This book has all the nuts and bolts that made PPL, friendships, secrets, betrayal, loyalty, loss, mystery, murder and cliff hangers galore. I joke with my sister that we'll be the little old ladies in the nursing home watching PPL hoping that 'A' is revealed before one of us dies. But a guy like Nolan has a lot of enemies and whose to say the killer isn't one of them? I LOVED this book, yes it's like Pretty Little Liar, I can't deny that but there's a reason people love PLL so much. Right? In order to clear their names they start searching for the real killer. None of them would ever really kill someone. However when Nolan ends up dead and the police call foul play they are all stunned. They plan it all out, down to the tiniest detail. When the subject of the perfect murder arises during a group discussion they all agree Nolan is the one they would target given the chance. Julie, Parker, Caitlin, Ava and Mackenzie all have there reasons for wanting Nolan Hotchkiss dead, he was a bully, a narcissist, a liar, thief, manipulator and all around perv. And they need to find the real killer before their perfect lives are ended - for good. Suddenly the girls are the prime suspects in the murder. Nolan was killed - in exactly the way they planned. It's all wishful thinking.until they wake up one morning to find that their wish came true. They come up with the perfect murder - a hypothetical murder, of course. The five girls think they have nothing in common, until they discover they all hate the same person: rich, entitled Nolan, who's done terrible things to each of them.

And former It Girl Parker is experimenting with her wild side. Popular Julie has it all - literally, thanks to her hoarder mom - and will do anything to keep her family's secret. Athletic Caitlin is one goal away from a soccer scholarship - if she can call a time-out on her relationship drama. Beautiful Ava isn't above using her assets to get an A.

Musical genius Mackenzie is desperate to get into Juilliard, even if it means playing a duet with her best friend's boyfriend. In Beacon Heights, Washington, five high school seniors know that you don't have to be good to be perfect.

The Perfectionists by Sara Shepard