| Title: Daughter of Darkness Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
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Book Description
When I was a little girl, Daddy told me never to fear the dark. “We exist because of the darkness,” he told me. “All of you are daughters of darkness.” Beloved bestselling author V.C. Andrews’s passion for vampires comes to spellbinding life in a long-awaited novel of dark desires as all-consuming—and forbidden—as in Flowers in the Attic. One night, with the sound of a young man’s scream, high school senior Lorelei discovers that her stern but loving father, who adopted Lorelei and her sisters as infants, is no ordinary man. He has raised his beautiful girls for one purpose: to lure young men into their world of shadows. Like her sisters, Lorelei has been trained in the art of seduction and warned never to fall in love. But when she meets a handsome and charming classmate, she boldly defies her family and follows her heart—even if love is a poison. . . .Dangerously enticing and deliriously intoxicating, V.C. Andrews’s Daughter of Darkness will leave readers thirsting for more
Review
This whole book made me…uncomfortable. The incestuous overtones that are present throughout DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS vary from subtle to overt. It’s big time creepy, and not in the fun paranormal way that we all love. More like Dracula meets Sister Wives.
The main characters were also somewhat off-putting: Daddy for the obvious reasons, Lorelei for her sheep-to-the-slaughter mentality that was so naïve and worshipful of Daddy that I cringed constantly when she went on and on about competing with her other sexpot sisters for the position of being Daddy’s best daughter. And we can’t forget the uber boring and needy romantic interest who was declaring his undying love on the second date.
There were a couple of redeeming aspects of DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS. The question of who/what Daddy is and the nature of his kind along with the mystery of his daughters (where did they all come from & what is their ‘final destiny’?) was genuinely intriguing and well plotted.
Despite there being no love lost between me and any of these characters, I had to know how the story ended. I had some suspicions, but the last chapter was truly shocking and very V.C. Andrews. If you’re a fan of the books published under the Andrews name, you’ll probably like the unsettling nature of DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS, but itwasn’t for me.
Sexual Content: A couple brief, non graphic sex scenes. Discussion of incest.
My Rating:
2/5
Okay – Somewhat disappointing with significant flaws. Library/swap/borrow if you want.
Click HERE to read an excerpt from DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS
Previous books in the series:
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LOL, great review! How surprising (not) to hear thst VC Andrews is flirting with incest again in her writing.
ReplyDeleteI used to love Flowers in the Attic, but reread it last year and was shocked by how much better (and less icky) it seemed in memory.
I won a copy of this book. It sucks its not any good. :(
ReplyDeleteCatherine - This was my first Andrews book. I'd seen the Flowers movie years ago, but I didn't remember all the details until I was reading this one...just yuck.
ReplyDeleteDanielle - The writing style in interesting and the book is meant (I think) to be uncomfortable. I know there is an audience for VC Andrews style of stories, but I'm not it. Maybe you'll fare better?
my sister is currently reading flowers in the attic by V.C. Andrews and it is making her uncomfortable too. We both have seen the movie version before, but there is something about her writing that seems to make things that much more.. uncomfortable lol
ReplyDeleteI read Flowers in the Attic way back then too, and wasn't too much impressed when I read it again when I was older... it was probably the "taboo" aspect of it all that made it seem so much better. I do like the cover on this new one. But, I doubt I'll read it...
ReplyDeleteSarah - I know just what you mean. Reading a book makes you feel like you're part of the story. Movies just can't do that.
ReplyDeleteJustpeachy36 - The cover is fitting, but yeah, if you're on the fence I'd say take a pass on this one.
Talk about harsh
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