The atmospherics of beautiful girls with haunting secrets (ranging from abusive families to stalkers to the challenging of parental expectations) are deftly handled. The murder mystery is only one element of the story, of course each character has to be fleshed out, along with her involvement with Nolan and the other students in the pressure cooker of their highly competitive suburban high school. They eventually narrow their suspect list down to their lecherous photography teacher, whom Nolan was blackmailing, but getting the goods on him proves more difficult than they expected. The morning after the party finds him not so much embarrassed as dead, however, and the girls are desperate to avoid being accused while finding the real killer. Five beautiful girls conspire to prank Nolan, a boy who has hurt them all in some way, by slipping him an Oxy at a party and writing damning messages on his face with a Sharpie. The marketing genius behind Pretty Little Liars (BCCB 2/07) has come up with yet another book-to-TV-series drama that capitalizes on all of the elements that draw audiences.
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