** spoiler alert ** 
 I really did like Ruthless, but I did have some problems with it. The plots were extremly easy to guess, and some of the characters did not seem to be themselves. 
 The four girls storyline, and how they all automatically assumed Kelsey was A, and were sooooo confident in their guess, has really gotten tiresome now. In practically every single book in this series, the girls all automatically jump to one conclusion about who A is (or in the case of the first eight books, who killed Ali) and then get proven to be way off, when the certain suspect is fatally harmed, and they then get a message from A telling them that she is stillvery much stalking them, and that she knows EVERYTHING. 
 The entire time I was reading Hanna's parts in the story I was shaking my head. Her new love interest was her father's opponent's son, Liam, and it was very evident from the way he acted that he was playing her. I did however feel that she finally took responsibility in this book for some her actions, from shooting the half-naked photos with Patrick, to sneaking around with Liam. I just hope that her father accepted her faults because he loves her, and not just because she is practically the face of his campaign. 
 As for the characters, I hated Ezra in this book. In the first three books, before he left town, he really seemed like a good person. In the beginning of the book, he comes back, and professes to Aria that he loves her and that he wrote an entire novel about their affair. However, when he asks her if she had any problems with his book, and she says some minor details, this sets him off, and they are quickly on thin ice. Klaudia (I HATE HER SO MUCH!) obviously has to swoop in, and starts to flirt with Ezra. Things only get worse for Aria and Ezra's relationship when they go to a cast party together for a Rosewood High play, and Aria says that she doesn't want to be seen with Ezra in front of her parents (considering that he WAS her teacher) and he takes this in the worst way possible. Aria realizes that their relationship is over when she sees Ezra and Klaudia making out in the coat closet. Now, had this been another character, take for instance Noel, whom Klaudia already tried to work her magic on, and I wouldn't have found it that strange. But is Ezra claimed to love Aria so much, and that he thought about her everyday (he wrote an ENTIRE NOVEL) then why did he cheat on her the second he saw Klaudia? But I digress. Aria and Noel are back together, and Klaudia might actually be sent back to Finland. So all is well. 
 I can not wait for the next book to come out, and maybe we will actually get some clues as to weither or not Ali is really dead, or who A is!