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Manipulation In Pretty Little Liars

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I did not have any problems imagining the eye-rolls and hair flips that would go along with Kate’s “I can rule them all” attitude. With similar ways of thinking, Olivia and Kate develop a friendship that is muddled with manipulation and keeps the reader guessing who is playing into whose hand. At points I found their personalities amusing, much like the dramatic flair displayed by the characters in Pretty Little Liars, but at other points I was reminded that the characters fit many expected stereotypes. This includes Olivia’s parent-free penthouse that has a foreign housekeeper and cocktail of pills to help Olivia outside of therapy. The story switches back and forth between Kate and Olivia’s perspective each chapter. Kate’s portion is told

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