended well! I decided to do a little research and found that the author signed on to do four more. I assume because the franchise was having such success on the tube.
Fast forward to my reading experience and Sara Shepard has pulled me unashamedly right back into this series, and it is a twisty, intriguing, addicting series at that!
These girls and their lives and secrets just sucked me in - I'm not even a teenager, and when I was, this was not my lifestyle (can we all so Midwestern and poor)!!?? Yet, again and again, I am sucked into this whirlwind of lying, cheating, backstabbing craziness!
I devoured this book in less than 24 hours - could not put it down!
Fast forward to my reading experience and Sara Shepard has pulled me unashamedly right back into this series, and it is a twisty, intriguing, addicting series at that!
These girls and their lives and secrets just sucked me in - I'm not even a teenager, and when I was, this was not my lifestyle (can we all so Midwestern and poor)!!?? Yet, again and again, I am sucked into this whirlwind of lying, cheating, backstabbing craziness!
I devoured this book in less than 24 hours - could not put it down!
Twisted begins the set of novels from the Pretty Little Liars series I have not yet read, though it's been sitting on my bookshelf for some time now. Having re-reading the first eight books, I was hoping that perhaps these fresh, unread novels would be a change; would be better.
I was wrong. Dead wrong.
I had more issues with this novel than I had with the first eight of the series. It got so bad, that not even 100 pages in, I wanted to throw the book against a wall. I have never wanted to do that before in all my life, but this book was bad. Straight up bad.
Firstly, I'm going to point out an issue I've had with all the other books but never quite touched on it in any of my reviews: Sara Shepard needs to stop with the whole "I see Ali" everywhere thing the girls get whenever they're being stalked by A. They smell her vanilla handsoap, they hear her giggle, they see flashes of blonde hair. IT'S. TOO. MUCH. It is not needed at the end of every chapter, yet Shepard manages to put it in there. It's so overly done that it's just bad.
Now, moving on. Twisted begins the third arch of the books. Now, Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily are seniors at Rosewood Day. They're not friends anymore, what a shocker. Let's start with Aria.
Aria has always been a character I disliked. She feels like she's "special." And not in a good way you'd want readers to believe, but in an "I'm not like those OTHER girls" type way. Yawn. She calls everyone but herself "Typical Rosewood Girls" or "Typical Rosewood Boys" because according to her, they all look/act the same. And yet she chooses to date one. Her "Typical Rosewood Boyfriend" Noel is not much better than she is.
In the beginning of the novel, we find Aria and Noel kissing on Aria's couch. Aria's mom is not home, and Noel wants to have sex; Aria doesn't. And what happens? He whines about it. Tries to pressure her into it. It's disgusting. Not only that, he puts thoughts into her mind that if she doesn't, he'll just go sleep with another girl. Aria, why are you dating him if you don't even trust him? I don't understand.
Then after all this, there's - SURPRISE! - your standard dose of Sara Shepard slut shaming. Noel "jokes" with Aria that he's going to go sleep with a "slutty freshman girl," then they both laugh and proceed to call the entire freshman grade skanks. I'm so glad for these books /sarcasm.
From there, we find out Noel's family is hosting a foreign exchange student from Finland. Noel is under the assumption it'll be a boy, and he and Aria mock back and forth that they're probably some emo loser/freak with a face full of zits and long black hair. They get to the airport and, to my honest surprise, the exchange student is actually a girl. A "Finnish sex goddess" named Klaudia, with huge boobs and long blonde hair. Such a change from all the Rosewood girls with huge boobs and long blonde hair. Yowza. Later on, we find out Aria fears Noel will want to sleep with Klaudia because she wouldn't. A+ on trusting your partner, Aria. A+.
Later on in the book, Aria, Noel and his two brothers, and Klaudio go away on a long weekend to a ski resort. Aria tries to sleep with Noel in her hotel room. Why? Because she fears if she doesn't, Noel won't stay with her. She thinks it's the only way to "keep him." This book is vomit worthy just from this alone.
And folks, if you think Aria is bad, wait until Spencer.
Spencer's mother is dating a new man, Nicholas. Nicholas has two kids - 15 year old Amelia, and a son named Zach, who is around Spencer's age. Like Spencer's mother, Nicholas is very pushy about his kids being prim and proper. Spencer falls for Zach and they go dancing. She kisses him, and it turns out that Zach is gay. But not just gay, oh no, stereotypical gay. Shocker.
Spencer is shocked to find out Zach might be gay - he was totally into her, right? RIGHT?! No. BUTBUTBUT he doesn't LOOK gay. Yes folks, you heard right - because he's buff and drinks beer and is into sports, he can't be gay. Mindblowing information here, folks.
Later on, Spencer "accepts" that Zach is gay, though poor little baby is still disappointed. She, her mother, and Nicholas and Co. go to New York City for the weekend. Spencer's mother and Nicholas go off somewhere, so Spencer decides to take Zach and Amelia shopping. Why? Because she doesn't like the way Amelia dresses. They go to some designer store, and Spencer starts grabbing dresses off the rack for Amelia. Amelia doesn't like them, and Spencer holds up one she tells Amelia will give her a waist. When Amelia says she doesn't want a waist, Spencer replies, "Then I guess you don't want to have sex." SHE'S FIFTEEN YEARS OLD, SHE DOESN'T NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT THAT. Sara Shepard needs to be stopped.
Then of course, we have more of your stereotypes with Zach. Spencer decides since he's gay, he gets to be her gay BFF where they can tell each other all their secrets and watch Real Housewives together. Just what every straight rich girl always wanted! And when Amelia asks Zach why he's helping them shop, Spencer thinks to herself, "What gay man doesn't?" -dramatic sigh here-
Other than that, just your typical run of the mill Sara-Shepard-is-a-terrible-writer problems with the book. I also felt she jumped around a lot in terms of scenes, she didn't transition them well.
