What do You think about Pretty Little Devils (2007)?
Hazel Stone goes to your stereotypical high school, where cliques and cheerleaders reign. This book greatly reminded me of Pretty Little Liars--even up to the point where I'd call Pretty Little Liars to be a rendition of this. I was surprised at how few people saw the resemblance. I'm mean, come on; lies, cyber-bullying, cliques, mysteries--and pretty little girls who don't seem as they look? Plus, "Pretty Little Liars" and "Pretty Little Devils"? Anyway, Hazel Stone seems like a sycophant in the beginning of the book. A "c-lister", or in other words your average, boring high schooler hanging around with a bunch of nerds. At the beginning it's revealed what she thinks of her geeky "friends". Later she becomes more respectable. Megan and Caroline are parallel to Emily in the Pretty Little Liars books. They're really not that important. Then Ellen. Ah, the famous Ellen. She's this wimpy character that seems to be the PLD's whipping boy. A dirty job? Ring up Ellen. She's becoming an embarrassment; her hair's a mess, she's poorly dressed. The alpha, the intimidating Sylvia Orly, decides it's time to get another friend. Thus Hazel Stone comes into the picture.I rather liked Sylvia at first. I pitied Ellen and didn't really care about Hazel. Hazel and Matty seemed to have one of those unrealistic, super-fast relationships. They don't even know each other at all throughout the whole book.I admit the book was suspenseful. Sometimes I couldn't really keep up with all the scandals, though. The ending was less than satisfactory. I just hope there isn't a never-ending series like the PLL series. Speaking of, the PLD was much better in plot and writing.
—Misting
Characters - Hazel - Sylvia - Megan - Carolyn - Ellen - Brandon- Breona Wu - Matty Overview of the storyA girl named Hazel always dreamed of being in with the popular crowd. There was a group of girls named Sylvia, the group leader, Carolyn, Megan, and Ellen. They were called the PLD's Pretty Little Devils. They were the most popular girls in the school. Hazel would do anything to be in that group. One day at lunch Sylvia bumped into Hazel throwing diet Coke all over her. Sylvia felt so bad that she offered to pay the cost of the shirt but Hazel told her not worry about it. So Sylvia invited her to a party. Then, before Hazel's eyes she was at a party with the PLD's she couldn't believe it, and before she knew it she was siting at their table at lunch. The PLD's have a tradition, every time one of girls babysat they would pull a prank on them, and let me tell you the pranks were very scary. Every so often the girls would get these really creepy text messages talking about death and the person was threatening them. But then as the story went on, something terrible happened.........Why I rated the book The reason why I rated this book with all five stars is because I thought that this book was so different and I never read anything like it before. This book kept me going every time I needed to stop I couldn't, all I wanted to do was read, read, read. When I look for a book I look for a little Mystery but not to much of it, and I also look for teen drama and this book is both and that's why I liked this book. Plot- the plot of the story was there was a killer among them and people were being betrayed
—Ali
Sylvia, Megan, Carolyn, and Ellen are known as the Pretty Little Devils - the most popular group in the school. Everybody knows them. Everybody wants to be them. Suddenly, Hazel IS one of them. She gets to go to the soirees, the parties, everything. And she snagged Matty Vardeman, the guy of her dreams.Suddenly, however, Breona, the head cheerleader and Sylvia's biggest enemy, turns up dead. The police are in the school, questioning everybody, and the table is turned upside down. No one can be sure of anyone anymore. Nothing is every certain. You may think you know someone... but you might not.I wasn't sure if I was going to like this book or not. I'd heard of people who loved it or hated it, and I hadn't really seen anything in the middle. I thought it was really good though. It wasn't just the usual 'the popular girls and their lives, blah, blah, blah,' that I usually see. It was a really good mystery that kept you on your toes.
—Anna
