The Diaries was a surprising spin-off from the Dollanganger series that had a young woman who was a distant relative to the family discovering a diary that had been kept by Christopher about his stay in the attic. Andrews trusted editor Ann Patty, and offered the perfect ending to the series, explaining how Olivia turned in to the monster that we see in Flowers in the Attic. Andrews (who had, at that time only recently passed away,) and with help by V.C. Andrews, Garden of Shadows was written by ghostwriter Andrew Neiderman based on the notes left by V.C. While the first four novels were written by V.C. The saga is rounded out with Garden of Shadows, which goes back in time to tell grandmother Olivia's own story. The sequel Petals on the Wind tells the story of how narrator Cathy and her surviving siblings Christopher and Carrie adjust to life outside of the attic, along with Cathy's thirst for revenge and two further sequels If There Be Thorns and Seeds of Yesterday introduce the next generation of the family, who too inherit their own share of problems and are haunted by the deep shadows cast by their ancestors. When Cory, one of the younger children dies, the other three realise that they must escape.

In the Dollanganger series, we read as four children were kept in an attic by their cruel grandmother and were eventually poisoned by their mother. Andrews ghostwriter Andrew Neiderman began working on the Diaries Series, a spin-off, or companion series to the Dollanganger Series which is best remembered for its haunting first novel Flowers in the Attic. Andrews and followers of my reviews will already know, recently, V.C.

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