Melody (Logan)

A year after first reading `Melody' she is still fresh in my mind as arguably VC Andrews' most likeable heroines. She is not obsessed with sex, money, or fame. Her only fault is being too caring for people. Although the story is formulaic it is more "realistic" than any other Andrews' family saga. Some characters are evil but few are down right psychotic. No one gets locked in the attic or tortured. The focal conflict is the family tree being more twisted than ever. Even by VCA standards the Logan family tree is the most complicated yet! This provides for even more incest. The VC Andrews formula is aliped to Melody Logan a gorgeous 15 year West Virginian with "flaxen blonde hair and cerulean blue eyes." Her family is poor but happy living in trailer park with her parents Haille and Chester until Chester dies in a coal mining accident. The now snobby and neglectful Haille and her lover Richard travel to Cape Cod to reunite with the other Logans whom shunned them. Melody is shocked that she is simply abandoned to live with family members she has never met before as Haille and Richard take off for Hollywood. The middle class Logan household is depressed due to the recent death of beloved daughter Laura whom recently drowned. She was Melody's exact double. There is mean and nasty Uncle Jacob, wimpy Aunt Sara, Laura's cold twin brother Cary, and young deaf May. Melody is set to fill Laura role occupying her room and possessions. The Logan home is cold hearted but not down right psycho or abusive. At school Melody is also bullied. Weekends are spent at Grandmother Olivia's (we're running out of names for evil grandmothers) mansion where she is the nastiest Logan yet. There, Melody learns of Haille's disgrace. She was the only daughter of Olivia's promiscuous sister Belinda whom Olivia raised as her own. Hence Haille and Chester were foster brother and sister and biological first cousins. But Chester was not her biological father. Haille was so promiscuous his identity is unknown but her former fiancé Kenneth Childs is a prime suspect. Melody is also shocked to learn at school that Cary and Laura were rumored to have and incestuous relationship. They attended all social functions as dates. In the misery of her new home Melody is eventually able to find some happiness as she investigates and befriends her suspected father, an eccentric artist. She is also able to be the big sister to May and daughter to Sara that Laura would have been and to Cary the... well I won't give anything away but I promise you more incest than any other VC Andrews series. There are also more family secrets than any other series. Who is Melody's real father? What was Cary and Laura's true relationship? And what character come back from the dead. I promise these questions continue to haunt the reader throughout the series as they are not answered until the very end. It keeps you very intrigued. The first three Logan books, `Melody' `Heart Song' and `Unfinished Sympho

To be honest, this was a book I grabbed in a mad dash to get as many books as possible at the local library $0.25 per book sale. This is not a book that I would usually find to read, but boy was I ever glad I got it. For weeks, I left this book sitting on the bookshelf collecting dust, and when I finally started it, I could NOT put it down! This book left me screaming for more in the series and I highly recommend this to everyone!

This book was awesome in my opinion i finished reading it in 1 day and i ususally hate reading but V.C Andrews is the best writer of the millenium and any of you who say different should just go to he** . She was a very loved and cherished woman , but at least the people who are writing the books are trying to keep her memory alive . But all in all i loved this book .

I have read many of V.C. Andrews books. I have to say that this book and the rest of the series is my favorite. Some of her stories can be redundant, but with this book I found that I was always turning the pages, and it kept me up all night. This book gives you a chilling story of a young girl who only wants the family she had, but is faced with the reality that she must deal with the life that her mother forces on her. She is forced to live with her father's family that seems to hate her because of her parents you get this since of really how strongly tied you are to your family. You also see a great friendship form and develop over the whole series. This book is chilling, but at the same time gives you a happy story of girl who makes the best with what she has.

I bought this book at a garage sale, and I had never read V.C. Andrews before. I must admit, I am now hooked. I couldn't put the book down. The story line was intricate and exciting. The characters were very realistic, and by the end of the book you got to know the characters so well that you cheered for Melody and Cary and booed Adam Jackson. Each character was so very different so that each one of us could identify with at least one of the characters. By the end, you had laughed, cried, and cheered. This book is certainly a worthwhile read.