If There Be Thorns (Dollanganger #3) by V.C. Andrews → Start Date: November 5th, 2016

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Please join Alberto and I if you can!

[Alberto]

Thank you Trisha! Looking forward to it :)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

me too!!!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

okay, FINALLY started this one! So sorry I'm sooo late!

through Part 1

I was so surprised this is from Jory and Bart's POV's

Jory(view spoiler)[ Yikes, is it just me. sure looks like he will be the next Chris for Cathy's Cindy - right? at least this way they won't be blood brother and sister, just step siblings (hide spoiler)]

Cathy(view spoiler)[ is especially awful to read about. Jeez. her yelling at Chris is awful when we're not her POV but even worse at Jory's POV and he doesn't understand what's going on (hide spoiler)]

Bart(view spoiler)[ what an awful little child he is. he yells at everyone to get his way and is completely ungrateful when he breaks things and demands more. ugh. (hide spoiler)]

John(view spoiler)[ and what an awful person he is. who teaches a kid these things. jeez (hide spoiler)]

Neighbor(view spoiler)[ I couldn't believe it! Their mom is OUT!!! And she's letting John turn Bart! She's just as awful as she's always been - just throwing toys at a kid instead of actually getting to know him or going out and playing with him. she's just the same as she's always been (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

through Part 2

Jory(view spoiler)[ poor kid. (hide spoiler)]

Bart(view spoiler)[ Jeez. he's killed small animals, threatened to kill both his mom and brother and actually tried to kill his little sister
why on earth would they keep him in the house? (hide spoiler)]

Cathy(view spoiler)[ still breathlessly annoying. she's still frustrating pulling every conversation into herself. And she has odd relationships with her kids. and says the most ridiculous things. Why couldn't she just tell Chris that she sent him up to the attic because she was afraid of him trying to kill the other kids. I don't understand their complete inability to communicate. and their conversations just willy nilly all over in the back yard and in the living room - ha! Who does that? lol
As a parent of 2, I know you don't do that (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Through Part 3 and done!

Jeez(view spoiler)[ Bart really turned into a hateful little thing. I can't believe the psychiatrist just thinks Bart will get better. He still has these grand thoughts of hurting/maiming/killing people and things. he still has grandiose thoughts of himself and illusions that he's a 80 year old man. Just....Yikes (hide spoiler)]

Jory(view spoiler)[ Equally frustrating was his need to make everyone happy. Poor kid, he's just like Chris. I was glad when he got kind of mad at the grandmother (his real father's mother) and kind of talked to her. I hope he marries outside of the family later and not Carrie..... (hide spoiler)]

Chris(view spoiler)[ ugh. Cathy is still just a miserable person to him. all her threatening and her awful tirades where she just screamed and belittled him - anything to continue to manipulate him into her way. To get Carrie, to dance, to....whatever. I really hope we seem some growth with her character now that her mother has apologized and tried to make amends (hide spoiler)]

John(view spoiler)[ what an awful awful man he was. (hide spoiler)]

I can't wait to see what you think of this one!