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Secrets in the Shadows (Secrets #2)
by
V.C. Andrews
Everyone Says
Her Mother Was Crazy.
Is She Doomed to Repeat the Past?
Her Mother Was Crazy.
Is She Doomed to Repeat the Past?
Up in the attic, that's where Alice's mother used to escape to...and it's where, so Alice has been told, she plotted the murder of her own stepfather. Now, years later, with her mother locked away for life, the attic is where Alice finds comfort in her aloneness, writing poetry and painting pictures.
...morePaperback, 416 pages
Published
April 15th 2008
by Pocket Star
(first published January 1st 2008)
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This has to stop, seriously. When Neiderman first ghostwrote for VCA, he did a decent job. I liked the Cutler series, and he did a good job of finishing up the books that VCA had started but didn't finish for the Dollanganger and Casteel series. The Landry and Logan series, while not the best, were still very decent, and I enjoyed them. However, it all started to go downhill with Orphans. That was not what VCA would have written. I endured the Hudson and DeBeers series with disgust. The April Sh...more
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This second bood in this series was better than the first. It was slightly entertaining, but as with most of VC Andrews books, predictable. The main character, Alice, is the offspring resulting from the first book. She obviously has social issues resulting from her mother's 'sins' and therefore in need of a makeover. Her makeover results in the attraction of the most popular boy in the school...yes, you guessed it, class president and baseball star, Craig. Wouldn't you know tragedy befalls the c...more
You can't tell a family saga in two books. I hate this whole two book thing. Bring back 5 books! I'm getting annoyed with every new Virginia Andrews book that comes out. They just ain't what they used to be. Alice annoyed me quiet abit. She just wasn't very likeable. And why is it when she meets a guy, shes so eager to get all hot and heavy with them? They've only just met! Not very believable considering she's been shy and hidden away from people her whole life. I didn't like Craig or Duncan. I...more
no review as such... it was bland!!! the climax was so poorly thought of that i wondered if d book really finished or not... d suspense created had a very bad downfall in d end... they cud hv elaborated more on the past of her mother to really put some light into the whole story... d girl alice was so naive and so pessimistic about her own existence , i hardly sympathised, n sometimes she evn desrved a full blown slap to make her come to senses... as for the entire family, they shud hv thot abt...more
Apparently I have a lot of spoilers in my review below. Read with caution
Alice is the daughter of Karen. She is now 16 and wonders if she’s inherited the evil of her mother. While Alice thinks she’s a nothing Rachel (her father’s wife) sees her true beauty and helps her blossom. She visit’s the house where her mother lived and the people living there have completely changed everything, erased traces of what was. Craig, he lives in Karen’s old house, asks Alice to prom. During the drive to the af...more
Alice is the daughter of Karen. She is now 16 and wonders if she’s inherited the evil of her mother. While Alice thinks she’s a nothing Rachel (her father’s wife) sees her true beauty and helps her blossom. She visit’s the house where her mother lived and the people living there have completely changed everything, erased traces of what was. Craig, he lives in Karen’s old house, asks Alice to prom. During the drive to the af...more
Secrets in the Shadows continues the story that started with Secrets in the Attic. The story focuses on Alice, the daughter of Karen and Jesse who readers meet in the first book of the series.
As with the first book in this series, I really enjoyed this book. I thought the story well written with all the twists, turns, and tragedies one would expect from a story created by Andrew's. And although this story includes characters (and refrences) from Secrets in the Attic, readers will have not troub...more
As with the first book in this series, I really enjoyed this book. I thought the story well written with all the twists, turns, and tragedies one would expect from a story created by Andrew's. And although this story includes characters (and refrences) from Secrets in the Attic, readers will have not troub...more
It doesn't have the tension of the previous book, and the main character is easier to relate to, even though she's still suite pessimistic and gloomy. There were many unpredictable twists (when the chapter title didn't give them away..), but I'm not sure I if I liked them all. Also the book explained and addressed the points that seemed rushed in the end of book 1, which was surprising, in a good way.
I think the only reason I keep reading these books is because I keep hoping they'll get back to how good they used to be. This one for instance, I never could like the character, which means I probably won't like the book all that much. Not to mention the plot was below par.
