Suspense!

Yesterday I watched the third episode of Pretty Little Liars on the ABC Family website. My TV has not been working, and I was deeply saddened by the thought of not being able to watch this weeks episode.

Pretty Little Liars is based on the book series written by Sara Shepard. The storyline revolves around four friends who reunite and find out that their friend, Allison who disappeared over a year in the TV show and three years in the book is now dead. All of the four friends receive text messages relating to secrets only Allison knew in addition to things happening in the present time. There is a beautiful mystery element of the unknown person sending the text messages to Hanna, Spencer, Emily, and Aria. Who this person is I have not figured out yet. It could be Jenna the blind girl who is only blind because of Allison's decided to get sweet revenge on a so called Peeping Tom, Jenna's savior from that terrible nightm her stepbrother or someone else?

This mysterious technique reminds me of another book. I remember my eighth grade teacher reading Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak to the class and everyone wanting to know why the main character's, Melinda, peers refuse to talk to her once school began in the fall. My teacher didn't finish the book. In my high school years, a friend of mine read the book. I just had to know what happens in the rest of the book so I read it myself. Throughout the novel, Anderson doesn't reveal why Melinda feels the effect of isolation from the students until the end and that the same technique Shepard uses for her multiple books. If you haven't read that book I suggest you do. This book was made into a TV movie with the same title.

I always love reading books that are engaging and I love suspense. These two books are worth reading. Suspense is what keeps the ratings and sales high too!