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Shooting Stars Omnibus : Cinnamon, Ice, Rose and Honey

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This book truly compliments the series. I do recommend that you read the other 4 books in the series. This book combines all four books, and tells of rise to fame. If you are a true VC Andrews lover then this book is for you.

Andrew Neiderman wrote a few mini-series under the VCA name. This is the third one, after Orphans and Wildflowers. Unfortunately, this miniseries was the worst he had written so far. None of the stories reflected V.C. Andrews, and all four stories fell flat. Mental disorders (Cinnamon's mother, Rose's mother, Honey's grandpa) are caricaturized as to make these characters unsympathetic because their insane episodes are written so comically. Personally, I think Cinnamon was the best story of the four - but that's not saying much as all four stories were terrible but Cinnamon's story only SLIGHTLY less so despite her mother and her completely weird antics.

The conclusion to this series, Falling Stars, is also extremely lackluster, and if you're a fan of VCA (or the books written under her name), this is definitely a series to avoid. The Wildflowers, while lackluster in its own right, was a better series than this one because the Wildflowers focused more on family secrets and was more believable.

Why take four godawful mini books and make them into one, horrendous novel? I suspect it's about the money. If you want to waste your money, go ahead and buy it. Otherwise, if you want to be smart and save, don't bother. As Simon Cowell would say - this is absolutely dreadful.

Not VC Andrews', but this one was close. I wish more of the books that the ghost writter does were at least this good. He/She needs to go back and read more of her work and get back into the swing of things. Anyways, I really loved this book.

This book was about four young ladies who came out of their shells. Cinnamon did a beautiful job performing on stage. I think she deserved to get the last laugh on the girls who resented her for taking the lead role. Ice got what she wanted a chance to be herself. She made friends with a piano player. Rose was grieved when her dad died. She felt better about herself when she helped Evan get out and meet people. Honey liked to play the violin which her uncle Peter taught her to play. She enjoyed having a good relationship with Chandler.