Into the Woods (De Beers, #4) in V.C. Andrews

Feb 07, 2012 Marie rated it really liked it

This is Grace Houston Montgomery’s story. She is Willow’s mother. This book covers the period between when she was moving around with her father as a Navy brat until the time she goes to Dr. De Beers clinic in South Carolina.

(view spoiler) This is Grace Houston Montgomery’s story. She is Willow’s mother. This book covers the period between when she was moving around with her father as a Navy brat until the time she goes to Dr. De Beers clinic in South Carolina.

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Things I hated about this book:

1. The letter from Ruby to Grace. I hate these. They are blatant advertisement teasers to other book series. I suppose you can draw parallels between the two series but really, must they do that?

2. The time frame of this book seems off to me. They talk about Grace maybe going to a magnet school and a Shaina Twain song playing on the radio in one scene. They also make reference to Top Gun the movie in a “do you remember” type context. (Top Gun came out in the mid 80′s) Seems like there’s a possible time warp going on here because those facts would place Grace (who was like 22 when she went into the clinic) in the early to mid 90′s when she was just 15. This is assuming that Willow took place modern day.

Things I liked about this book:

1. The fact that is set in Palm Beach. I spent a lot of time there in my last year of High school and it’s like going home.

2. I thought that Graces decent into a dark depression was very well written. Kind of made me feel what it was like for her.

3. Her mother, Jackie Lee, becomes deliciously shallow and selfish. Like a good V.C. Andrews mom should!

I think it’s a good book in the V.C. Andrews universe.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars ...more

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