FREE WICKED: A PRETTY LITTLE LIARS BOX SET: WICKED/KILLER/HEARTLESS/WANTED PDF Sara Shepard | 1280 pages | 05 Jul 2011 | HarperCollins Publishers Inc | 9780062102546 | English | United States Pretty Little Liars (book series) - Wikipedia Pretty Little Liars is a series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard. The Wicked: A Pretty Little Liars Box Set: Wicked/Killer/Heartless/Wanted has been licensed by Amazon. The series is loosely divided into four arcs, chronicling the introduction and reveal of each " A ". Set in the suburbs of Philadelphiathe series follows the lives of four teenage girls nicknamed the Pretty little Liars or simply the Liarswhose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee leader, " Alison DiLaurentis ". Three years after her mysterious disappearance, the girls begin receiving intimidating messages from an anonymous character named "A". Shortly after the messages begin, Alison's body is discovered buried in her yard. The books progress with the four girls trying to figure out the identity of "A" and facing many dangerous obstacles and twists as they do so. Spencer Hastings : Spencer is a headstrong, intelligent, overachieving girl who comes from the wealthy Hastings Wicked: A Pretty Little Liars Box Set: Wicked/Killer/Heartless/Wanted. Hanna Marin : Hanna is the bubbly, strong, and fierce "it-girl" of the group following Alison's disappearance. She suffers from an eating disorder, about which she received taunts from Alison. Aria Montgomery : Aria is a quirky and artsy girl who, at the beginning of the books, is trying to find herself. Emily Fields : Emily is considered the jock of the group, being a physical, loyal girl who struggles with her sexuality. It is later revealed that the Alison the girls thought they knew was her twin sister, Courtney. She had supposedly been killed at the beginning of the series however is revealed to have been alive and also their tormentor "A" as she was mistaken for her twin sister Courtney who pretended to be like her and was sent to The Preserve at Addison-Stevens, which she believed was the Liars' fault and has been plotting revenge ever since. Her identical twin sister Courtney DiLaurentis is not crazy but she debuted in Wanted after the TV show began in In the prequel, Courtney-as-Ali started disappearing in the last chapter and getting almost killed numerous times, until the end of the series Vicious when Ali-as-Courtney came out and started becoming friends with her twin "Ali" again after rehab with Tabitha and Iris, two lookalikes Wicked: A Pretty Little Liars Box Set: Wicked/Killer/Heartless/Wanted Ali, all in the penultimate chapter. Courtney DiLaurentis: "Alison," the one who originally befriended the four girls in the sixth grade, is later revealed to be actually Courtney in the books often referred to by the Liars as Our Ali, or Their Ali. She is the third child to Jessica and Kenneth. The twins were described to be inseparable as children, but Alison started to exhibit a vicious jealousy towards Courtney as they grew up, and the close bond deteriorated completely when she once tried to drown Courtney. Probably in a psychological phenomenon known as projection, Alison managed to convince, and possibly brainwash, Courtney at home and at school that she indeed was the jeaous one. She made her refer to herself as Alison, adamantly, to their parents and teachers, her motive being that her sister would eventually be detained for insanity. Her plan eventually worked, and was sent to The Preserve at Addison-Stevens after a physical argument with Alison. But years later in a fit of vengeance on a rare visit home, Courtney managed to swindle a plan to trick their parents that Alison was Courtney when it was time to leave, Ali's claims that she was Ali making her parents believe her even less. Subsequently, Courtney morphs into "Queen Bee Ali" and, out of pure chance, befriends the Liars up until the night of her infamous disappearance when she was killed and buried by the real Alison DiLaurentis and her accomplice Nick Maxwell. A : A is the main antagonist of the series, being, for the most part, an anonymous character who relentlessly torments many characters, in particular the Liars. However, she is killed when Spencer pushes her off a cliff face and her neck is caught between rocks. However, a new "A" rises, this time even more determined to hurt the Liars. This A is revealed to be Alison herself who wanted revenge on the Liars for ruining her life and Nick, who is revealed