Wicked

Shepard, Sara. Wicked. Book 5 of the Pretty Little Liars series. 2009. 310p. ISBN 0-06-156610-1. Available at FIC SHE on the library shelves.

With the death of Mona and the arrest of Ian in Unbelievable, Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer thought they were in the clear. “A,” after all, had now disappeared along with all of their secrets. As the winter semester starts, the girls head back to Rosewood Day, hoping things to quiet down so they can go back to their lives. That hope is quickly dashed, however, when the girls begin receiving more texts from someone identifying themselves as “A.” This person is clearly spying on them and know of many intimate details.

Panicked, the girls begin to make mistakes. Kate, Hanna’s stepsister, tries to get closer to Hanna, but worried about being undermined by her gorgeous rival, Hanna balks and decides to stab her in the back before it’s too late. Emily has broken up with Maya, and now finds herself attracted to Isaac. What team is she on? Even Emily doesn’t know. Aria is attracted to an older man again, but Xavier, an artist, has begun dating her mother and is sending her mixed messages. Spencer is in purgatory when she discovers that her dead grandmother’s will gives $2 million to each of her natural grandchildren, but Spencer is not listed in the will. What secrets are harbored by her family?

As the girls struggle to regain their footing, A keeps undermining their efforts. With Ian’s escape from custody, is A getting ready to kill them to exact his revenge?