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Eye of the Storm
In the wake of a terrible loss, Rain is left alone to bear the Hudson family secrets — as dark and forbidding as storm clouds on the horizon...
After the death of her beloved Grandmother Hudson, Rain found herself caught in a battle for the vast Hudson family wealth. Marked to inherit millions, Rain faced the fury of her unaccepting mother, her manipulative stepfather, and her cold, vicious Aunt Victoria. But no amount of money can keep Rain's world from crashing down when sudden tragedy strikes.
Left helpless after a devastating blow, Rain sinks into despair as her precious dreams are washed away - dreams that cannot be bought with the Hudson fortune. Her only hope for rebuilding her life rests in trusting a stranger who has come into her world — a man whose generosity and kindness does not appear to come with strings attached, much to Rain's amazement. But just as she opens her heart to a promising new future, her past comes back to haunt her — and Rain is pulled into a furious whirlpool of bitterness and heartache.
After the death of her beloved Grandmother Hudson, Rain found herself caught in a battle for the vast Hudson family wealth. Marked to inherit millions, Rain faced the fury of her unaccepting mother, her manipulative stepfather, and her cold, vicious Aunt Victoria. But no amount of money can keep Rain's world from crashing down when sudden tragedy strikes.
Left helpless after a devastating blow, Rain sinks into despair as her precious dreams are washed away - dreams that cannot be bought with the Hudson fortune. Her only hope for rebuilding her life rests in trusting a stranger who has come into her world — a man whose generosity and kindness does not appear to come with strings attached, much to Rain's amazement. But just as she opens her heart to a promising new future, her past comes back to haunt her — and Rain is pulled into a furious whirlpool of bitterness and heartache.
400 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
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V.C. Andrews
369 books8,955 followersBooks published under the following names - Virginia Andrews, V. Andrews, Virginia C. Andrews & V.C. Endrius. Books since her death ghost written by Andrew Neiderman, but still attributed to the V.C. Andrews name
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 Andrews family returned to Portsmouth while Virginia was in high school.
While a teenager, Virginia suffered a tragic accident, falling down the stairs at her school and incurred severe back injuries. Arthritis and a failed spinal surgical procedure forced her to spend most of her life on crutches or in a wheelchair.
Virginia excelled in school and, at fifteen, won a scholarship for writing a parody of Tennyson's Idylls of the King. She proudly earned her diploma from Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth. After graduation, she nurtured her artistic talent by completing a four-year correspondence art course while living at home with her family.
After William Andrews died in the late 1960s, Virginia helped to support herself and her mother through her extremely successful career as a commercial artist, portrait painter, and fashion illustrator.
Frustrated with the lack of creative satisfaction that her work provided, Virginia sought creative release through writing, which she did in secret. In 1972, she completed her first novel, The Gods of the Green Mountain [sic], a science-fantasy story. It was never published. Between 1972 and 1979, she wrote nine novels and twenty short stories, of which only one was published. "I Slept with My Uncle on My Wedding Night", a short fiction piece, was published in a pulp confession magazine.
Promise gleamed over the horizon for Virginia when she submitted a 290,000-word novel, The Obsessed, to a publishing company. She was told that the story had potential, but needed to be trimmed and spiced up a bit. She drafted a new outline in a single night and added "unspeakable things my mother didn't want me to write about." The ninety-eight-page revision was re-titled Flowers in the Attic and she was paid a $7,500 advance. Her new-generation Gothic novel reached the bestseller lists a mere two weeks after its 1979 paperback publication by Pocket Books.
Petals on the Wind, her sequel to Flowers, was published the next year, earning Virginia a $35,000 advance. The second book remained on the New York Times bestseller list for an unbelievable nineteen weeks (Flowers also returned to the list). These first two novels alone sold over seven million copies in only two years. The third novel of the Dollanganger series, If There Be Thorns, was released in 1981, bringing Virginia a $75,000 advance. It reached No. 2 on many bestseller lists within its first two weeks.
Taking a break from the chronicles of Chris and Cathy Dollanganger, Virginia published her one, and only, stand-alone novel, My Sweet Audrina, in 1982. The book welcomed an immediate success, topping the sales figures of her previous novels. Two years later, a fourth Dollanganger novel was released, Seeds of Yesterday. According to the New York Times, Seeds was the best-selling fiction paperback novel of 1984. Also in 1984, V.C. Andrews was named "Professional Woman of the Year" by the city of Norfolk, Virginia.
