My Sweet Audrina

I didn't enjoy the story all too much. The characters weren't likeable and the plot twist wasn't as fullfiling as I'd hope. I thought this would be a more eerie tale, but it fell short. I did in fact enjoy the writing style. The wording was beautiful and that's what I believe kept me reading. Also, I received a vintage copy of this book with a beautiful cover. So this was more of a cover buy.

4.5! Although I did predict the major plot reveal, I for some reason just could not put this book down. There’s a lot to unpack here even though the most important things all happen at the end of the story, so I didn’t become bored with it throughout. I can’t wait to read more VC Andrews!

As a high school student I am taking a contemporary novel class. The book "My Sweet Audrina" was one of the books this year that I decided to read. It was a little slow toward the beginning and confusing, but as you keep reading you will began to understand in full detail. Audrina was a beautiful young intelligent little girl whose past is confusing and to jumbled up to comprehend. Her father treats her as if she is made of glass, and her mother and aunt and cousin seems to be hiding something very important from her. Her father convinces her that the first Audrina( her older sister) had a gift, but since she died she doesn't need the gift anymore and that she (the second Audrina) should try to catch it and only then "will her pitcher be filled". She struggles to be accepted by her strange family as she was not the first Audrina, but the second; she strives to please her father and to find out clues to who she really is and her age and why she can't go to school like her "cousin" Vera. She can't understand why Vera doesn't like her and treats her inferior to her. As she gets older her fear becomes another obstacle that she and her husband try to conquer. Other strange and loving twist happens that would strain the soul as mysteries began to unravel. Overall I give this book a ten from beginning to middle to end. I would gladly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good book that would maybe lighten the load of today's world by showing that love conquers all.

This is, without a doubt, the best V.C. Andrews' book. II read a few reviewers had suggested that this book may have been written by the infamous ghost writer (I must admit, I do still read the books written after her death in 1987, but anyone who knows anything about V.C. Andrews knows that A) the books were not ghostwritten until the late 1980s, and B) stylistically, this absolutely must be her book.) I'm appalled that someone would be so irresponsible as to claim that the book was ghostwritten. It's brilliant, and I hardly think the "V.C. Andrews Empire" would take the trouble to write a single book rather than go with their series franchise, which has to be a better money maker. To those of you who haven't read this book yet: go buy it, and don't read ahead! For the rest of you, read ahead. About the book itself: My Sweet Audrina transcends popular fiction and is in fact a work of art. I first read this book when I was 13, and I'm 27 now, but it hasn't lost any of its appeal. I just read it. I admit, I was floored at 13 when the book's secret was revealed: I have no idea if I would've figured it out now ahead of time, given that I'm older and more sophisticated. However, some things remained the same: the book has the rare talent of making you feel that time is really passing, that you're really living through the years with this bizarre and extraordinary family. And although it is clearly a very unusual family, and although there are dramatic things that occur in it that don't ordinarily happen, it is still a very realistic story in other ways. I loved the other V.C. Andrews' books, but few of them gave me the feeling of providing rare insight into the failings, weaknesses, and quirks of individuals. The characters in this story have a lot of qualities, flaws, and virtues I've seen in others, and they are richly drawn character studies. I think that although some people have called characters such as Vera "a typical V.C. Andrews tramp" those who take the time to notice will see that she isn't typical. We learn quite a bit about why she acts the way she does: and although her behavior is exaggerated for dramatic purposes, anyone who has been rejected by a parent knows the insane behavior that can cause. The advice given by Audrina's Aunt Ellsbeth, and Billie, are perceptive pieces of information about human life, something we don't often see in Andrews' other books. Furthermore, I don't believe Arden is a boring character, nor should we reject him for what he did to Audrina. He felt rejected and cast away by her. Someone else brought up some of the plot lines as unnecessary, E.g. the strangely named Lamar Rensdale, but I think that was a necessary story to move the general plot along. Finally, about the ending, I don't think Andrews' was in any way condoning the smothering and abusive behavior of Damian with that particular ending. Pay close attention to the book, which is so hauntingly beautiful it deserves to be read

Its hard to review this book because I don't want to give away any of its twisted plot that never ceases to amaze me each time I read this. My mother bought this when I was about ten years old and I snuck it to my room to read late at night. Now its not suitable reading for a kid but I found this to be amazingly frightening in a way that a family could be this strange Its a Gothic novel. Twisted characters... and its quite bizarre. Its also a heart-felt romance as well.When you start reading this, you must understand that nothing is what it seems. This is what made the VC Andrews books before she died so incredibly amazing and this is one of her very best. I read this once about every five years and I still enjoy it every bit as much as that first time as a kid. Simply put, amazing!

This is the real thing. V.C. Andrews herself wrote it and you don't want to miss this one! I find myself reading it again and again over the years. The story is haunting, mysterious, and full of interesting characters. In recent years, Andrew's books have been written by someone else...but this book was penned while Andrews was still alive and has her skillful writing in it & you get hooked into the story. Sensual, cruel and dowdy women can't keep Audrina from the truth about herself. Reminds me of a Stephen King book, except not so long and from a female point of view.

Even though Petals on the Wind and Dark Angel tie for 1st place on my charts on best V. C. Andrews book, I would have to say that My Sweet Audrina is #2 all the way. I could believe it!!! I remember when I found the hardcover in a used book store and was shocked at the cover, I realized that this was the only V. C. novel that was published as a hardcover first and then a paper back, rather than paperback originals like all the others. I was glad to find this book, I cherished it as a rare treasure, but strange enough, I never really read it for two years. I've read all her other books, and the dollanganger and casteel series over and over because that's her real books, not those silly cutler, landry books. But anyway, I knew this was a 100% genuine Virginia Andrews novel, so I know it would be great. Boy, I was so shocked!!! It was superb! Usually V. C. tells a horror story that has the heroine (except if there be thorns is narrated by boys) telling the story about family secrets and lies. My Sweet Audrina has all that as well, but it has something else that no other V. C. Andrews novel has, it just is different. It has more sex, much more violence, more swearing, it a lot more creepy and hold forever to it's gloomy atmostphere. Vera was one of a kind, she was a great villain, and I loved the character Lamar Rensdale, You never here a V. C. Andrews novel describe sex in so much detail, but this one is so different, that characters a SO weird, Vera, Lamar, Damian, Ellsbeth, Arden, and of course, Audrina. Audrina was different too, she didnt' posess the fire that Heaven and Cathy had, but she had her own sense of strength. END