Here's Why 'The Perfectionists' TV Series Won't Be The Exact Same As The Books

Have you read “The Perfectionists” books by Sara Shepard?

If you have, then you automatically can tell that the Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists series isn’t page for page.

Showrunner I. Marlene King opened up to The Wrap about why that is.

“I think everybody should read Sara’s books because if you watch the show, we’re not going to give away the twists from the books,” she says. “Because if you read the books, it would be almost impossible to pull off on a TV show and sustain that.”

However, the series is “really embracing this world of perfectionism and these young people who feel like they have to be perfect in everything. I’d say that more than anything — the characters and the overall mystery of the show — we pull from Sara’s original ideas.”

Marlene also shared that she sees the series going for quite a few seasons.

“I don’t want to spoil anything, but there are so many great characters and such a rich woven story that there’s going to be tentacles from this first story that go one for a long time with plenty of twists and turns,” she shared. “With Pretty Little Liars, I thought that we’d be lucky to go for five seasons, so to get to go for seven, honestly, I just give so much credit to the fans and to the actors.”

Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists airs TONIGHT @ 8PM ET/PT on Freeform.