Upon Andrews's death in 1986, two final novels—Garden of Shadows and Fallen Hearts—were published. These two novels are considered the last to bear the "V.C. Andrews" name and to be almost completely written by
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 Andrews family returned to Portsmouth while Virginia was in high school.
While a teenager, Virginia suffered a tragic accident, falling down the stairs at her school and incurred severe back injuries. Arthritis and a failed spinal surgical procedure forced her to spend most of her life on crutches or in a wheelchair.
Virginia excelled in school and, at fifteen, won a scholarship for writing a parody of Tennyson's Idylls of the King. She proudly earned her diploma from Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth. After graduation, she nurtured her artistic talent by completing a four-year correspondence art course while living at home with her family.
After William Andrews died in the late 1960s, Virginia helped to support herself and her mother through her extremely successful career as a commercial artist, portrait painter, and fashion illustrator.
Frustrated with the lack of creative satisfaction that her work provided, Virginia sought creative release through writing, which she did in secret. In 1972, she completed her first novel, The Gods of the Green Mountain [sic], a science-fantasy story. It was never published. Between 1972 and 1979, she wrote nine novels and twenty short stories, of which only one was published. "I Slept with My Uncle on My Wedding Night", a short fiction piece, was published in a pulp confession magazine.
Promise gleamed over the horizon for Virginia when she submitted a 290,000-word novel, The Obsessed, to a publishing company. She was told that the story had potential, but needed to be trimmed and spiced up a bit. She drafted a new outline in a single night and added "unspeakable things my mother didn't want me to write about." The ninety-eight-page revision was re-titled Flowers in the Attic and she was paid a $7,500 advance. Her new-generation Gothic novel reached the bestseller lists a mere two weeks after its 1979 paperback publication by Pocket Books.
Petals on the Wind, her sequel to Flowers, was published the next year, earning Virginia a $35,000 advance. The second book remained on the New York Times bestseller list for an unbelievable nineteen weeks (Flowers also returned to the list). These first two novels alone sold over seven million copies in only two years. The third novel of the Dollanganger series, If There Be Thorns, was released in 1981, bringing Virginia a $75,000 advance. It reached No. 2 on many bestseller lists within its first two weeks.
Taking a break from the chronicles of Chris and Cathy Dollanganger, Virginia published her one, and only, stand-alone novel, My Sweet Audrina, in 1982. The book welcomed an immediate success, topping the sales figures of her previous novels. Two years later, a fourth Dollanganger novel was released, Seeds of Yesterday. According to the New York Times, Seeds was the best-selling fiction paperback novel of 1984. Also in 1984, V.C. Andrews was named "Professional Woman of the Year" by the city of Norfolk, Virginia.
Upon Andrews's death in 1986, two final novels—Garden of Shadows and Fallen Hearts—were published. These two novels are considered the last to bear the "V.C. Andrews" name and to be almost completely written by
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August 20, 2024
Not nearly as good as the first two books of the series. There were a few moments where the drama was good but the ghost writer relied way too much on his usual themes. Horrible aunt, medical helper who doesn’t actually care about the patient, and a family member that goes crazy after a tragic death. Nothing new or exciting.
February 23, 2020
4.5 stars
Yep, still loving this series, Eye of the Storm is the third book in the Hudson saga.
This series finally reveals some wacky, loony, cuckoo behaviour from a nutty character who also features in the first two books.
Darkish, freakish and completely screwy. Loved it!
Can’t wait to read more of the addictive characters in book four.
*Book #46/72 of my 2019 coffee table to-read challenge, cont. 2020
Yep, still loving this series, Eye of the Storm is the third book in the Hudson saga.
This series finally reveals some wacky, loony, cuckoo behaviour from a nutty character who also features in the first two books.
Darkish, freakish and completely screwy. Loved it!
Can’t wait to read more of the addictive characters in book four.
*Book #46/72 of my 2019 coffee table to-read challenge, cont. 2020
March 27, 2023
One thing I liked about this series was the covers. I really liked the shiny outer covers and the stepbacks could be fun to look at.
I enjoyed the earlier books that Andrew Neiderman wrote after V.C. Andrews' death, namely the Cutler series. But after that, each series he wrote became progressively less like the masterpieces VCA herself would write. The Landry and Logan series were enjoyable, and the Orphans and Wildflowers miniseries were all right. But I was glad when Neiderman announced his return to a full-length series. I read Rain and Lightning Strikes, but both books were disappointing, and this book no less so. VCA did a superb job with family secrets and villains, but Neiderman plays with mental illness and even trivializes it for entertainment/shock value. In Lightning Strikes, there was the crazy great-aunt and uncle in England. And in this book, Victoria - VICTORIA - the person I thought least susceptible to craziness - snaps and displays her insanity in a pathetic, befuddling way that was so out of character even for her that I could not take this book seriously.
