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Summary: okay though still the same
Review: have read all of the books that VC Andrews has written. I enjoyed them but at the same time i was dissapointed only because the story line is always the same. But since i am an avid reader of her books, i will continue to but any of her books, and i know i will always enjoy them.
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Summary: It was OK.
Review: I didn't really care for this book. I mean it was OK, but I didn't want to keep reading, unlike some of the other VC Andrews books. I guess it was just a little slow for me.
Rating: 
Summary: Mixed emotions.
Review: I had mixed emotions about this book. I'll start with the bad. It held no surprises like past VC Andrews books had which was disappointing. This whole Cutler series kept repeating itself over and over again. One character always seemed too much like past charcters. I kind of figured this book would explain why Lillian hated Dawn so much. But it didn't. In fact I would've thought Lillian would pity her. If this book would have kept going on and wrote about how Lillian changed after first arriving at Cutler's Cove I might have rated this book different. I also had to wonder why Dawn's orginal name was Eugenia. Why would Lillian have a say in naming her grandchild after her beloved sister, Eugenia? Considering she knew it was her husbands child. She had to have known that Randolph was not the father before Dawn was born. Other than that the book was too bad. It was one of the sadder one's I've read. But you can get through this series without having to read it.
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Summary: Results of Not Listening
Review: I have borrowed this book three times from the library and it is mine now. It is a very good story about what happens when people refuse to listen to others. Jed and Georgia should have listened to Lillian when she (L) had a problem with Emily. Emily had no business blaming Lillian for the unfortunate incidents at the Meadows. It was NOT Lillian's fault that Niles and Eugenia died at all. It was awful that Lillian felt she had no one to turn to when Jed assaulted her. I didn't believe Lillian had to turn mean on account of Emily. She should have turned to Miss Walker, the teacher, for help!!
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Summary: Results of Not Listening
Review: I have borrowed this book three times from the library and it is mine now. It is a very good story about what happens when people refuse to listen to others. Jed and Georgia should have listened to Lillian when she (L) had a problem with Emily. Emily had no business blaming Lillian for the unfortunate incidents at the Meadows. It was NOT Lillian's fault that Niles and Eugenia died at all. It was awful that Lillian felt she had no one to turn to when Jed assaulted her. I didn't believe Lillian had to turn mean on account of Emily. She should have turned to Miss Walker, the teacher, for help!!
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Summary: An Excellent Mystery!
Review: I have only read the first 6 chapters so far, but I think that is is an excellent book. It is all about a family and troubles that come with being in a rich family and how there are many secrets kept in the house between each and every family member. Also things that some of the family knows but they just dont want to believe it. There is this little girl name Lillian and she thinks that she is living with her mother and father but she will soon come to find out that they're really not her mother and father but her aunt and uncle. And he so called sister, Emily, is just evil to Lillian. But when every she talks to her other little sister who is dying,Eugenia, makes her feel all better. And Emily likes this boy named NIles Thompson, but Emily will ruin that for her too.
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Summary: Echoes
Review: I have read most the VC Andrew family series (Dollanganger, Casteel, Cutler, Landry...) and they pretty much go downhill. Don't get me wrong, Heaven and Dawn are wonderful characters and Ruby can have an honorable mention, but VC Andrews' "voice" gets farther and farther from the prose with each new book. The style of Flowers in the Attic was raw, unforgettable and the newer ones have lost that through the ghost writers, but they are still good books. You can still feel VC Andrews' hand in them. Darkest Hour is one of the best. It's the story of pretty Lillian Booth and her family, a rich line of Southern plantation owners. Lillian has always been a little different, a little brighter than her two sisters, sickly Eugenia and bible spouting Emily. But as Lillian grows, she finds out just how different. (...). All in all, this book was fabulous. I cried on not less than two occasions(...) and was utterly surprised by some of the plot twists. (...). Imagination is always useful, though! Fans of the Cutler series will not be too disappointed.
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Summary: The best Cutler novel.
Review: I honestly liked the entire series but "Darkest hour" is the best Cutler novel. While other readers said that it holds no surprises, I have to disagree. We get to know an entire different Lillian Cutler. Where is the cold old lady that tried to ruin Dawn's life in so many ways? This book tells the story of an innocent girl that truly finds no happiness, no matter how hard she tries. Whenever there's a glimmer of hope, something happens to destroy it. Lillian's childhood doesn't justify how she treated Dawn. But it helps the reader to understand why she became the woman she was in the end. A touching and surprising novel.
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Summary: The best Cutler novel.
Review: I honestly liked the entire series but "Darkest hour" is the best Cutler novel. While other readers said that it holds no surprises, I have to disagree. We get to know an entire different Lillian Cutler. Where is the cold old lady that tried to ruin Dawn's life in so many ways? This book tells the story of an innocent girl that truly finds no happiness, no matter how hard she tries. Whenever there's a glimmer of hope, something happens to destroy it. Lillian's childhood doesn't justify how she treated Dawn. But it helps the reader to understand why she became the woman she was in the end. A touching and surprising novel.
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Summary: Great read.
Review: I loved the Cutler series, and this was a triumphant way to end it. I came away understanding why the Cutler matriarch was the way she was which I believe is the goal of the final installment of all the vc andrews series. While it doesn't excuse or make you forgive her, it does explain several things. This is a great read and should be enjoyed by all that enjoy VC Andrews.
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