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Dark Angel (1990)

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067172939X (ISBN13: 9780671729394)
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Dark Angel (1990) - Plot & Excerpts

The sequel to Heaven in which she at last meets her mother's family. This book was also the last one Andrews wrote herself so it was a bittersweet read. Life certainly doesn't get easy for Heaven this time around. She might have money but she still feels lonely like she has no one to love her. Her grandmother Jillian is in love with herself, her step-grandfather Tony is cold and distant wanting to control her whole life, and she runs into bullies at her new school. In the midst of this she meets probably the only likeable (if not loveable) male character in an Andrews book, Troy. Troy is dark and intense, but it seems he is able to truly love Heaven for who she is. Of course she continues to try and reunite her family. Tom now working with their father finding success, Fanny who seems destined to be a gold digger taking what she can from rich men and manipulating her sister into doing her bidding. Out of all this mess only Keith and Our Jane seem the happiest out of all the children. Step-mother Sarah remains long gone, and Luke has remarried which begs the question if his new marriage is even legal, and he at last has his look alike son. Once again just as Heaven seems on the verge of finding true happiness it is taken from her. Although the series continues on, this book felt like it was the end and makes me wonder if Andrews only wanted the two books. But I shall carry on with the rest of the series, even though I don't have fond memories of Fallen Hearts from the first time I read it. Overall the book was good, but not as good as the first in the series, there were moments that it seemed to drag a bit for me and made me not want to carry on with it, though not very often. Maybe I just wanted to make the book last longer know this was the last of the original V.C. Andrews books. Oh well the series does continue and it's time to move on to book three.

There were some mistakes in this book, a few things that didn’t correspond with what had been written in book one “Heaven”, and there was some historical mistakes (it seems Andrews couldn’t quite decide in what time period she wanted the saga to be set in and so the math doesn’t really add up), but other than those faults it was a good book. Like the first book, I think I can also read this one over and over again.Heaven goes back to her dead mother’s childhood home, but it’s not like she expected at all. She goes looking for her brothers and sisters, which she got separated from in the first book, with interesting results. There are loads of surprises in the book, some I could guess some I couldn’t. Like in the first book Heaven is filled with hate. Although to me it seems to shine through a lot more in this book. It’s sad to read about someone filled with so much hate that is also too stubborn to let go of even a small part of the hate. In a way it’s quite childish, but after what happened in book 1, where the hating starts, it’s also understandable, to an extent. But then that’s the way some people act, people doesn’t usually act rationally or the way you want them to, and so in a way I guess the way she acts is realistic.Heaven is not my favourite character in this book, I still like her character and think it’s interesting, but my favourite has to be the grandfather. He’s just such a sweet character, he was in the first book as well, but he’s featured a little bit more in this one.

What do You think about Dark Angel (1990)?

I will shamelessly always adore this book. Troy was my teen-aged self's ideal man. It oozed romance, intrigue, and drama that sucked me in then and continues to bring me back. Tony, Jillian, The Casteel family, even Rye Whiskey and Curtis all hold a special place in my heart.Novels that were truly written by Ms. Andrews were Flowers in the Attic, Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, My Sweet Audrina, Heaven, and Dark Angel. When Virginia became seriously ill while writing the Casteel series, she began to work even harder, hoping to finish as many stories as possible so that her fans could one day share them. Since her death many have wondered whether there would continue to be new V.C. Andrews novels. Beginning with the final books in the Casteel series they worked closely with a carefully selected writer to organize and complete Virginia's stories and to expand upon them. The identity of this writer was kept a secret from the general public at the request of the Andrews family for years. The ghostwriter has since been identified as thriller and horror novelist Andrew Niederman.The novels that may have been begun by Andrews and finished by Neiderman were Garden of Shadows, Fallen Hearts, Gates of Paradise, and Web of Dreams. Everything after Dawn was written by Neiderman.
—Jeni

This was better than the first in the series. We come to Heaven leaving the Willies and flying off to Boston to meet her dead mother's parents. Here she is dressed with the finest clothes, goes to the finest school for her senior year, and befriends her step-grandfather's brother, Troy. Troy is off-limits to her says Tony, her step-grandfather, due to his strange behaviors.Needless to say, Heaven does try and contact all of her brothers and sisters, only to find that they really don't need her. Our Jane and Keith are developing wonderfully with their new family, Tom is living with their Pa and working the circus with plans to buy it from the current owner. And Fanny had given birth to the Reverands child and was given $10,000 to leave; she goes to Nashville but never amounts to anything, just looking for the next person with money to support her.Heaven does see Logan too; these two have a strange relationship. He's always helping her, but they're always fighting w/ eachother. She ends up in a relationship w/ Troy and they plan to marry, until Tony drops a bombshell on her that makes all of her dreams impossible.With a twist at the end that involves the unexpected death of someone who is extremely close to Heaven, this book ends with hope for her future, but not with the man she intended it to be with.
—Kim Smiley

I didn't really like this one as much as the first one. Heaven finally meets her mother's mother, and basically, Heaven just lives in her own little bubble.She wants to go to college and will basically do whatever it takes, or use anyone it takes, to get there.She is still quite naive. Completely oblivious to anyone other than herself and her needs or wants. She doesn't know how to forgive or let go of anything.In the first book she was pretty much likeable in the second she was mostly petty and selfish in someways as she struggles to get what she wants. There are more untold secrets and hidden truths that can't be ignored.A very emotional and heartbreaking ending...With a dash of hope.V.C Andrews wrote books that are like little soap operas that you can carry around in your purse, or bag. Your guilty pleasure.
—Nicole Rhaven

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