What do You think about Willow (2002)?
It took me years, and I mean that literally to finish this book. V.C. Andrews is one of my absolute favorite authors. So the very fact that it took this long to finish this book was amazing. Usually I tear through her books like they were water. But alas, there were mitigating circumstances at work and I kept losing my place in this wonderful read.Despite the fact that ghost writers have been writing V.C. Andrews' books for years (one would hope since she IS deceased) I haven't seen too much deviance from the books that were written solely by her before her death. This particular series was no exception. The De Beers series starts out with Willow, the tale of a young woman who discovers her true beginnings after her "adoptive father" passes away. It's a great read and I can't wait to get further into Wicked Forest, the second book in the series.Between a half-brother who started falling for her, a man that she's falling in love with, and her real mother, this series promises to be one of Andrews' best. But of course, Andrews' Dollenganger series is the absolute best.
—Charli
This is definitely another great VC Andrews book series. In this book, we meet Willow, the daughter of a recently deceased psychiatrist, who after reading his diary, goes to Palm Beach to try and meet her biological mother. She does get to meet her mother and half-brother after concocting a story that she is doing research on Palm Beach society for school. She also meets Thatcher, who lives with his parents on the property of her mother. They could almost be falling in love, until the truth of why Willow came to Palm Beach comes out. The only complaint about this book is Willow herself. She acts way too mature for her age and it gets annoying at times. She should have already graduated college to solve that problem.
—Anne Marie
Similar story themes to previous Andrew's stories with a pshycological view. It was alright, an easy fast read. I hated Thatcher's character immediately and considering how Willow was disdainful towards Palm Beach people, and everything that had happened to her Mother, I was surprised that she would fall for his pathetic charms. I could see right throught him and could have written the plotline that continues on the second book of this series. Oh and surprise, surprise - the brother fancies his sister. As much as I love V.Andrews, I think the same story told over and over is getting a little bit thin.
—Loraine
