I was the biggest fan of V.C. Andrews books when I was in middle school and high school. In fact I reread so many of her books over and over. So I was definitely interested in learning more about this author.

This book had a lot of things I didn’t know and I was very interested in learning more about her life. One thing that was mentioned a lot was how she was a private person, basically because of a combination between her mother who was a little ashamed/embarrassed by her conditions as well as a bad review one time that made her not trust the press in future interviews or opportunities to talk with her. It was neat to learn about her family and actually just how successful she was right off the bat. Something you don’t hear a lot about those kind of success stories. You usually hear how much people get rejected before they get picked up.

I also liked hearing things about her writing process and thoughts. I always enjoy hearing about how authors I’ve read and enjoyed work their own writing process. Another thing that was neat was the never before published partial manuscript at the end, as well as a couple poems and song lyrics.

My only complaint is that the author of this book writes in a way that felt he was saying the same things over and over. And not really telling anything as he did that. So it took me a little longer to read this than I’d wished.

Overall I am glad to have received a copy of this to read early though. Would love if there had been any photos of her or pictures of her paintings included.

Review first posted on Lisa Loves Literature.