The Good girls : perfectionists #2 / Sara Shepard.

From Sara Shepard, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars, comes the shocking finish to The Perfectionists, a series perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying and We Were Liars--with an ending you'll have to read to believe!

Mackenzie, Ava, Caitlin, Julie, and Parker have done some not-so-perfect things. But even though they all talked about killing rich bully Nolan Hotchkiss, they didn't actually go through with it. It's just a coincidence that Nolan died in exactly the way they planned . . . right?

Except Nolan wasn't the only one they fantasized about killing. When someone else they named dies, the girls wonder if they're being framed. Or are they about to become the killer's next targets?

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Horn Book Review

Five high-school seniors are suspects after a string of murders and accidents happen exactly as they had discussed. As the girls reveal details and secrets about their lives, it seems that any of them could be the killer. A huge plot twist will send readers back to see what clues they missed. This fast-paced sequel to The Perfectionists can stand alone. (c) Copyright 2015. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Kirkus Review

The follow-up to gossipy thriller The Perfectionists (2014) begins with its protagonists reeling from a teacher's death. A prologue helpfully brings new and returning readers up to speed: Mackenzie, Julie, Caitlin, Parker, and Ava started talking in English class about whom they'd like to see killed and how they'd do the deed. Shortly thereafter, someone began committing murders in exactly the manners named. Because the girls have secrets that make them look suspiciousthe prank they'd played on a murdered student, their having snuck into their teacher's house just before he was killedeach is reluctant to tell the authorities what she knows. Shepard, famed for her Pretty Little Liars series, uses the tension inherent in this premise just as deliciously in this sequel as in the original volume. Romantic and family conflicts in each girl's storyline, from Caitlin's navigating a relationship with her ex-boyfriend's younger brother to Ava's hiding her stepmother's cruel abuse to Mackenzie's best-friend-turned-rival Claire competing with her for boys' attention, ensure each chapter is chock-full of back-stabbings and barbed words. Clues about the murderer's identity are available to careful readers, but many will be surprised by the final revelation. A delectably devious conclusion. (Suspense. 14-18) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

Picking up right where The Perfectionists (2014) left off, murder happens. While the girls try to figure out who killed Nolan and their film studies teacher, Mr. Granger, more people all privy to their secret conversation in class die or are severely injured. The girls' status as murder suspects changes once one of their boyfriends is arrested, and the girls relax until a police profiler-psychologist interviews them one by one. The trust between them begins to erode, and a surprising conclusion stuns everyone involved. The terrible and frightening things the mind can do under stress and shock play out beautifully.--Fredriksen, Jeanne Copyright 2015 Booklist

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