Girl in the Shadows (2)

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What a wonderful second in a new series GIRL IN THE SHADOWS turned out to be for me. It is daring and yet believable, not everyone grows up in a Leave it to Beaver type household, hard-to-deal-with-things happen and people have different ideas of how they want to live and who they want to be intimate with. This book encouraged me to feel uncomfortable at times and happy other times and worried about the characters most of the time, all signs of a good story ... because it made me think of these characters as "real" people.

I am honored to once again be the first to review a new V.C. Andrews release. I am honored to occassionally correspond with Mr. Andrew Neiderman, the V. C. Andrews ghostwriter. I love and respect his all his work - his own books and the beautiful V. C. Andrews books. Now, don't get me wrong, this is not a clone of My Sweet Audrina, in fact, the storyline is nothing like it. However, I could feel the same stange, haunting, lonely undertones as that long ago V. C. Andrews masterpiece. A young girl surrounded by some strange and sinister people who finds her muster when she most needs it. April's adventure in this book was a little unexpected. I thought there would be more of Brenda, but her absence (until the end of the book) is not noticed. Instead April turns out to be rock of strength of Brenda always hoped she would be and encouraged her to be. In fact, we are left questioning. What is April's sexuality? Does it really matter? I was glad to see Mr. Neiderman was braver in this book and didn't hesitate to use the terms gay and lesbian. It made the book so much real! If you read any of my other V. C. Andrews reviews you will see that I never detail the book chapter by chapter. I just give my general feelings, and they are always good feelings. I am a fan for life. The excitement here is to pick up GIRL IN THE SHADOWS for yourself and find the good stuff for yourself! My hat is off to Mr. Neiderman again. The sneak peek of BROKEN FLOWER is exhilirating. I cannot wait to the read it when it comes out. My only fear is that the days of V. C. series has come to an end. A last note... the series RAIN is being made into a movie and the DVD will have the prequel packaged with it, at least that is my understanding. Can't wait! Bravo, Mr. Neiderman, Bravo!