Jealousy, tragedy, survival, and revenge—the discovery of Christopher’s diary in the ruins of Foxworth Hall brings new secrets of the Dollanganger family to light and obsesses a new generation. With Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind both now major Lifetime TV events, this first new addition to the Dollanganger story in nearly thirty years is a timely look at the events in the attic—from teenage Christopher’s point of view.
And don’t forget to preorder the follow-up, Christopher’s Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger!
Christopher Dollanganger was fourteen when he and his younger siblings—Cathy and the twins, Cory and Carrie—were locked away in the attic of Foxworth Hall, prisoners of their mother’s greedy inheritance scheme. For three long years he kept hope alive for the sake of the others. But the shocking truth about how their ordeal affected him was always kept hidden—until now.
When
I received this book in the mail and found that I got to read and review this
one I was excited and couldn’t wait to get started reading it. I have always
been a fan of V.C. Andrews and I remember reading the Dollanganger series when
I was in middle school so I couldn’t wait to read and see what “Christopher”
had written in his diary. Within the first five pages I was instantly hooked
and couldn’t wait to get to the really good parts of the story.
I liked “Kristin” and how she seemed to
how a natural curiosity about a lot of things that were going on around her and
her life. Once she found the diary however, it seemed she didn’t really care
about other trivial teenage things any longer. She became really obsessed with
the diary and finding out more about the Dollanganger children; I knew that
“Kristin” knew that she had a distant tie to the family, but she wasn’t really
sure how far back. I was surprised to read at the end of the book that they
were distant cousins of hers, but because it was at the very end of the book it
just made me end up having more questions. I especially wanted to know that if
“Christopher” and his siblings were distant cousins to “Kristin” then who was
her mother to them and how far back this distance was between them.
I would really like to see at least one
more book be made about this part of the series and explain to family dynamics
or to even introduce possible relatives directly related to the Dollanganger
siblings. I liked how “Kristin” found a guy who wanted to explore things like
this with her and who cared about the same things as her only because of how
important it was to her.
I loved how Ms. Andrews family brought the
main series back into play after so many years; I think a lot of older fans of
the books and newer fans will enjoy this book and this story. I give Christopher’s Diary: Secrets of Foxworth a
“9” and Ms. Andrews and her family a “10.”
*I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Tiffany
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