Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars is an interesting teen drama shown on ABC Family. The plot of the show involves a circle of four female friends who become engrossed in a missing persons case when the "queen bee" of their group, Allison, goes missing and the remaining friends find themselves being blackmailed by "A" who seems to know an awful lot of their secrets.

Unlike the other ABC Family teen dramas (i.e. - Secret Life of the American Teenager) I found that Pretty Little Liars has much better character development and the actors who portray them are all very believable and talented. Each character has their own interesting subplot which is what really drives the show. The initial idea of teenage girls being blackmailed definitely was not interesting to me but after the first episode I found myself hooked. I felt like I had to know what happened next to each character, even the ones that seem to have more minor roles.

This may not be a show that will win huge awards since it is definitely meant to appeal to a specific demographic, but it is refreshing to see a teen drama that is not completely based around sex and deals with other common issues too. This show is interesting enough that even if you are not a teenage girl it is still fun to watch and less feminine or religiously biased than other ABC Family series out there.

I started watching this last summer. I was bored and a friend recommended me this series. I'm not a big fan of scary drama, but I was addicted from episode one.

The characters are unbelievably interesting, and every little detail makes sense. It's the kind of show that keeps you wishing you had more and more episodes available to watch. It's really thought-provoking-- meaning, a lot of theories and ideas are going to start popping up in your head and you'll find yourself addicted to this show soon enough.

If you haven't watched it yet, do yourself a favor and do it. It's absolutely brilliant.

I find this series to be a bit funny, mostly kinda sad, but very entertaining.

It starts off with 5 girls - Spencer, Hanna, Aria, Emily and Alison. Mystically Alison disappears one night while all of them were out in a barn, having fun.

So a year later her body was found and investigation started. Not much later those 4 other girls started getting text messages from Alison, or so it seemed. Also the investigation is fun to observe + those messages make things really weird and spooky, but very addictive and catchy.

Hoping to find out what happened to Alison soon enough.

I must say I'm a total fan of this series, tho it might not be the best one out there, but addicted and loving it.

Pretty Little Liars is one of those shows that is not fantastic but drags you in and won't let you go until you find out what's next.There is enough mystery in the identity of A to keep you watching for more clues.

It keeps you guessing. The show has a touch of Gossip Girl, with the mystery texts and the high class rich kids who can buy their way out of anything. It's got a lot of clichés and some bad drama but it's worth a shot.

It is definitely not the best show out there, but it has it's moments. If you are having some withdrawls from your favourite dramas this summer, this may just satisfy you until September.

Season One: 9/10

Season Two: 8/10

Themes: Drama, High School, Romance, Mystery, Suspense, Missing Person, Lgbtq+, Lesbian, Crime Solving, Anonymous Bully, Teacher-Student Relationship & Blackmail.

Top five characters: 1) Spencer Hastings, 2) Caleb Rivers, 3) Hanna Marin, 4) Emily Fields and 5) Toby Cavanaugh.