I was also disappointed with the fact that Grandma died - it felt like nothing more than a convenient plot twist for Neiderman to set up the events that would befall Rain, including her paralysis. Everything was just thrown together in a mishmash of 'convenient' plot devices (such as Victoria's true paternity) Nobody is explored in depth, and the family skeletons were just contrived and offered no real depth or good explanation.
I enjoyed the earlier books that Andrew Neiderman wrote after V.C. Andrews' death, namely the Cutler series. But after that, each series he wrote became progressively less like the masterpieces VCA herself would write. The Landry and Logan series were enjoyable, and the Orphans and Wildflowers miniseries were all right. But I was glad when Neiderman announced his return to a full-length series. I read Rain and Lightning Strikes, but both books were disappointing, and this book no less so. VCA did a superb job with family secrets and villains, but Neiderman plays with mental illness and even trivializes it for entertainment/shock value. In Lightning Strikes, there was the crazy great-aunt and uncle in England. And in this book, Victoria - VICTORIA - the person I thought least susceptible to craziness - snaps and displays her insanity in a pathetic, befuddling way that was so out of character even for her that I could not take this book seriously.
I was also disappointed with the fact that Grandma died - it felt like nothing more than a convenient plot twist for Neiderman to set up the events that would befall Rain, including her paralysis. Everything was just thrown together in a mishmash of 'convenient' plot devices (such as Victoria's true paternity) Nobody is explored in depth, and the family skeletons were just contrived and offered no real depth or good explanation.
March 25, 2016
This review will contain spoilers, so proceed with caution.
What the heck happened?!? Now, I've never been blown away by a VC Andrews book, but go in expected juicy and ridiculous drama that fans all seem to expect. This had your treasure trove of Andrews cliches...like every single card was thrown. This is where the spoilers are...We have psychotic family member that lives in a fantasy land, tragic accident leading to paralysis, accidental death of a family member, tragic death of the only nice character in the bunch, and of course the unexpected pregnancy. Remember in the first book when Rain rose above the squalor of the ghetto and really proved to be a strong individual? Remember in the second book when despite coming from a poor community Rain stuck to her guns and proved herself to the rich English kids? Now we have the third book where Rain lets everyone bully her into deciding what's right. She had no spine at all and everything that happened was her fault. Brody tries to rape her and she STILL DOESNT SAY SHE'S HIS SISTER. Why?!? Because she feels it isn't her place. Rain is paralyzed and not only did she lose her legs but her ability to make decisions and act rationally.
Very disappointed in this book...as well as a weak and laughable plot, the editing was terrible. Aunt Victoria was sometimes Aunt Veronica, there were missing quotation marks and random page breaks...this was a dredge and i found myself skipping parts all together. Hope the final installment is better than this slosh.
What the heck happened?!? Now, I've never been blown away by a VC Andrews book, but go in expected juicy and ridiculous drama that fans all seem to expect. This had your treasure trove of Andrews cliches...like every single card was thrown. This is where the spoilers are...We have psychotic family member that lives in a fantasy land, tragic accident leading to paralysis, accidental death of a family member, tragic death of the only nice character in the bunch, and of course the unexpected pregnancy. Remember in the first book when Rain rose above the squalor of the ghetto and really proved to be a strong individual? Remember in the second book when despite coming from a poor community Rain stuck to her guns and proved herself to the rich English kids? Now we have the third book where Rain lets everyone bully her into deciding what's right. She had no spine at all and everything that happened was her fault. Brody tries to rape her and she STILL DOESNT SAY SHE'S HIS SISTER. Why?!? Because she feels it isn't her place. Rain is paralyzed and not only did she lose her legs but her ability to make decisions and act rationally.
Very disappointed in this book...as well as a weak and laughable plot, the editing was terrible. Aunt Victoria was sometimes Aunt Veronica, there were missing quotation marks and random page breaks...this was a dredge and i found myself skipping parts all together. Hope the final installment is better than this slosh.
April 26, 2022
Following a horrible accident, Rain's life is once again turned upside down. Her dreams of returning to London no longer seem possible. To make matters worse her aunt Victoria seems more overbearing than ever.
The situations she has to face now make her old life seem easy.
Wow, this book got a lot more disturbing than I was expecting. It's like every possible horrible incident that could happen, did happen. I didn't really like the ending though as it seemed to be too easily wrapped up.
