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Honey

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The new V.C. Andrews books are a far cry from the originals (Heaven, Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina). I remember reading those books in junior high, which was about 13 years ago, and I can still remember a lot that happened in each of them. However, the Shooting Stars series has been so bland that I can't even remember what has happened within an hour of finishing one. Also, the books are so formulaic, that a halfway decent junior high student could probably read a couple of them, and then use that pattern to write the next one in the series. I am really glad that I borrowed these books from someone else, because I wouldn't even want to waste 25 cents on one. Actually, I am sorry that I even wasted the time I put into reading them.

At what point will the leashholders of the ghostwriter finally decide enough is enough and either a) quit tarnishing the late Ms. Andrews' brilliant creative reputation, put the whole name-recognition money-making scheme to rest, and fire the talented-as-wallpaper-paste slob for good, or b) at least hire someone who knows how to write his/her own name with originality? For God's sake, if the VC Andrews Trust is truly delusional and honestly believes this idiot can write and refuses to part with him, you'd think, with all the money they're scamming from Ms. Andrews' fans, the very least they could do is shell out a few dollars and supply the lamebrain with a thesaurus. A well-developed vocabulary is the first step toward being a real writer. Next time, we'll work on thinking outside the box and creating (key word = CREATING) STORIES OF YOUR OWN that don't involve spineless poor girls who are actually wealthy and can't stop haxing sex with family members who go insane for wanting them.

In case you haven't guessed - I'm finished with the VC Andrews Trust. Haven't read this book? Have you read any of the others that came after "Dark Angel?" You're all set, then - just like all the others, this is pretty much the same story with different characters. You haven't missed a single thing. Absolutely pathetic.

I encourage you to read this book because it's filled with a lot of irony, suspense and controversy. This is one of the best books I've read out of the V.C. Andrews collections of series. Honey was a short novel but part of a 4 collection series. Honey was a young lady who lived on a farm and worked to help run the family farm. She was a young lady who was always accused of committing sins. Her boyfriend Chandler Maxwell was part the reason she got blamed for those sins and punishments, but he had no idea what was going on. The Best part of the story that I liked is after the grandfather dies and the family gets whatever they want and they all live happily ever after. They even move Uncle Simon back into the house and build him his own green house. The worst part of the story is when Honey gats blamed for her uncle's death.

I didn't think it could possibly get worse after Rose, but I was wrong. All the characters in here are so flat and one-dimensional that it's hard to care for any of them, even the poor nearly-retarded uncle. The family revelation in this book that comes near the end is nothing more than yawn-inspiring. Grandpa Forman did what? Oh, REALLY? Too bad that I'm bored, otherwise I might care. I found each chapter a chore to plod through, honestly. I'm sad that the man who penned the enjoyable Cutler family books wrote this junk.

Honestly, this book was rather cliched and contrived. Back then when this series first came out, i was still excited because I still had hope for Andrew Naiderman. I don't know why he stopped writing the usual mulktigenerational family drama thing anymore, these family sagas (Flowers in the Attic through Melody) were far better than this dredge he writes. Honey was only a tiny bit better than future books like Gemini or Heavenstone Secrets.

I have to agree with the person who said this book contains horrible stereotypes of Ohioans. I live in Columbus, which is one of the 20 largest cities in the United States. Other large cities in Ohio include Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Dayton. There are very few farms here, and I've never seen one remotely similiar to the one described in this book. Ohio is actually best known for the Ohio State Buckeyes (the 2003 NCAA Football Champions), and its ever-increasing crime rate. You would think that after an extremely inaccurate portrayal of Londoners in "Lightning Strikes", the ghostwriter would be a little more careful with this type of stuff.

I've also noticed this trend in the other Shooting Stars books. Ice is from Philadelphia, so she's a poor ghetto black girl. Rose is from Georgia, so she's a somewhat inarticulate beauty queen. Cinnamon is from upstate New York, so let's make her some sheltered social outcast. Let's grow up a little, Mr. Ghostwriter, okay?

Wonderful once again she writes about issues that are going on in the world and noone is brave enough to talk about.I buy her books every time they come out and not once have i been disappointed.

I wish that V.C. Andrews was still living - I won't lie about that. At least the series would have been phenomenal. I bet that these miniseries would have been intense and strong! Just think what the Cutler Series would have been like, not that it wasn't good enough already. ;) But I hated everything since the Wildflowers. We need another Heaven. Not an exact duplicate, mind you, but a strong girl with a backbone. How about one about a male lead for once? I thought that Tom Casteel should have had a series, along with Jimmy Longhchamp and Troy Tatterton. Their stories would have been interesting. I would have liked to see how Troy and Jillian were with each other from Troy's point of view. ;) But these new books just FRUSTRATE me! They're dumb and boring! Please, please, please go back to the ORIGINAL and PHENOMENAL books that V.C. Andrews wrote!

This book rots. I am from Ohio and am very upset by his stero-type of Ohioans. Not all of us are farm living bible thumping backwood morons. Also there is no such amusment park in Ohio so get you map out peabrain. Beyond that Honey was just stupid. It's like she fell out the dumb tree and hit every branch and then the roots. I think most girls from Ohio would know enough not to go to New york then run off to any unkown aparment with the first man she meet. Typical for a man to write a book were the women are nothing but stupid mindless spineless slobs. Get a clue take some writing class and stop trashing V.C. Andrews good name.

This book is pretty good, it has a lot of romance, and mystery. It's the story of a young girl, Honey, who comes from a family with dark secrets and a very religious grandfather. She loves to play the violin and her teacher thinks she has potential and has her and another student get together to practice and of course they fall for each other. Then the typical Andrews storylines take over. Secrets come bursting out, family members go crazy, students tease Honey and Chandler for their relationship. Not the best book in the series, that belongs to Ice, but it does make me anxious for 'Falling Stars'.

Madness, skeletons in the family closet, and an innocent girl pulled undertow by her families secrets. Where have I read this before? Um, Let me see...Dawn, Ruby, Heaven, FITA, Melody. Two hundred or so pages is not long enough to really get to know the character and only allows enough pages for the bare bones of the plot to be laid down. And that plot had already been done in um, let me see...Dawn, Ruby, Heaven, FITA, Melody. Still, I made my way through Cinnamon, then Ice, and now Honey. By the time I got to Honey I was pretty much ready to give up. I thought it couldn't be more boring then Cinnamon. I was wrong! There's Honey living on a farm, playing her (fiddle? cellio? I can't remember!) and living with a (bible spouting Grandpa? Again can't remember!) All I remember clearly is the level of dissapointment I felt. And yeah there probably was some bible spouting relative thrown in the mix (think FITA, Melody, Dawn, and Darkest Hour)and you don't have to be a psychic to figure that out!
If you find Honey tastes more like garbage don't give up hope! V.C. Andrews does redeem IMO with Willow ( a full length novel Halleleuigh!!)And adult readers might want to check out The House in Thorton Wood by Anne Knoll. It's a gothic novel I just read about a young girl (first person like V.C. Andrews) who goes to live on a manor as a nanny and finds love and discovers the secrets of her past.