In my opinion, this is the best book in the series. This is where we start to feel compassion (kind of?) for Ali-Courtney, and we start to figure out why still-alive-Ali is so pissed at these 4 liars.

Of course, it was interesting to 'see' into the mind of a popular girl, and it makes me a little more compassionate towards the popular girls who treated me poorly in middle school. Everyone's just trying to figure things out, and it's hard...and holding a giant secret like that is...wow. I hope Shepard write a version for still-alive-Ali - though in some cases, I'm not sure if she can.

I'd recommend not starting with this book in the series, but maybe reading it after book 7 or so.