I have a few guesses as to how the next (and last) book of the series may play out.
December 29, 2024
This one made me sad. The Whatever Happened to Baby Jane ending had me on the edge of my seat.
April 1, 2020
This is the third instalment of the series based around Rain and this one takes a bit of a dip. Although it is not terrible, it does drag when you are reading it.
In this book, Rain has a horse riding accident and becomes disabled. She struggles to deal with it and eventually is held hostage by her aunt Victoria, who has become psychotic overnight.
Rain does frustrate me quite a bit, she is so needy!
Rain falls in love with her physiotherapist and they get married and have a baby. At the moment, it looks like Rain is getting her happy ending but I am sure that will change in the next book.
In this book, Rain has a horse riding accident and becomes disabled. She struggles to deal with it and eventually is held hostage by her aunt Victoria, who has become psychotic overnight.
Rain does frustrate me quite a bit, she is so needy!
Rain falls in love with her physiotherapist and they get married and have a baby. At the moment, it looks like Rain is getting her happy ending but I am sure that will change in the next book.
December 14, 2018
I couldn't remember anything about this book. I had completely forgotten about the whole paralyzed storyline.
This started off well enough, following the traditional Andrew's formula, for example, Rain's real brother really wants to sleep with her. In fairness, he doesn't know she is his sister but why does every bloke Rain meets, wants to jump her bones within 5 mins of meeting her?
It started to get a bit boring after she was paralyzed and became trapped in the house by Aunt Victoria. I also struggled to see how Victoria changed from being a hard nosed business woman into full on crazy within a space of a day.
This series started out really well but my adult mind is supercritical on this one, not the best as the storyline is just not that interesting.
This started off well enough, following the traditional Andrew's formula, for example, Rain's real brother really wants to sleep with her. In fairness, he doesn't know she is his sister but why does every bloke Rain meets, wants to jump her bones within 5 mins of meeting her?
It started to get a bit boring after she was paralyzed and became trapped in the house by Aunt Victoria. I also struggled to see how Victoria changed from being a hard nosed business woman into full on crazy within a space of a day.
This series started out really well but my adult mind is supercritical on this one, not the best as the storyline is just not that interesting.
September 10, 2009
I finished this book within days. The book begins with Rain now living in her Grandmother Hudson's mansion after her grandmother's death. Her Aunt Victoria mostly, along with her mother and stepfather are contesting the will, that left Rain with 51% of the house, 50% of the business, and about 2 million dollars in assets.
Unfortuntely, Rain never makes it back to school in London. She spends a lot of time arguing w/ her parents and aunt. Her half-brother Brody, he has a crush on Rain, not realizing that she's his half sister. Things go bad one night when he comes to the house and gets drunk and decides to stay the night. When he makes advances towards Rain, she kicks him out of her room and he drives off into the night, and into a tree, killing himself. This makes her mother blame herself for the deception and she goes a little crazy for a while, being institutionalized. Then Aunt Victoria makes advances towards her sister's husband.
Rain continues to live in the mansion and is friendly with the chauffeur whom she learns is actually her Aunt Victoria's father, although she has no idea that this is true. She rides his horse that he has named Rain as well, and one day the horse throws her and she ends up with 2 permanently paralyzed legs.
Being disabled makes her Aunt very happy. She begins controlling Rain. She changes the house and adds a ramp and makes the maids quarters look nothing more than a hospital room. She also hires a physical therapist, Austin, whom Rain eventually falls in love with.
Once Rain's mother is out of the hospital and her husband returns to her, Aunt Victoria loses her mind. She calls rain by her mother's name, (Megan) and confines her to the house. She has the ramp removed, the phones disconnected, and once she finds out about Rain's love affair w/ Austin, she send him away and threatens a lawsuit against his uncles therapy company if he comes anywhere near Rain.
Rain does her best to try and escape the house, but her aunt always foils her escape attempts. Things come to an end when Grant comes to take Rain away and her aunt informs him she's already left. She goes upstairs to put Rain in the bathtub, with crazy talk about holding her head underwater. They struggle and her Aunt slips in the bathroom and knocks her head on the faucet and literally drowns herself in the tub. Rain, who cracked her head as well, does her best to not pass out, but does. When she becomes conscious, she sees that Austin has come back and sees her in the bathroom and her Aunt in the tub and calls the police.
