So I have finally came to the end of arch 1 of PLL - And it has been a mediocre journey, that I have put up with for the sheer fact that I needed some nostalgia.

I will say that I didn't enjoy this 'reveal' as much as I did in the show, I felt like it was very much underplayed and just not really exciting enough to be the culmination of a mystery that has spanned 4 books. Like in the show Spencer pieces who A is together through deduction and Easter eggs that were planted earlier in the show, but in the book they girls find out who A is because Mona slips up and texts Hanna from her real phone.

Also while I have spoken about the creepy behaviour of adult men in this book, the creepy behaviour of teenage boys in this book needs to mentioned. Like Mike is actually gross AF, and I know he's a teenage boy but like some of the stuff he says and does, I think this boy should be on a register.

I know I'm not the target audience for this book, but as a HUGE PLL fan I put myself into my younger selfs shoes. If I got this reveal in the show (which I watched first) I think I would have been disappointed, Mona's reveal was better in the show simple as.

I also felt like Sara Shepard was getting better and better with her writing, but after this book it seemed like it regressed back to book 1. Just BLEGH a very disappointing entry.