Spencer Hastings (Book Character)

Spencer Hastings is one of the four main characters of the book series by Sara Shepard. She is portrayed by Alexandra Bowen.

Physical Appearance.
Spencer is described as having long blonde hair and green eyes. She also has a very competitive personality.

History
Spencer is an incredibly smart, but an extremely competitive student, who is both Alison DiLaurentis' rival and friend. Spencer shows signs of OCD in the books, such as Perfect. Spencer has a older sister, Melissa, who returns home from college with her fiancé, Wren Kim, who Spencer is immediately attracted to, Spencer and Wren almost have sex in the Hasting's barn, which is temporarily Spencer's room; this leads to Melissa and Wren breaking off the engagement. She does have a brief but intense relationship with Wren even losing her virginity to him. For a homework assignment for Economics, Spencer steals Melissa's old homework paper which her teacher ends up placing it into a nation-wide competition, and is eventually nominated for a Golden Orchid; she eventually wins the Golden Orchid, which she feels guilty for. Spencer keeps having a flashback of her pushing Ali to the ground the night of her disappearance and comes to believe that she killed Alison herself. Her sister reassures Spencer that she isn't the kind of person to kill someone, which then leads Spencer to believe that Melissa killed Alison.

Later on she discovers that her father had an affair with Courtney, Alison, and Jason's mother, Jessica DiLaurentis, and Alison, Courtney, and Jason are her half-siblings. She begins to fall for her rival Andrew Campbell, and they start dating.

Biography
It's not easy being perfect—just ask Spencer. From striving to be valedictorian to scoring the most goals in field hockey, Spencer is on a mission to out-do her older sister, Melissa. But no matter how high her GPA is or how many extracurricular clubs she smashes into her schedule, the only time Spence scores more than Melissa is when it comes to Melissa's boyfriends.


 * Known for: Stealing her sister's boyfriends, being perfect, competing with Alison.
 * Favorite things: Excelling at sports, acing her academics, and one-upping her sister
 * Biggest regret: Arguing with Ali the night she disappeared, and hurting Ali by shoving her into a wall, thinking that she was the one that killed her
 * Worst offense: Two counts of boyfriend theft, stealing Melissa's Golden Orchid paper and using it as her own

Relationships
Spencer has a relationship with the following:
 * Ian Thomas: They kiss and he flirts with her.
 * Wren Kim: They become a couple for a while and have sex together.
 * Andrew Campbell: They are currently in a relationship through "Wicked" and "Wanted"; broken up at the beginning of "Twisted".
 * Zach Pennythistle: Crushes on him in "Twisted."