Pretty good book. Wasn't as dark and twisted as the first. I still hate not really knowing if Karen's stepfather really was abusing her. It leaves you still with a feeling that it was possible, but no solid answer. But what is with the nutty people in this series?
This book is an amazing book!!
It is about this girls mom who is dying and really has no hope on surving...
A part of me is scared to finish the book because it is heart breaking.
But i know if i dont finish it i will always wonder how it ends...
It is about this girls mom who is dying and really has no hope on surving...
A part of me is scared to finish the book because it is heart breaking.
But i know if i dont finish it i will always wonder how it ends...
I always hope that it will be a story as riveting as Flowers in the Attic. Never is. I should stop trying. This story didn't even have anyone that you could root for.
Again, not early Andrews but better than the offerings right after her death. These two books were much calmer and seem to be more formulaic. Still, good read.
The reviews I read said that it was not VC Andrews best works and most were disappointed. However, I enjoyed the book and found it quite a page turner.
I have grown tired of these series as they are all becoming the same thing over and over. This is the last book that I read with VC Andres.
I didn't think it was possible but this book is more boring than the first in this series. Very disappointing for V.C. Andrews' books.
Jul 27, 2011
Jennifer
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Great book. I read some VC years ago (Casteel series) and loved it. This was no exception. Edge of your seat stuff.
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Though this book was Ghost Written, to me it kept all the spirit of V.C. Andrews.
V.C. Andrew books has always been one of my little guilty pleasures!
sometimes one has to wat has to b done
Slightly better than the first book in this series, but not by much.
None of the books written after the Dollenganger series have ever measured up to that standard.
************ Spoiler Alert? ***************
Did anyone else notice the error? When Alice was shopping for a prom dress she was with her grandmother, only. BUT later in the book she mentions shopping for it with her grandmother, aunt Zipporah, & stepmother. Nope, that happened when she was taken shopping to buy NEW clothes for schoo...more
None of the books written after the Dollenganger series have ever measured up to that standard.
************ Spoiler Alert? ***************
Did anyone else notice the error? When Alice was shopping for a prom dress she was with her grandmother, only. BUT later in the book she mentions shopping for it with her grandmother, aunt Zipporah, & stepmother. Nope, that happened when she was taken shopping to buy NEW clothes for schoo...more
Jun 27, 2011
Jodi
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
V.C Andrew followers
Shelves:
books-in-a-series,
chick-lit
As I get older, these stories grow sillier to me but yet I keep reading them. Blah! As I read about Duncan's situation with the overly religious mother who punished him for looking at a girl and sinning, it reminded me of the movie, "Carrie." Of course, as always, the ending is all rainbows and happiness. The characters never really developed for me. On one page Duncan is a stranger and two pages later they are dating. Ho-hum!
It got better as the story went on and yes it did have a good ending. I still like the first book the most.
I love all of the books ever written by V.C. Andrews. Throughout the years I've read the work written by her ghost writer and slowly lost interest as many of the books seem to all have the same plot. But I do have to say that this series in particular is pretty entertaining and reminds me of Flowers in the Attic.
I liked this book. It was a little different from most VC Andrews books which tend to be "all the same". It was more current and up to date and realistic.
started reading yesterday. i went to the library, didnt have anything i went there to find, so i chose this. very good, like it alot. more later.
This was a little better than the first one, but it still was bad. Nothing near the genius of the late V.C. Andrews.
Okay book. Not one of my favorite series. Just seems like the plots are repeating and losing their luster.
If you are a fan of V.C. Andrews this is a great book. I can't wait until the next book is out.
Eh, not a very good book. Wasn't the worst I've ever read, but I felt like it was a waste of my time.
i loved it just like all of them! there hasnt been a v.c. andrews book i havent loved. ^_^
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Virginia Cleo Andrews (born Cleo Virginia Andrews) was born June 6, 1923 in Portsmouth, Virginia. The youngest child and the only daughter of William Henry Andrews, a career navy man who opened a tool-and-die business after retirement, and Lillian Lilnora Parker Andrews, a telephone operator. She spent her happy childhood years in Portsmouth, Virginia, living briefly in Rochester, New York. The An...more
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