** spoiler alert ** 
 I absolutely adore this series and would give it five stars for it's mere entertainment value *IF* the author would just give in and get a thesaurus. I swear, she only knows how to describe emotion by saying that a character swallowed or cried in this book. But, I digress. 
 This one was probably the most exciting thus far and ended up being SUCH a tease with all of the build up at the end! And then, BAM, Hannah got hit by a car -- this "A" character is clearly PSYCHOTIC! I'm betting on Mona thus far, because she seems to fit the nutcase descriptor best here. She seems like the type most like to run someone over with a car, right? 
 So, the individual story lines -- I really love them all, so much that I can't really pick a favorite. I'm partial to the whole student-teacher hookup plot line, so of course I enjoy Aria's story -- although, her mother is a loon. I get that you're upset that your husband ran off with his student, but to just kick your teenage daughter out of the house without any regard for her safety, not even caring where she goes or if she's okay days later? Who knows what she would have done if Aria *HAD* told her, if she's this unstable! 
 At first I thought the whole Golden Orchid story would be dull, but it really is just as intriguing as the others. I hope Spencer *WAS* the one who killed Ali, although I'm not sure if that's too obvious at this point. Yikes -- that whole scene with pushing Melissa down the stairs?!? Melissa had it coming, but now we're building up to Spencer having some kind of psychotic breaks where she can't remember the lunatic things she's doing? UH OH!! And now Ali was involved with Melissa's boyfriend too and claims she orchestrated the whole kiss between Ian and Spencer? Melissa needs to double up on those therapy sessions as long and let that doctor keep educating her on how to choose a man! 
 And now the Emily story line -- ANOTHER crazed parent, although I guess this one is at least sending her daughter away to someone she knows, rather than kicking her out in the night with nothing. Although, yeah, it's still crazy. I loved that her little therapy-the-homosexuality-out-of-me tutor ended up making out with her girlfriend in the skating rink after trying to explain how much the program changed her life. Hopefully Emily busts out of the farm and gets back home ASAP because I'm definitely not wanting to read about any kind of farm life plots here! 
 Hannah's was probably my least favorite plot line in PERFECT. I can understand and relate to her character -- and I totally get why she originally trusted Mona and wanted to be her friend -- but geez, it's gotten to the point where she's just coming off as a desperate little puppy dog now. Mona must be at least partially involved in the "A" scheme and Hannah keeps crawling back to her no matter how horribly Mona tries to humiliate and abuse her. And then when she FINALLY got a clue on the "A" thing -- she got hit by a car?!?! I'm sensing an amnesia story coming in the next book. PLEASE, no, Sara Shepard!!!!! 
 The more we get to know Ali, the more we learn she was really a psycho bitch, right? I'm surprised *SHE* didn't start all this "A" nonsense back when she was alive! 
 Now I'm wondering how far I should read into the series before starting the TV show? It's tough because I have my own image of how these girls look and the only one that comes CLOSE to my imagination of how they appear in my mind is Aria. I probably don't want to spoil that yet, right??