A little bit into the book ( I believe a few chapters) you learn the truth that Yes, Sutton is dead, and who ever killed her knows that Emma is there and wants Emma to continue to play Sutton.Īs I said, Sutton is narrating the story, so when Emma is going through the days as her, you get little flashes of Sutton's death as flashbacks from Sutton, but since she can't remember anything specific you never do find out who it was.

Emma goes to school as Sutton, plays tennis as Sutton and pretty much just takes over her life. Emma is dragged to a party where she steps into pretending to be Sutton.Įmma continues the 'game' as Sutton, going so far as to go to her house and take up being Sutton. Emma is instead found by Sutton's friends. Emma arrives and goes to the designated meeting spot, but there is no Sutton. Emma then finds her on face book of all places and sends her a message.Īfter a little while Emma receives a reply from who she believes is Sutton and then heads to Arizona, to meet the twin she never knew. Emma finds out that she has a twin due to a video showed to her and her foster mother by her foster brother. We still get that Emma is in foster care and her foster brother is a jerk. So there is the first major difference from the show. Sutton Mercer is the narrator in the book, and as you will find out from the beginning she's dead. So I will tell all of you now.The show is TOTALLY different from the book!! I understand now why everyone was telling me to read the book and not just watch the show. Overall, I give this book 4.5 stars out of 5. Anyhow, I have now put the Pretty Little Liars series on my Christmas wishlist.

If that is the worst thing that someone can say then I guess it's not too bad. I want to know what happens and now I have to wait until the next book comes out. You never find out who the killer is and I realize this is going to be a series but when that happens I almost feel ripped off. I also hate leaving a book on such a cliffhanger. The only thing that I really didn't like was the fact that it was over so quickly. Shepard didn't disappoint with this novel that's for sure. I love the show and I was excited when I got this book through NetGalley. I haven't read the Pretty Little Liar series but I have just recently started watching the show. This is all compounded by the fact that this group of friends plays horrible games with each other and everyone in town. At every corner there is someone new who may or may not be the killer.

I say little because it is just a little over 200 pages and thus it is quite an easy and quick read. Well, I have to say that I quite enjoyed this little book.

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