In the end, everything is cleared up and Rain finds out she is pregnant with Austin's child. Her brother Roy, who is in military prison for most of the book, is finally released. He comes back for the last chapter to find Rain and Austin married with their daughter Summer. Rain asks him to be part of their lives and that he can work for the company that she now owns. Rain's relationship with her mother takes a turn for the better, and they try to get along as friends. Even Rain's bio dad and his family come to the Hudson mansion for Rain's wedding. It is truly a happy ending, especially after reading page after page of the torture she went through at the hands of her evil Aunt Victoria.
Unfortuntely, Rain never makes it back to school in London. She spends a lot of time arguing w/ her parents and aunt. Her half-brother Brody, he has a crush on Rain, not realizing that she's his half sister. Things go bad one night when he comes to the house and gets drunk and decides to stay the night. When he makes advances towards Rain, she kicks him out of her room and he drives off into the night, and into a tree, killing himself. This makes her mother blame herself for the deception and she goes a little crazy for a while, being institutionalized. Then Aunt Victoria makes advances towards her sister's husband.
Rain continues to live in the mansion and is friendly with the chauffeur whom she learns is actually her Aunt Victoria's father, although she has no idea that this is true. She rides his horse that he has named Rain as well, and one day the horse throws her and she ends up with 2 permanently paralyzed legs.
Being disabled makes her Aunt very happy. She begins controlling Rain. She changes the house and adds a ramp and makes the maids quarters look nothing more than a hospital room. She also hires a physical therapist, Austin, whom Rain eventually falls in love with.
Once Rain's mother is out of the hospital and her husband returns to her, Aunt Victoria loses her mind. She calls rain by her mother's name, (Megan) and confines her to the house. She has the ramp removed, the phones disconnected, and once she finds out about Rain's love affair w/ Austin, she send him away and threatens a lawsuit against his uncles therapy company if he comes anywhere near Rain.
Rain does her best to try and escape the house, but her aunt always foils her escape attempts. Things come to an end when Grant comes to take Rain away and her aunt informs him she's already left. She goes upstairs to put Rain in the bathtub, with crazy talk about holding her head underwater. They struggle and her Aunt slips in the bathroom and knocks her head on the faucet and literally drowns herself in the tub. Rain, who cracked her head as well, does her best to not pass out, but does. When she becomes conscious, she sees that Austin has come back and sees her in the bathroom and her Aunt in the tub and calls the police.
In the end, everything is cleared up and Rain finds out she is pregnant with Austin's child. Her brother Roy, who is in military prison for most of the book, is finally released. He comes back for the last chapter to find Rain and Austin married with their daughter Summer. Rain asks him to be part of their lives and that he can work for the company that she now owns. Rain's relationship with her mother takes a turn for the better, and they try to get along as friends. Even Rain's bio dad and his family come to the Hudson mansion for Rain's wedding. It is truly a happy ending, especially after reading page after page of the torture she went through at the hands of her evil Aunt Victoria.
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August 13, 2013
Summary: After the reading of the will and the knowledge has been passed around about Rain, Victoria and Grant team up to try and get Rain to give up most of what she's inherited.
Megan, her Mother, had not told Alison or Brody about who she really was and Brody still has an incredible crush on her.
Corbette pays a surprise visit to Rain, he says he still wants to get to know her and tells her how sorry he was for his immature behavior. However, Rain discovers that he only is there because he thinks she is rich now. She lies and tells him that the rumors he has heard are all untrue and she didn't get anything, he leaves and she didn't hear from him again.
Brody pays a surprise visit as well, he gets a little drunk and tries to advance on Rain telling her how much he likes her and how they could have a great life together. He still doesn't know the truth and Rain doesn't want to tell him, thinking it is Megan's place not her own. She gets really ean with him, he gets upset and drives back home in the middle of the night and crashes his car and dies instantly.
The family spirals in turmoil. Rain blames herself, Megan becomes even more useless and Grant is in a deep depression. Victoria seems to become an ally with Rain.
Her Father, Larry Ward, says how he wants her to come back to London and have her be some part of his life. Leanna (His wife) also agrees to this. Rain wants it to be true, but is unsure.
Rain has a riding accident with Jakes horse and is paralyzed from the waist down. She is now in despair herself. She doesn't know what to do, she writes letters to both her Father and Roy explaining what has happened. Her dreams of becoming an actress now down the drain she thinks.
Jake drinks even more and Roy runs away from the military after receiving Rains letter. While trying to escape to see her he is arrested and held as AWOL.
Rain and her therapist Austin have a relationship and grow very close. Jake goes to the hospital and dies of liver disease from all the alcohol.
Victoria and Grant have a fling, she thinks he will chose her over Megan once Megan had a breakdown after Brody's sudden death and tries to commit suicide and is committed to an institute. However, Grant tosses Victory aside and takes Megan back and this turns Victoria a little crazy and she moves in with Rain in Grandmother Hudson's home.
