This is an easy read. It sets the roots of the Foxworth/Dollanganger family. It isn't masterpiece writing but it is entertaining enough. Corrine is a flawed often at times an unlikeable character but you get a better understanding of why she made some of the choices she did.
Corinne Dixon is enjoying the life of a young girl. She is happy and beautiful.
She catches the eye of handsome, charming, rich Garland Foxworth. She is enchanted and naively trusts him. She mets with him in secret and becomes pregnant. Wedding details are put into place and a few peculiar things about Garland are revealed.
I didn't like this book but I also did not dislike it. It was "ok". Corinne is a spoiled and vain girl but I am not surprised by this. I did like learning a bit more about Corinne since we know very little about her up until this book. Garland is just as evil if not more than I imagined.
If you are addicted to the Dollangangers and are invested in their story this book is worth your time since it's a super easy read.
Are you a Crime Junkie podcast listener? If so you've been hearing Ashley advertise her book for months. I finally got my hands on a copy and I devoured it. Flowers, have created a novel that flows quickly and has well developed characters but the ending .... is ambiguous.
A little girl in a nearby town goes missing and the case of Natalie Clark has similarities to the January Jones Case. The Police say there is no connection but Margot isn't so sure. In fact she is convinced it's the same person. She undertakes her own investigation in an effort to find the killer. Margot finds out that the residents of her hometown are full of secrets and the more she learns the most suspicious she becomes of everyone.
The January Jones case has a lot of similarities to JonBenet Ramsey, one could suggest that the case heavily influenced her book, All Good People. Flowers has said the book has twist and turns and will keep you guessing. She is partially right. It does have twist and turns but I was able to figure out two of the reveals chapters before they were disclosed. This doesn't mean it isn't a good read because it is and Flower have a knack for writing that shows in this debut novel.
I came across Clique Bait quite by accident and I am glad that I did. It's an entertaining and fun story.
Something happened to Monica, Chloe Whittaker's best friend and Chloe is out for revenge. In order to seek it she needs to squirrel her way into the popular group, find their weaknesses, secrets and expose them. Humiliation and ultimate payback is what she seeks.
Chloe has to reinvent herself. Toss out her old clothes and buy new more in fashion. Delete social media and find a way to get into the popular crew.
Once she finds herself within the ranks of the popular kids she is faced with a decision to either end her revenge plan or continue with it. Either decision will betray her heart. She has to figure out what path she is going to take in the fork in the road.
Clara Sue's parents are dead, she and her brother are being raised by her grandfather. On the day her brother dies another young boy is brought into the hospital and the grandfather takes an interest in him. This young boy becomes part of the family and Clara Sue is resentful, angry and bratty.
The ghostwriter usually captures VC Andrews voice but in this case it's just a hot mess and disappointing. This isn't Cory's story ... it's Clara Sue's.
Kristen and her boyfriend continue to read Chris's diary and reenact scenes from it. We continue to learn more about how Chris felt but we don't learn anything groundbreakingly new. It's just a retelling of Flowers in the Attic from a different point of view that isn't too different, it's not as though its Malcolm or even Corrie telling the story (now that would interesting!)
This is another short read that can be done in a day. So if you have some time to waste or are interested in reading it go for it.
I do like it a bit more however I think it's because I am reading the other books in the series days/weeks apart rather than years. I think having a recent reference from the other books to pull from makes the read more interesting.
This book is about a young women named Kristen who along with her boyfriend reads Christopher Dollangangers diary that has been found in a metal box on a construction site. The diary details the time the Dollanganger children spend in the attic from Chris's point of view not Cathy's view as we get in The Flowers in the Attic.
The reader gets to understand the character of Chris more, a character I always liked. Don't read this book thinking it is all about Chris's diary because it's not. It's just snippets of his diary mixed in with the story of our main character Kristen, who is quite likable.
This book can be read in a day and if you enjoy the series this book may very well be worth your read.
In the beginning, Oliva was a likable, kind and sympathetic character but years of being married to Malcolm Foxworth changes her. Oliva's life with Malcolm was hard. He was not an easy man to love or live with. He was cure and domineering. The birth of his sons did nothing to ease his cruelty.
As time passed and the actions of Malcolm become worse, Olivia developed a cold shell and slowly become the evil Grandmother.
We are introduced to Corrine and Christopher and learn their story.
This book did not disappoint. There is a lot of background information on characters which gives you a deeper understanding of them. This will change a lot of perceptions regarding characters. This dark tale is one that you will want to read if you've been enamored
with the Dollanganger series.
Bart is set to inherit a large sum of money. He has had the Foxworth Mansion rebuilt. Cathy and Chris move into the Mansion with plans to leave once Bart comes into his own. Jory, his wife and Cindy return for the reading of the will and to celebrate Barts 25th Birthday. Tragedy strikes foiling plans.
Unlikeable characters become unbearable. A degree of redemption and forgiveness occurs. Prepare for sadness and this is possible the saddest installment in the series.
Life is quite pleasant until the empty house in disrepair next door becomes occupied. The new mistress of the house uses her riches to win over Bart however the servant in the home gives Bart a diary to read and fills his mind with stories about sin and the sins of women.
Bart undergoes a transformation and becomes hateful, violent, destructive and disobedient. Things get worse when Cindy becomes a part of the family. Chaos and darkness ensues and Cathy will have to fight to win Bart back.
This is an easy read that delves deeper into the Dollanganger series. Lots of drama.
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