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Summary: Keep the series coming!
Review: ...despite the lukewarm reviews from most others, it truly wouldn't be a trademark VC Andrews book without the glitz and glamour of some old southern residence, the nasty grandmother or sister, or the whirlwind, usually 'incestuous' relationships. I enjoy the concept of them all, as well as the writing style- don't change them!
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Summary: Getting better!
Review: After the last few books by the ghost writer, I was getting very discouraged. They were awful. With Wicked Forest, the pace is getting better and Willow starts to grow on you. She has moved to Palm Beach and is starting school and seeing Thatcher, first secretly and then in the open. It's a whirwind romance but something doesn't seem right. Willow gets warnings from people who know Thatcher to be careful and Linden is not please at all about the relationship. All in all it's a good book, with some unlikely twists and turns.
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Summary: SPOILER WATCH OUT!!!
Review: First of all, I have to admit the Willow series is a lot better than some of the other VCA books. It is interesting and I actually have met some people that snobby and obsessed with their social world. I didn't realize how much I liked it until I got ticked about Thatcher cheating on Willow. Man, I was mad!!!! Those letters are annoying, I agree. And every book has to have an incest thing going; I would love to see some ghosts from the past haunting people or some scary stuff. After all, you find this book in the Horror section of the bookstore.
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Summary: Not A Total Disapointment (review contains some Spoilers)
Review: I am a true die hard fan of V.C. Andrews, the real one that is, not the fake and unoriginal ghostwriter they got churning out her stories now. In the begining he did a pretty good job but after the Landry series everything kinda went downhill, even so, I had high hopes for his new series though I should have predicted that when the De Beers series came out it would be just as pointless and predictable as his other mangled attempts at writing. But, to give the devil his due (as the Ghostwriter says at least a hundred times in this book and his others) the De Beers series doesn't stink nearly as much as the Hudson series or even worse the Shooting Stars and Orphan series which gave a whole new meaning to the term Horror Fiction. I didn't like the first book in this series but this book wasn't so bad. That's probably the most I can say about it. I didn't really like Willow as a character. Sure, she's not as wimpy as the GW's other heriones (BIG PLUS) but she really came across as cold and annonyingly over analyical to me (HUGE MINUS). She's always critizing and finding fault with other people. According to Willow, everyone in Palm Beach but her was hopelessy snobby and flawed in someway. I though she could have been a little less of a jerk to Marjorie and the rest of the Club Florette(?) too. In their own way they were only trying to help her out. Also I though the way she talked to her dead father was downright creepy!!! Don't get me wrong, I can understand talking to someone you love and miss after they die and all but having them talk back was a little bit too much for me. And another thing, for someone who wanted to be a pyschologist Willow was in complete denial of how crazy and screwed up her half brother Linden was. I mean, when he went all psycho at the end she totally should have seen that coming. This book was ok, (even if the ending was a little rushed) and I'll continue to buy the rest of the series if for no other reason than to add to my collection of V.C Andrews books. Happy Reading All !!!!
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Summary: Keeps you coming back for more.
Review: I dont know about you but I LOVE VC Andrews. This new series is awesome. I can never put the book down. Since they release new books in a series every few months, I like how she recaps a little from the book before. Sometimes you say to yourself, "OH YEAH!" I can't wait to receive the third book in this DeBeers series. Great reading if you loved Flowers In The Attic (Dollanganger Series).
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Summary: Better then the first one!
Review: I had put 4 stars because I am so surprise it was much better then the last series the Ghost writer did (except of Dawn and Ruby) and also Wicked Forest was better then Willow. You got lots of surprises in this book. So if you didn't read it yet watch out because I may said some of the surprises so don't read more then what I just wrote:)......First I could not beleived Thatcher had cheat on Willow and came up with such a lame excuse, it was so stupid and after they were about to divorce he didn't love her any more or even care for her and even his own daughter, I knew he was a flirt but that bad, I thought he was a bit different then all the snob in Palm Beach but no he his not different. The death of Willow mother Grace was very shocking, I didn't thought she would die, I was so surprise and after that Linden go crazy and lock Willow in her suite and paint the windows all black, let me tell you this book was not a boring one, lots of things happen in it.I was sad to read that Grace die, I like the character of Grace but Willow sometime gets on my nerves, she is too analystic and judge people to fast and she was thinking about getting an abortion because Thatcher had cheat on her, I didn't thought she will thought seriously about something like that, it not like she doesn't have the money to raise a kid and her baby was made out of love, well it was not a rape like her mother had but Grace had kept Linden. Also I could not beleived how Thatcher had change so fast, he had seem to love Willow so much and after that he even consider of telling he had seen her and Linden in bed togheter to make him feel he (Thatcher) was the victim and not Willow, I thought it was so sick and low of him to had consider that, Thatcher make me sick!Well it sure not like the real books of Virginia C. Andrews but it's a good one, I think the ghost writer is getting better, it may sound very much cliché but it's interesting and have lots of surprises and mysteries in this new serie. So if you like VC Andrews books go buy this new serie.
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Summary: Letters from hell
Review: I hate those letters in the back of the DeBeers books. What makes it worse is that they are from Melody and Annie, two of my least favorite characters. I'm tearing my hair out, trying to guess what the next letter will be for Twisted Roots. It won't be from Cathy, Dawn or Heaven. They're dead. I'm guessing the GW is only peddling the books HE wrote. Heaven help us if we get a letter from Bart, or even Jory. I'm so glad Garden of Shadows was the only Dollanganger manuscript he got his hands on. I'm guessing we'll be hearing from Summer or Christie, or maybe Rain next. Or Brooke? I think Linden is weird, but he is more interesting than Philip, Tony, etc. Perhaps the books are improving.
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Summary: Closet VCA
Review: I have been trying to kick the VCA habit for years (I'm 35). I'm proud to say that I quit the miniseries a couple of years ago, but am still reading the full-size book series. The ghostwriter must be reading these reviews, because the DeBeers series shows an improvement that I hope will last. A problem of the books that came after the Casteel series has been that the young protagonists are too "wide-eyed" for someone living in the 21st or late-20th centuries. Young people have sharpness, and Willow seems more modern than Rain Hudson or Dawn Cutler. The dialogue has also become sharper and pithier, which was sorely needed! Linden Montgomery is definitely the best "unstable brother" in ages!
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Summary: Another good book
Review: I have read all of V.C. Andrews books and whilst I did enjoy this one, I think it was a bit predictable at times. There weren't any big twists with this one. Still a good read, though. :)
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Summary: Not as good as Willow.
Review: I have read most of the V.C Andrews novels and for the most part I have always enjoyed at least the first couple of books in a series. However I was a little dissapointed with this book. I enjoyed the first book in the series (Willow) and was really looking forward to reading Wicked Forest. However most of the book is predictable and the last few chapters felt really rushed. I had hoped that Willow would sort things out with Thatcher as I felt that their relationship could have developed a little futher and also alot more could of happend between Willow and Thatchers family. I think that the author of this book should have developed the characters a little more. I am not sure if I will read any of the other books in the series as there are some mixed reviews.
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