Victoria in her nutty state of mind goes in and out of fantasies where she believes Rain to be Megan in her youth. At a point she even starves Rain and holds her prisoner in the Mansion. Rain finds out she's pregnant with Austins baby an tries to get Victoris to call the doctor. She pleads with her to snap out of her delusions but she wont.
While forcing her to take a bath and sending Austin away she trips and hits her head and drowns in the bathtub.
Rain loses consciousness only to awaken in Austins arms and brought ot the hospital where he proposes to her and she has her baby.
Megan, her Mother, had not told Alison or Brody about who she really was and Brody still has an incredible crush on her.
Corbette pays a surprise visit to Rain, he says he still wants to get to know her and tells her how sorry he was for his immature behavior. However, Rain discovers that he only is there because he thinks she is rich now. She lies and tells him that the rumors he has heard are all untrue and she didn't get anything, he leaves and she didn't hear from him again.
Brody pays a surprise visit as well, he gets a little drunk and tries to advance on Rain telling her how much he likes her and how they could have a great life together. He still doesn't know the truth and Rain doesn't want to tell him, thinking it is Megan's place not her own. She gets really ean with him, he gets upset and drives back home in the middle of the night and crashes his car and dies instantly.
The family spirals in turmoil. Rain blames herself, Megan becomes even more useless and Grant is in a deep depression. Victoria seems to become an ally with Rain.
Her Father, Larry Ward, says how he wants her to come back to London and have her be some part of his life. Leanna (His wife) also agrees to this. Rain wants it to be true, but is unsure.
Rain has a riding accident with Jakes horse and is paralyzed from the waist down. She is now in despair herself. She doesn't know what to do, she writes letters to both her Father and Roy explaining what has happened. Her dreams of becoming an actress now down the drain she thinks.
Jake drinks even more and Roy runs away from the military after receiving Rains letter. While trying to escape to see her he is arrested and held as AWOL.
Rain and her therapist Austin have a relationship and grow very close. Jake goes to the hospital and dies of liver disease from all the alcohol.
Victoria and Grant have a fling, she thinks he will chose her over Megan once Megan had a breakdown after Brody's sudden death and tries to commit suicide and is committed to an institute. However, Grant tosses Victory aside and takes Megan back and this turns Victoria a little crazy and she moves in with Rain in Grandmother Hudson's home.
Victoria in her nutty state of mind goes in and out of fantasies where she believes Rain to be Megan in her youth. At a point she even starves Rain and holds her prisoner in the Mansion. Rain finds out she's pregnant with Austins baby an tries to get Victoris to call the doctor. She pleads with her to snap out of her delusions but she wont.
While forcing her to take a bath and sending Austin away she trips and hits her head and drowns in the bathtub.
Rain loses consciousness only to awaken in Austins arms and brought ot the hospital where he proposes to her and she has her baby.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 9, 2021
3/5
This book drove me insane. So I remembered about the therapist-patient love interest and he was great, but also, I was expecting a little less Hallmark with their relationship and wanted scandalous, which I guess it was but not in a way I wanted it. I honestly didn't remember anything about this book but him, but have to say I'm a bit disappointed as this was honestly a copy of Annie (Heaven's daughter).
The biggest mistake within the book, that ruined everything: VICTORIA IS THE YOUNGER SISTER, MEGAN IS THE OLDER. How tf did he not remember that?? Like what type of fucking author are you that you cannot even remember that, and honestly I think he changed it so he can make this dumb plot happen. Victoria literally ruined this book because it is so off-character.
This book could have been better and was considering it a 4-star but then insane Victoria happened and I could not.
This book drove me insane. So I remembered about the therapist-patient love interest and he was great, but also, I was expecting a little less Hallmark with their relationship and wanted scandalous, which I guess it was but not in a way I wanted it. I honestly didn't remember anything about this book but him, but have to say I'm a bit disappointed as this was honestly a copy of Annie (Heaven's daughter).
The biggest mistake within the book, that ruined everything: VICTORIA IS THE YOUNGER SISTER, MEGAN IS THE OLDER. How tf did he not remember that?? Like what type of fucking author are you that you cannot even remember that, and honestly I think he changed it so he can make this dumb plot happen. Victoria literally ruined this book because it is so off-character.
This book could have been better and was considering it a 4-star but then insane Victoria happened and I could not.
