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Pretty Little Devils
by Nancy Holder
Read for the Reading Rush: a book with a house on the cover.
Trigger warning: bullying, animal death, murder, loss of a loved one, etc.
Pretty Little Devils is very similar to Pretty Little Liars, shown by the similar name and plot devices. I heard a reviewer say that it's a cross between Mean Girls and Scream, which I highly agree with as well. If you love that concept, you might enjoy this. I enjoyed the sound of that mix, especially since I loved those types of shows/movies when I was a teenager, so I picked it up. It really does start out with that stereotypical "girl" texting language that may be overbearing for some people. It's dedicated towards teenagers so the writing style isn't hard to understand.
I think that there were a valid number of suspects, who each give the reader reason to believe they could have done it. For a teenager, who probably hasn't read as many mystery/thriller novels, it's a fun one to try and guess who the suspect is. When it comes to this, it feels very much like Pretty Little Liars (and trying to guess who A is).
There was a lack of connection with the main character. We didn't get to know very much about her personality, her likes and dislikes, etc, even though we were in her POV. We were told at the beginning that it would be hard for her to do this new babysitting gig because of her parents being sort of strict, but we never see how this played out. It fast forwards to the actual gig. We never see her parents in the novel themselves, which is typical for YA. However, parents are pretty important in a teenager's daily life, especially one who has stricter parents. I would've liked to see how she navigated around their terms. Other people in the story have strict parents as well, and it's also not said how they got around babysitting or throwing parties very well. One of the girls gets away with it because her dad is apparently gone for a couple days, and Hazel, the main character, evidently gets away with staying out late because she makes up the excuse of studying.
I really refuse to believe in the detective's work in all this. They seemed to be doing a really terrible, and inactive, job in this. For example, they take forever to question any of the girls in the group. They also prowled around the cafeteria without seemingly doing anything of use.
Hazel's love interest seemed cute, but I didn't see much of their interaction on shared interests. They both express an interest in art in the beginning, but we don't see them interacting much together on this. But do they kiss? Yeah, probably too much.
Overall, it was an okay book. The plot is very interesting and it keeps you wanting more. I'd recommend it to teenagers who REALLY enjoy a mix of the shows/books I mentioned above. But if you don't, there's probably other books out there for you.
Trigger warning: bullying, animal death, murder, loss of a loved one, etc.
Pretty Little Devils is very similar to Pretty Little Liars, shown by the similar name and plot devices. I heard a reviewer say that it's a cross between Mean Girls and Scream, which I highly agree with as well. If you love that concept, you might enjoy this. I enjoyed the sound of that mix, especially since I loved those types of shows/movies when I was a teenager, so I picked it up. It really does start out with that stereotypical "girl" texting language that may be overbearing for some people. It's dedicated towards teenagers so the writing style isn't hard to understand.
I think that there were a valid number of suspects, who each give the reader reason to believe they could have done it. For a teenager, who probably hasn't read as many mystery/thriller novels, it's a fun one to try and guess who the suspect is. When it comes to this, it feels very much like Pretty Little Liars (and trying to guess who A is).
There was a lack of connection with the main character. We didn't get to know very much about her personality, her likes and dislikes, etc, even though we were in her POV. We were told at the beginning that it would be hard for her to do this new babysitting gig because of her parents being sort of strict, but we never see how this played out. It fast forwards to the actual gig. We never see her parents in the novel themselves, which is typical for YA. However, parents are pretty important in a teenager's daily life, especially one who has stricter parents. I would've liked to see how she navigated around their terms. Other people in the story have strict parents as well, and it's also not said how they got around babysitting or throwing parties very well. One of the girls gets away with it because her dad is apparently gone for a couple days, and Hazel, the main character, evidently gets away with staying out late because she makes up the excuse of studying.
I really refuse to believe in the detective's work in all this. They seemed to be doing a really terrible, and inactive, job in this. For example, they take forever to question any of the girls in the group. They also prowled around the cafeteria without seemingly doing anything of use.
Hazel's love interest seemed cute, but I didn't see much of their interaction on shared interests. They both express an interest in art in the beginning, but we don't see them interacting much together on this. But do they kiss? Yeah, probably too much.
Overall, it was an okay book. The plot is very interesting and it keeps you wanting more. I'd recommend it to teenagers who REALLY enjoy a mix of the shows/books I mentioned above. But if you don't, there's probably other books out there for you.