My Sweet Audrina

My Sweet Audrina, the first book by V.C. Andrews  that I ever read.  I was in 7th grade, twelve years old. My memory of the book had faded, but do remember liking it very much and it introduced me to the world of V.C. Andrews. I continued reading her books for a couple years, including the Dollanger, Casteel, and Cutler series’. The Cutler series being my favorite.

I enjoy re-reading books from my youth and picked this one since it was the first and only one not part of a series.  So… how did it hold up after all these years? Lets just say I won’t be re-reading  Dawn anytime soon. 

My Sweet Audrina is about a young girl who cannot remember anything before her seventh birthday. She “loses time” frequently and is constantly reminded of her dead sister who was the “best” Audrina.

Through the entire book you are trying to figure out why she has no memory and what secret everyone is keeping from Audrina. Unfortunately it was very easy to “figure out” and it seemed to drag on longer than needed. The book had horrid and mean characters, strange authority figures and much tragedy and death. All in all your typical V.C. Andrews book. It just wasn’t as mysterious and shocking as I remembered. Even if I had not read it when I was young I think I would have felt the same disappointment.

So… as a teen I give it 3.75 stars as an adult I give it 2.25 stars.