November 21, 2014
When I read these novels back in the day I would have given them 3-3.5 STARS and now would say about one Star
I started reading VC Andrews books in the 1991 and stopped about 2003.
I have read:
-Dollanganger Series
-Casteel Series
-Cutler Series
-Landry Series
-Logan Series
-Orphans Series
-Wildflowers Series
-Hudson Series
-Shooting Stars Series
-DeBeers Series
-Broken Wings Series
As a preteen reading these novels was a rebellion and the gothic theme also seemed cool. I stopped reading this author because the novelty wore off, the novels are too formulaic that I could not tell one book from another and gothic aspect was lost.
I started reading VC Andrews books in the 1991 and stopped about 2003.
I have read:
-Dollanganger Series
-Casteel Series
-Cutler Series
-Landry Series
-Logan Series
-Orphans Series
-Wildflowers Series
-Hudson Series
-Shooting Stars Series
-DeBeers Series
-Broken Wings Series
As a preteen reading these novels was a rebellion and the gothic theme also seemed cool. I stopped reading this author because the novelty wore off, the novels are too formulaic that I could not tell one book from another and gothic aspect was lost.
January 5, 2017
Most VC Andrews novels are predictable....Poor girl somehow finds her way in a rich family, family secrets & forbidden sex. These seem to be the repetative elements in her books. This doesn't deter me from reading them though. I enjoyed Rain's story even if at times I knew that the following pages would hold.
January 5, 2009
This was the third book in a very enjoyable series. This was one of the better series put out in V. C. Andrews name in recent years.
January 8, 2009
3rd book in the Novel series - Great story, great suspense..I've never read a book in this short of time. I couldn't put it down. I Can't want to start the 4th book.
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Own on Nook.
FS: "Sometimes I think that Mama Arnold named me Rain because she knew so many tears would fall from my eyes."
LS: "She could have been our baby, he said."
CompNtBk
Own on Nook.
FS: "Sometimes I think that Mama Arnold named me Rain because she knew so many tears would fall from my eyes."
LS: "She could have been our baby, he said."
July 6, 2018
Review by M.F. : "This is my favorite book of the series & I loved the passionate love story."
April 4, 2022
看完竟然還有續集
（下一集才劇終）是想氣死我
女主簡單來說就是個雖人。本人已經夠雖 又常被左右想法。亂做決定。劇情就越走越瞎。原本第一集人好好的雖然妹妹因為她而掛了。第二集是媽媽掛奶奶掛。第三集是同母異父的哥哥因為對她告白失敗就酒駕掛了。自己沒多久也從馬背上摔下來殘廢。每天虐待她的阿姨突然浴室滑倒掛了。劇終
真期待第四集
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（下一集才劇終）是想氣死我
女主簡單來說就是個雖人。本人已經夠雖 又常被左右想法。亂做決定。劇情就越走越瞎。原本第一集人好好的雖然妹妹因為她而掛了。第二集是媽媽掛奶奶掛。第三集是同母異父的哥哥因為對她告白失敗就酒駕掛了。自己沒多久也從馬背上摔下來殘廢。每天虐待她的阿姨突然浴室滑倒掛了。劇終
真期待第四集
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September 14, 2019
Un nouveau tome qui retombe dans les travers scénaristiques habituels de l'auteur, même si l'histoire de Rain est assez dramatique ... J'avoue que je ne m'attendais pas du tout à la série de catastrophes qui s'abat sur sa famille. J'ai apprécié la réaction de Rain face à Brody (en dépit des conséquences) et j'ai aimé la réaction de Megan face à cette perte. L'accident de Rain m'a surprise et j'ai été attristée par ce rebondissement, même si la relation entre Rain et Austin m'a séduite. Cependant, cet accident est aussi l'occasion pour l'auteur de retomber dans ses travers en mettant Rain à la merci de sa tante Victoria (qui bien entendu est folle). Cependant, l'aventure n'est pas très longue même si le refus du sexe et la frustration sont une fois de plus au centre des griefs de Victoria.
La fin m'a beaucoup plu et j'ai apprécié la manière dont Megan évolue, surtout dans sa relation avec Rain. La fin est jolie et j'espère que dans le tome 4 (qui sera sûrement consacré à Summer, celle ci ne sera pas face à sa tante Alison devenue folle...)
Ce que j'aime : le fait que Rain ait plusieurs amours avant de trouver le bon, sa relation avec Austin, le fait qu'elle vive un vrai drame
Ce que j'aime moins : la plongée brutale de Victoria dans la folie, un classique
En bref : Un bon tome qui est assez cruel avec ses personnages en dépit de certains rebondissements sans surprises
Ma note
7,5/10
La fin m'a beaucoup plu et j'ai apprécié la manière dont Megan évolue, surtout dans sa relation avec Rain. La fin est jolie et j'espère que dans le tome 4 (qui sera sûrement consacré à Summer, celle ci ne sera pas face à sa tante Alison devenue folle...)
