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"Ever since Fern could remember, she and her mother have lived as servants in Wyndemere House, the old gothic mansion of the Davenport family. She may have been a servant, but Fern developed a sweet friendship with Dr. Davenport's son, Ryder, and she was even allowed free range of the estate. But Dr. Davenport has remarried and his new wife has very different ideas about a servant's place. Now Fern and her mother are subject to cruel punishments, harsh conditions, and aren't even allowed to show more use the front door. Yet, for all her wrath, the cruel woman cannot break the mysterious bond between Ryder and Fern. And when Ryder invites Fern to join his friends at prom, there's nothing Mrs. Davenport can do to stop them nor can she continue to guard the secret that haunts the women of Wyndemere--but there's nothing she won't try. After all, reputation is everything."-- show lessTags
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Let's be absolutely fucking clear here - V.C. Andrews did not write this book. The book cover might claim she did, but it's a bold-faced lie by the publishers to try to push these new books. The crap Neiderman writes has gotten worse and doesn't sell as much as it used to.
Yet Neiderman keeps writing, and the publishers keep renewing his contract. The plot for this book was so god damn predictable and it's nice to see I'm not the only one who feels that way, or that I was the only one who was able to figure out the "secret" long before it was revealed (Fern and Ryder share the same parents, oh me oh my! Incest!!!) Honestly the whole story could have been pared down to 50 pages and we wouldn't have missed anything relevant.
V.C. Andrews show more has been dead for THIRTY years now, and her notes were long used up. It's 100 percent Neiderman now, and it befuddles me that the publishers and family keep pushing this even though V.C. left behind several manuscripts which any fan would LOVE to read (like the Obsessed)
As a V.C. Andrews fan, I want to see a book come out that was actually written by V.C. Andrews herself, not a lazy ghostwriter who knows her name sells better than his own, and is trying to see what kind of crap he can get away with under her name (Secret Brother, Whitefern, anyone?)
If the ghostwriter wants to keep writing - then by all means, let him do so under HIS own name, and have the REAL VCA's unpublished manuscripts finally out for us VCA fans! The publishers would make a lot of money off that, which makes me wonder why they insist on passing Neiderman's crap under VCA's name but not releasing her actual manuscripts! And releasing a bunch of books ONLY in e-format instead of doing the smart thing and i don't know, releasing all titles in BOTH paperback and e-format?
If you're unhappy with the publishers and the ghostwriter, make yourselves heard.
This is what happens when an author is more focused on churning out books and selling as many titles as he can rather than actually writing a good story with at least a few surprising twists. show less
Yet Neiderman keeps writing, and the publishers keep renewing his contract. The plot for this book was so god damn predictable and it's nice to see I'm not the only one who feels that way, or that I was the only one who was able to figure out the "secret" long before it was revealed (Fern and Ryder share the same parents, oh me oh my! Incest!!!) Honestly the whole story could have been pared down to 50 pages and we wouldn't have missed anything relevant.
V.C. Andrews show more has been dead for THIRTY years now, and her notes were long used up. It's 100 percent Neiderman now, and it befuddles me that the publishers and family keep pushing this even though V.C. left behind several manuscripts which any fan would LOVE to read (like the Obsessed)
As a V.C. Andrews fan, I want to see a book come out that was actually written by V.C. Andrews herself, not a lazy ghostwriter who knows her name sells better than his own, and is trying to see what kind of crap he can get away with under her name (Secret Brother, Whitefern, anyone?)
If the ghostwriter wants to keep writing - then by all means, let him do so under HIS own name, and have the REAL VCA's unpublished manuscripts finally out for us VCA fans! The publishers would make a lot of money off that, which makes me wonder why they insist on passing Neiderman's crap under VCA's name but not releasing her actual manuscripts! And releasing a bunch of books ONLY in e-format instead of doing the smart thing and i don't know, releasing all titles in BOTH paperback and e-format?
If you're unhappy with the publishers and the ghostwriter, make yourselves heard.
This is what happens when an author is more focused on churning out books and selling as many titles as he can rather than actually writing a good story with at least a few surprising twists. show less
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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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