Perfect

Perfect

Sara Shepard

First published 2007Original language ENYoung adult

7.57.5 / 10
Score out of 1098 ratingsConfidence 40%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
308
Pages
about 6 h
Reading time

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Our view

“Perfect” delivers the secrets and shocks the “Pretty Little Liars” series promises, at full speed. The third book keeps Spencer, Aria, Emily and Hanna under threat from the anonymous A, who knows far too much about them and about the death of their friend Alison, while each girl’s own troubles pile up. Some readers rank it among the best of the series; its pleasures are suspense and scandal rather than depth.

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About the book

Spencer, Aria, Emily, Hanna and their best friend Alison were the most popular girls at Rosewood Day School. Alison was the group's ringleader, the one who knew all their darkest secrets. So when Alison vanished one night, Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hanna's grief was tinged with relief. But when Ali's body was later discovered in her own backyard, the girls were forced to unearth some ugly memories of their old friend, too. Is there more to Alison's death than anyone realises? Now someone named A, someone who seems to know everything, is pointing the finger for Ali's murder at one of them. And A is poised to ruin their perfect little lives . . . for ever.

Reading order · Pretty Little Liars

Full order & progress →
Score per volume4 volumes on a timeline, 2006 to 2008 · Best-rated volume: Unbelievable
  1. Pretty Little Liars
    Pretty Little Liars2006 · 269 ratingsStart here
    7.37.3 / 10
  2. Flawless
    Flawless2007 · 130 ratings
    7.37.3 / 10
  3. Perfect
    Perfect2007 · 98 ratingsThis book
    7.57.5 / 10
  4. Unbelievable
    Unbelievable2008 · 91 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.1 across 98 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 40% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 7.5 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Open Library6.67 7%
Hardcover7.291 93%

Frequently asked

What age is Perfect for?

Perfect sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 308 pages — shorter than 88% of the ranked books in Young adult.

In this book

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