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In the wake of a terrible loss, Rain is left alone to bear the Hudson family secreets -- as dark and forbidding as storm clouds on the horizon... After the death of her beloved Grandmother Hudson, Rain found herself caught in a battle for the vast Hudson family wealth. Marked to inherit millions, Rain faced the fury of her unaccepting mother, her manipulative stepfather, and her cold, vicious Aunt Victoria. But no amount of money can keep Rain's world from crashing down when sudden tragedy show more strikes. Left helpless after a devastating blow, Rain sinks into despair as her precious dreams are washed away?dreams that cannot be bought with the Hudson fortune. Her only hope for rebuilding her life rests in trusting a stranger who has come into her world -- a man whose generosity and kindness does not appear to come with strings attached, much to Rain's amazement. But just as she opens her heart to a promising new future, her past comes back to haunt her -- and Rain is pulled into a furious whirlpool of bitterness and heartache. show lessTags
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One thing I liked about this series was the covers. I really liked the shiny outer covers and the stepbacks could be fun to look at.
I enjoyed the earlier books that Andrew Neiderman wrote after V.C. Andrews' death, namely the Cutler series. But after that, each series he wrote became progressively less like the masterpieces VCA herself would write. The Landry and Logan series were enjoyable, and the Orphans and Wildflowers miniseries were all right. But I was glad when Neiderman announced his return to a full-length series. I read Rain and Lightning Strikes, but both books were disappointing, and this book no less so. VCA did a superb job with family secrets and villains, but Neiderman plays with mental illness and even trivializes it show more for entertainment/shock value. In Lightning Strikes, there was the crazy great-aunt and uncle in England. And in this book, Victoria - VICTORIA - the person I thought least susceptible to craziness - snaps and displays her insanity in a pathetic, befuddling way that was so out of character even for her that I could not take this book seriously.
I was also disappointed with the fact that Grandma died - it felt like nothing more than a convenient plot twist for Neiderman to set up the events that would befall Rain, including her paralysis. Everything was just thrown together in a mishmash of 'convenient' plot devices (such as Victoria's true paternity) Nobody is explored in depth, and the family skeletons were just contrived and offered no real depth or good explanation. show less
I enjoyed the earlier books that Andrew Neiderman wrote after V.C. Andrews' death, namely the Cutler series. But after that, each series he wrote became progressively less like the masterpieces VCA herself would write. The Landry and Logan series were enjoyable, and the Orphans and Wildflowers miniseries were all right. But I was glad when Neiderman announced his return to a full-length series. I read Rain and Lightning Strikes, but both books were disappointing, and this book no less so. VCA did a superb job with family secrets and villains, but Neiderman plays with mental illness and even trivializes it show more for entertainment/shock value. In Lightning Strikes, there was the crazy great-aunt and uncle in England. And in this book, Victoria - VICTORIA - the person I thought least susceptible to craziness - snaps and displays her insanity in a pathetic, befuddling way that was so out of character even for her that I could not take this book seriously.
I was also disappointed with the fact that Grandma died - it felt like nothing more than a convenient plot twist for Neiderman to set up the events that would befall Rain, including her paralysis. Everything was just thrown together in a mishmash of 'convenient' plot devices (such as Victoria's true paternity) Nobody is explored in depth, and the family skeletons were just contrived and offered no real depth or good explanation. show less
This is probably my favorite book in the series. I think that it really took me into another world and I really liked the story of Rain and how she coped with all that life threw at her. I always knew she would be a strong person and I am so glad the path she chose to take in the end. It actually was a very wise decision that many would not be able to take. I honestly believed the characters and the story and I am pretty excited to go back in life and read some of the classics I knew and loved when I was younger.
It was an okay read. Certainly not the best V.C. Andrews book, but good enough I'll read the next book in the series.
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Born on June 6, 1924 in Portsmouth, Va., Virginia Cleo ("V. C.") Andrews was one of three children of William Henry and Lillian Lilnora. Andrews worked as a commercial fashion and portrait artist for a time. However, after her father's death in the late 1960s and the family's subsequent move to Manchester, Mo, she began what she described as show more "closet" writing. It was her publisher's decision to use the initials V. C. rather than her full name. This was done for the purpose of neutralizing her gender so as to sell to adult male audiences; the common belief was that men did not like to read books by women writers. Andrews eventually became a full-time writer. Her first novel was a science fiction fantasy entitled The Gods of the Green Mountains, published in 1972. In 1980, she published the bestseller Flowers in the Attic, followed by Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows; all of which comprise the Dollanganger Series. Andrews died of breast cancer on December 19, 1986, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. After her death, her family hired a ghost writer, Andrew Neiderman, to finish the manuscripts she had started. He would complete the next two novels, Garden of Shadows and Fallen Hearts, and they were published soon after. These two novels are considered the last to bear the "V. C. Andrews" name and to be almost completely written by Andrews herself. She left a legacy of books that have been sold worldwide and translated into 13 foreign languages. (Bowker Author Biography) V.C. Andrews' novels have sold more than eighty-five million copies and have been translated into sixteen foreign languages. All 38 of V.C. Andrews' novels have hit the New York Times bestseller list. (Publisher Provided) show less
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- Eye of the Storm
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