Ce que j'aime : le fait que Rain ait plusieurs amours avant de trouver le bon, sa relation avec Austin, le fait qu'elle vive un vrai drame
Ce que j'aime moins : la plongée brutale de Victoria dans la folie, un classique
En bref : Un bon tome qui est assez cruel avec ses personnages en dépit de certains rebondissements sans surprises
Ma note
7,5/10
December 9, 2022
It took me days to get through this. Not because it was so bad, but I read about three other books in between. The beginning was very slow and if this wasn’t a series I was very eager to reread from my teenage years, I might’ve given up on it. However, I didn’t. I kept reading it. A lot of trauma happened in this book and deaths. However, life and love happened, too. It’s hard to believe that Rain is half black and was raised black when reading this. Some thought processes she has doesn’t make sense to me. Maybe it’s because the author really doesn’t know black people but decided to write about them. There weren’t any cringe moments though so I’ll give it that.
There’s one more book in the series that I won’t be reading until next year but I look forward to the ending of the saga.
There’s one more book in the series that I won’t be reading until next year but I look forward to the ending of the saga.
December 7, 2021
I love this book.Read the first part(Lightening Strikes)when I was sixteen,now I'm 22 and I'm still daydreaming while reading it.Some incidents were unexpected but I understand that the writer was being realistic about karma and all as I intuitively thought that's how it would have happened in real life.I think rain suffered cause she wasn't supposed to try and change her Destiny.She was meant to be in America because all success and victories has been mapped out for her but she just made herself a victim by trying to play with fate.Great book, attention catching.
October 20, 2017
This book was INSANE! Nearing the end when Victoria went crazy, I couldn't put the book down. I kind of wish that she didn't die, because I want to see what would have happened to her afterwards. Would she go to prison? Or be put in a mental institution? I am so glad that Rain and Austin got married and had a child. They are a really cute couple.
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February 16, 2018
The inconsistencies in this novel are actually frustrating. The plot is weak and the family secrets were unrealistic. The book didn’t have any real depth or have clarification. I don’t like how Rain has no backbone. This book was a disappointment. It was almost depressing with the amount of tragedy in this novel. I found Austin’s bond with Rain was unrealistically fast.
April 13, 2025
Meh.
I’m not sure who calls VC Andrews thrilling really doesn’t know what that word means.
Rain seems more whiney in this one, even before her accident. Though I also thought that in book two.
A series I enjoyed better than Flowers In the Attic, but maybe I’m just too old for these now.
Read, but certainly not keeping
I’m not sure who calls VC Andrews thrilling really doesn’t know what that word means.
Rain seems more whiney in this one, even before her accident. Though I also thought that in book two.
A series I enjoyed better than Flowers In the Attic, but maybe I’m just too old for these now.
Read, but certainly not keeping
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 24, 2025
Reading V.C Andrews is like reading a soap opera. I think that's what makes them fun honestly.
This one is my least liked so far of the series. I just don't see Victoria snapping in that way.
I just learned from other reviews that these are written by a ghostwriter, not VCA. I'm sure that greatly affects the quality of he series, I'll have to pick up some authentic VCA after this series.
This one is my least liked so far of the series. I just don't see Victoria snapping in that way.
I just learned from other reviews that these are written by a ghostwriter, not VCA. I'm sure that greatly affects the quality of he series, I'll have to pick up some authentic VCA after this series.
April 9, 2018
Tragedy strikes early in this book for Tain. Her future goes from promising to crumbling apart completely. Honestly, VC Andrews protagonists are generally very tragic figures, but Rain takes the biscuit here.
February 7, 2021
I love the whole series. Although, I could see the areas of where it did seem a little watered down but I loved it. I did feel like Rain was being ungrateful and if she had just took the payout and moved on with her life she wouldn’t of had the accident. I loved the relationship between her and the therapist. I loved how he fought for her and looked out for her. All does come to a happy ending but sometimes she can be a debbie downer always worried about the worst. Rather than just choosing to be happy.
March 6, 2018
Another fantastic book by V C Andrews. The thrilling storyline and the addictive characters keep you from going to sleep at night haha! :-)
May 27, 2018
It a good, but have a lot of drama
May 27, 2018
It was a good book, but full of drama
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