Petals on the Wind - Virginia Andrews > Reviews

Advantages: Powerful, frightening, addictive.
Disadvantages: none.

At last to be free from Foxworth Hall and all the bad things that happened there. The three remaining children boaed a train from the very depot the came in by. They next decide to take a bus to California, and have all sorts of notions and ideas about what they will do when the arrive. However during the bus ride Carrie becomes uncontrollably sick and they nearly get thrown off the bus. However a large black woman comes to their aid and takes ... Read review

Advantages: Continuing the monumental Flowers in the Attic, Petals on the Wind is a formidable sequel that is definitely worth picking up and reading through the night!
Disadvantages: Cathy's strange ability to ruin everyone who loves her. You may well get annoyed with her!

...to Flowers in the Attic, Petals on the Wind continues Virginia Andrews' excellent handling of Cathy, Chris and Carrie's story. The book spans a longer length of time than Flowers in the Attic and we see big changes in all three children's lives and a great deal of growing up. The story is vivid and addictive. The childhood innocence of Flowers in the Attic has been somewhat lost and the adult lives of the Dollangangers progress with drama, love, ... Read review

Advantages: Fantastic read
Disadvantages: none

This book takes up where Flowers In The Attic ended, with the children finally on their way to freedom and a new life. They are taken in by a kindly doctor,Paul, who looks after them and doesnt ask too many questions although he wonders why they are all so pale and underfed. He taes them in, and sends them to school. He takes a shine to Cathy, who is also loved by her brother Chris, although they both know it is wrong and try to fight it. Cathy ... Read review

Advantages: yet again another fab book!
Disadvantages: also very sad!

*THE BOOK* The second book "Petals on the Wind" following the first book "Flowers in the Attic" The 3 siblings, Chris, Cathy and Carrie have escaped the evilness of their mother and grandmother at Foxworth Hall, without their brother Cory, who was killed in the previous book. Leaving behind their memories of the attic and their brother they make their way by moving in with a man who Cathy forbidenly falls in love with. Cathy the narrator again ... Read review

Advantages: You won't be able to stop reading, gripping, great plot, beautiful imagery.
Disadvantages: You won't be able to stop reading, could find Cathy's decisions a bit frustrating at times.

Petals in the wind follows on from the gripping Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews. It had a lot to live up to…but I'm happy to say it did. It was a thrilling read, and I couldn't put it down. Andrews takes you on a rollercoaster ride of emotional turmoil - love, hate, rage, regret and sadness. The characters are developed wonderfully and you'll relish in following their journey - both physical and emotional. I'm not going to reveal much of ... Read review

Advantages: You can still understand it if you haven't read the first book
Disadvantages: none

Once you read Flowers in the Attic you think that a sequel can never be as good, but you are wrong. This book is fantastic and it is hard to decide which book is better so if you enjoyed Flowers in the Attic you have to read this. This continues the story of the distraught children who were abandoned by their mother and left to live in the attic of their very cruel grandmother. They finally escape, although one of the twins was poisoned and ... Read review

Advantages: As usual ... a thoroughly enjoyable read for Virginia Andrews fans.
Disadvantages: The first book of the series is required reading to enable the reader to get the complete picture.

This is the second book of Virginia Andrews' Dollanganger Series. Chris and Cathy are taken in by Paul Sheffield (a doctor) after meeting his long time housekeeper on a bus shortly after they escaped from the attic. During their stay with Paul, Cathy feels that although her feelings for Chris are strong and verging on true love, they must fight their attractions to each other at all costs. Cathy embarks on a confusing and problematic relationship ... Read review