to be her accomplice. The story then jumps 3 years later, when the girls are living their own lives and don't speak to each other. Aria returns Wicked: A Pretty Little Liars Box Set: Wicked/Killer/Heartless/Wanted Rosewood from a 3-year trip to Iceland with her family and comes back much more sophisticated than before she left. She meets and makes out with a guy in a local bar who is revealed later to be her English teacher, Ezra Fitz. Emily befriends the new girl in town, Maya St. Germain, and soon develops romantic feelings for her, even though Emily has a boyfriend, Ben. Ben later finds Maya and Emily kissing in the photo booth at a party and dumps beer on them. Hanna is the new popular girl in town alongside the former nerd, Mona Vanderwaal. However, she and Mona sometimes shoplift though both can clearly afford their steals. Hanna battles the urge to turn back to bulimia, and struggles to manage the stress of keeping her queen bee status. Spencer continues to struggle in her long-standing rivalry with Melissa Hastings, her perfect older sister. Problems occur when she begins to feel attracted to Melissa's new boyfriend, Wren Kim. Throughout the story, the liars get messages threatening to reveal their secrets of the present and past, including a terrifying incident the girls refer to as "The Jenna Thing". They automatically believe it is their missing friend, Alison, because she is the only one each of them confided in regarding their darkest secrets. However, they are shocked when the police find her corpse buried in the gazebo of her former house. The book ends with the liars receiving a text at Alison's funeral saying, "I'm still here, bitches. And I know everything. The girls have made up at this point. Toby was framed for the fire by Alison. Emily becomes close with Toby and goes to a big benefit party with him but then later tells him that she thinks she might be gay. Later on, she receives a text that tells her Sean is at Foxy with another girl. Hanna is shocked to discover her former boyfriend Sean Ackard ignoring his Virginity Club vows and nearly having sex with Aria. Aria goes to confront the other woman, Meredith, but when she does Meredith tells her that she and Aria's father are in love. Ella finds out that Byron is having an affair with a student named Meredith Gates and kicks him out, leaving Ella and Aria's mother-daughter relationship shattered. Spencer continues to date with her sister Melissa's now ex-boyfriend Wren and loses her virginity to him. However, Melissa starts to hook-up with him as well and eventually makes sure that he will be out of both of their lives for good. Emily blames herself for Toby's suicide. In this book it is revealed that Toby was forcing himself on Jenna when they were in middle school and Ali and Spencer Wicked: A Pretty Little Liars Box Set: Wicked/Killer/Heartless/Wanted the only ones who knew about it, which is how Alison forced Toby to take the blame. Emily plans to go to the police to stop "A", which leads to "A" taking revenge by outing her to the whole school. Emily's parents threaten to send her away if she does not attend a "de-gaying" program, however, Emily realizes she can't change who she is. Spencer is nominated for a Golden Orchid Award for the essay she copied from her sister Melissa, which "A" threatens to expose. Spencer's family discovers she cheated on her Golden Orchid essay, but keep it quiet to protect their reputation. Spencer comes to believe she might have killed Alison after discovering she suffers from rage-induced blackouts. Hanna and Mona get into a fight, and Hanna seeks comfort with an "uncool" boy named Lucas. She goes to Mona's birthday party but gets humiliated, but she receives a text from "A" and recognizes the number. She intends to reveal the true identity of "A" to the other girls, but is run down by "A" before she can do so. Emily's parents catch her with Maya at a party and send her to Iowa to live with her strict, religious relatives. She is glad to be safe from "A", but after Emily is accused of threatening her cousins, she runs away. Emily returns home when she sees her Wicked: A Pretty Little Liars Box Set: Wicked/Killer/Heartless/Wanted on TV, who tell her that they love her and accept her for who she is. Emily and Maya are reunited, but Trista, a girl who Emily had met and flirted with in Iowa comes to visit, their relationship is shattered, and Emily is saddened further when she sees Trista and Noel hooking up. 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