All-in-all, this book is a complete waste of time. As expected.
I was wrong. Dead wrong.
I had more issues with this novel than I had with the first eight of the series. It got so bad, that not even 100 pages in, I wanted to throw the book against a wall. I have never wanted to do that before in all my life, but this book was bad. Straight up bad.
Firstly, I'm going to point out an issue I've had with all the other books but never quite touched on it in any of my reviews: Sara Shepard needs to stop with the whole "I see Ali" everywhere thing the girls get whenever they're being stalked by A. They smell her vanilla handsoap, they hear her giggle, they see flashes of blonde hair. IT'S. TOO. MUCH. It is not needed at the end of every chapter, yet Shepard manages to put it in there. It's so overly done that it's just bad.
Now, moving on. Twisted begins the third arch of the books. Now, Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily are seniors at Rosewood Day. They're not friends anymore, what a shocker. Let's start with Aria.
Aria has always been a character I disliked. She feels like she's "special." And not in a good way you'd want readers to believe, but in an "I'm not like those OTHER girls" type way. Yawn. She calls everyone but herself "Typical Rosewood Girls" or "Typical Rosewood Boys" because according to her, they all look/act the same. And yet she chooses to date one. Her "Typical Rosewood Boyfriend" Noel is not much better than she is.
In the beginning of the novel, we find Aria and Noel kissing on Aria's couch. Aria's mom is not home, and Noel wants to have sex; Aria doesn't. And what happens? He whines about it. Tries to pressure her into it. It's disgusting. Not only that, he puts thoughts into her mind that if she doesn't, he'll just go sleep with another girl. Aria, why are you dating him if you don't even trust him? I don't understand.
Then after all this, there's - SURPRISE! - your standard dose of Sara Shepard slut shaming. Noel "jokes" with Aria that he's going to go sleep with a "slutty freshman girl," then they both laugh and proceed to call the entire freshman grade skanks. I'm so glad for these books /sarcasm.
From there, we find out Noel's family is hosting a foreign exchange student from Finland. Noel is under the assumption it'll be a boy, and he and Aria mock back and forth that they're probably some emo loser/freak with a face full of zits and long black hair. They get to the airport and, to my honest surprise, the exchange student is actually a girl. A "Finnish sex goddess" named Klaudia, with huge boobs and long blonde hair. Such a change from all the Rosewood girls with huge boobs and long blonde hair. Yowza. Later on, we find out Aria fears Noel will want to sleep with Klaudia because she wouldn't. A+ on trusting your partner, Aria. A+.
Later on in the book, Aria, Noel and his two brothers, and Klaudio go away on a long weekend to a ski resort. Aria tries to sleep with Noel in her hotel room. Why? Because she fears if she doesn't, Noel won't stay with her. She thinks it's the only way to "keep him." This book is vomit worthy just from this alone.
And folks, if you think Aria is bad, wait until Spencer.
Spencer's mother is dating a new man, Nicholas. Nicholas has two kids - 15 year old Amelia, and a son named Zach, who is around Spencer's age. Like Spencer's mother, Nicholas is very pushy about his kids being prim and proper. Spencer falls for Zach and they go dancing. She kisses him, and it turns out that Zach is gay. But not just gay, oh no, stereotypical gay. Shocker.
Spencer is shocked to find out Zach might be gay - he was totally into her, right? RIGHT?! No. BUTBUTBUT he doesn't LOOK gay. Yes folks, you heard right - because he's buff and drinks beer and is into sports, he can't be gay. Mindblowing information here, folks.
Later on, Spencer "accepts" that Zach is gay, though poor little baby is still disappointed. She, her mother, and Nicholas and Co. go to New York City for the weekend. Spencer's mother and Nicholas go off somewhere, so Spencer decides to take Zach and Amelia shopping. Why? Because she doesn't like the way Amelia dresses. They go to some designer store, and Spencer starts grabbing dresses off the rack for Amelia. Amelia doesn't like them, and Spencer holds up one she tells Amelia will give her a waist. When Amelia says she doesn't want a waist, Spencer replies, "Then I guess you don't want to have sex." SHE'S FIFTEEN YEARS OLD, SHE DOESN'T NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT THAT. Sara Shepard needs to be stopped.
Then of course, we have more of your stereotypes with Zach. Spencer decides since he's gay, he gets to be her gay BFF where they can tell each other all their secrets and watch Real Housewives together. Just what every straight rich girl always wanted! And when Amelia asks Zach why he's helping them shop, Spencer thinks to herself, "What gay man doesn't?" -dramatic sigh here-
Other than that, just your typical run of the mill Sara-Shepard-is-a-terrible-writer problems with the book. I also felt she jumped around a lot in terms of scenes, she didn't transition them well.
All-in-all, this book is a complete waste of time. As expected.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book had my heart pounding from the minute I opended it .I love Sara Sheppards work she is amazing this series is amazing and well written I am so glad that there is more and that she keeps things interesting and unpredictable .Everything is so believable and gripping that everytime my phone would go off from either a text message or email alert or anything my heart would race and I'm not even in the book thats how deep into the book I was absolutely loved it I just finished it I think I read it in about maybe 6 hours and that is record time for me its deffinatley a page turner.
The last book was the end of an arc, the rest seem unnecessary, they are not fun to read anymore, the characters seem like they never learn from their mistakes, and im tired of the author using the same plots, again and again.
I only tried to finish because it was a buddy read, but i couldn't take it anymore.
I only tried to finish because it was a buddy read, but i couldn't take it anymore.