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Heartless by Sara Shepard
4.0
adventurous dark fast-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This might have been the first PLL book I actually ... liked? It had elements of a thriller that didn't seem manufactured by the weird overcomplicated plot this series has created. The continuing issue is that the stakes have been raised so high in previous books (murder, car accidents, fraud, affairs, etc) that the twists almost feel like there is no consequence because there is such a cycle. They have brought in outside characters to begin to explain the "evidence" but there is still so much that it becomes difficult to understand at times. 

Characters:
They continue to be very unlikeable. They are suppose to be in things together but continually turn on each other suddenly and even throw other people under the bus even when they are aware that they've been manipulated for a year now. 

Plot:
Better! New settings (FINALLY) and starting to actually give some direction to the cycling thriller they have created. More people are actually dying so things seem to make a little more sense then every single person in the town being manipulated by one person.