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A delectably devious conclusion.” — Kirkus Reviews
“The terrible and frightening things the mind can do under stress and shock play out beautifully.” — Booklist
“A fast–moving plot that uses suspense to propel the mystery of finding the killer…[with] a plot twist that catches readers completely off guard.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
Praise for THE PERFECTIONISTS: “Suspenseful and juicy.” — Kirkus Reviews
Praise for THE PERFECTIONISTS: “Thoroughly unputdownable. Fans of the author’s Pretty Little Liars series and the Lying Game series won’t be disappointed.” — Booklist
Praise for PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: “An intriguing tale full of provocative exploits and adventure…It will not disappoint the fans.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
“Shepard writes a suspenseful page–turner that will have teens thirsting for more.” — School Library Journal
“Expect this teenage soap opera to fly off the shelves.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
Praise for THE LYING GAME: “The Lying Game is a stay–up–past–your–bedtime type of thriller…full of amazingly believable plot twists and turns.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
“A fun and fast–moving mystery…[readers] will race through the pages as Emma pieces together clues.” — Publishers Weekly
“A thrilling mystery with just the right doses of romance and danger.” — School Library Journal
Booklist
The terrible and frightening things the mind can do under stress and shock play out beautifully.
Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
A fast–moving plot that uses suspense to propel the mystery of finding the killer…[with] a plot twist that catches readers completely off guard.
Booklist
The terrible and frightening things the mind can do under stress and shock play out beautifully.
Kirkus Reviews
2015-04-01
The follow-up to gossipy thriller The Perfectionists (2014) begins with its protagonists reeling from a teacher's death. A prologue helpfully brings new and returning readers up to speed: Mackenzie, Julie, Caitlin, Parker, and Ava started talking in English class about whom they'd like to see killed and how they'd do the deed. Shortly thereafter, someone began committing murders in exactly the manners named. Because the girls have secrets that make them look suspicious—the prank they'd played on a murdered student, their having snuck into their teacher's house just before he was killed—each is reluctant to tell the authorities what she knows. Shepard, famed for her Pretty Little Liars series, uses the tension inherent in this premise just as deliciously in this sequel as in the original volume. Romantic and family conflicts in each girl's storyline, from Caitlin's navigating a relationship with her ex-boyfriend's younger brother to Ava's hiding her stepmother's cruel abuse to Mackenzie's best-friend-turned-rival Claire competing with her for boys' attention, ensure each chapter is chock-full of back-stabbings and barbed words. Clues about the murderer's identity are available to careful readers, but many will be surprised by the final revelation. A delectably devious conclusion. (Suspense. 14-18)
