Into the Woods, Volume 4

I have been reading V.C. Andrews books for years. This was the kind of book that I could not wait to get back to. During the series, I have always wondered what was up with Grace and how she grew up. The tragedys in her life were amazing. I cried at one point then later thought to myself, "It's only a book!" This book sucks you in and makes you feel like you are Grace. When I am waiting for the new books to be published, I resume another series. V.C. Andrews is awesome!

It has been years since I read a V.C. Andrews' book; and reading one transported me back to the years I used to read them. Good reads. Swept into the world of growing up struggles, a Daddy's girl, with a Mommy who wants to be a sister or best friend instead of a mother wrestles with confusion and constant change in a world where growing up comes too fast for some and too slowly for others.Such is the stuff V.C. Andrews books are famous for. Flowery words with petal sweet imagery that help the reader to fall head first into the storyline and swallow all of it until the last page quenches the ravenous thirst...(Well, at least until the next book comes out).It may have been years since I read a V.C. Andrews' book, but years faded away while I read, "Into the Woods" and how cool is it for a soon to be fifty year old to be lost in a good book??? Two thumbs way up for V.C.!

Into the Woods carries on the wonderful characterazations and intricate plotting of past best selling V.C. Andrews novels. The people who are bothered by some of the historical errors are like people who really miss the forest for the trees. It's so minor and isn't important to the storyline and the characters developed here. And how about the depiction of Palm Beach? This is a terrific read.

Of all the new novels I've read, this one is the most V.C. Andrews in that the story is so intricate. I loved the turns and twists and I really got into the characters, especially on the naval base. It's a book for our times and yet it reminds me of the older books. I was glued to it.

So I am the first person to review this book. In a word - WOW! Into The Woods greatly redeems the V. C. Andrews ghostwriter! This is by far the most comprehensive, well-thought-out, and well written book he has done to date - with the exception of OLIVIA which will always remain one my favorites of the ghostwriter.I won't recap the book's plot but I instead want to point out Into The Wood's strengths! Most notably, in my opinion, this book plays out over seven or eight years -- not over a very short period of time -- and this is very similar to the original V. C. Andrews books. Also, this is an adult novel written for adult audiences and not just for teenagers - it is mature and is not about a young girl and her young girl school problems. Granted, while there is some of that, most of this story builds towards the climax and the committing of Grace Montgomery to the mental institution that will set everything in motion for the first book in the De Beers series - Willow.I cannot heartily recommend this book enough for anyone looking to a return of the original V. C. Andrews style. Suspense, intrigue, a young girl, an older man and a betrayal, a mother who becomes increasingly cold and wicked, and a shocking ending including a false pregnancy and a mental institution comittment!Let's hope this marks a return to the more in-depth books we have known to come and to love from V. C. Andrews and from the ghostwriter. Let's hope it is a preview of the next series or two to come. Is life grand or what? HEARTILY RECOMMENDED IF YOU LOVE V. C. ANDREWS AS MUCH AS I DO!