Beneath the Attic (Dollanganger #9)
Staff Reviews
Dark and chilling, VC Andrews doesn't disappoint readers. Young Corrine Dixon is quite taken by Garland Foxworth. He's not like other boys, quite frankly, because he is not a boy at all. At the young age of 21 (or so he says) Garland has accomplished so much. He has travelled the world, owns a grand mansion that resembles a castle, and has his own servants. To say that Mister Garland Foxworth is wealthy would be a gross understatement. Likewise, Garland seems just as interested in Corrine, but is he? He sends messengers to break off their plans, numerous times. He talks of his mansion like it is a living, breathing person who can understand and talk back. Is it just Corrine, or are the servants plotting with Garland? Plotting what? Desperate to break free from her overbearing mother, and fall head over heels in love, how many red flags will young Corrine ignore? This dark and twisted tale will have your heart ache while also having you on the edge of your seat, desperate to drink in its pages.
Description
“I will probably be clutching Flowers in the Attic…on my deathbed.” —Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl
Forbidden passions have shaped and haunted the Dollanganger family since their first novel—Flowers in the Attic—debuted forty years ago. Now discover how twisted the family roots truly are, and witness the clan’s origins as a result of one wild and complicated relationship. In this evocative and thrilling tale from New York Times bestselling author V.C. Andrews, see Corrine Dixon as a young girl and discover the fascinating family history of the Dollanganger clan.
Two generations before Corinne Foxworth locked her children in an attic, her grandmother, a gorgeous young girl named Corrine Dixon, is swept away by the charms of rich, sophisticated, and handsome Garland Foxworth. After discovering that she’s pregnant, Garland does what appears to be the honorable thing and marries her in a huge ceremony on the luxurious Foxworth Hall grounds. Both families fervently overlook the pregnancy, happy for a suitable resolution.
Now the mistress of a labyrinthine estate, Corrine discovers that nothing is what is seems. Garland is not the man once captivated by her charms, and she’s increasingly troubled by his infatuation with memories of his departed mother.
Can Corrine survive this strange new life? Or is her fate already sealed?
Explore the origins of the legendary Dollanganger family in this page-turning, gripping gothic thriller.
Praise for Beneath the Attic (Dollanganger #9)
“I will probably be clutching Flowers in the Attic in my gnarled hands on my deathbed.”
—Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl