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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780743493857
ISBN number: 0743493850
Label: Pocket Star
Manufacturer: Pocket Star
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 416
Printing Date: March 01, 2005
Publishing house: Pocket Star
Release Date: March 01, 2005
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She grew up in the shadows of lies.
Now the past will come to light.
As a child, she was Baby Celeste, the one thing that kept her mother in touch with reality. But now her mother is in an institution, and sixteen-year-old Celeste Atwell is alone in the world. Adopted by a wealthy couple, Celeste has everything a girl could desire: designer clothes, luxury cars, even a handsome boyfriend. But her indulgence may come at a steep price -- because the secrets hidden within her new family are too dangerous to keep under wraps....
Also in the bestselling Gemini series from V.C. Andrews®-- be sure to read Celeste and Black Cat, available from Pocket Star Books!
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This has to stop, seriously. When Neiderman very first ghostwrote for VCA, he did a decent job. I liked the Cutler series, and he did a good job of finishing up the books that VCA had started but didn't finish for the Dollanganger and Casteel series. The Landry and Logan series, while not the best, were still very decent, and I enjoyed them. However, it all started to go downhill with Orphans. That was not what VCA would have written. I endured the Hudson and DeBeers series with disgust. The April Shadows and Broken Flower series are making VCA spin in her grave right now. Mr. Neriderman, please stop writing for VCA and go back to your own work. You're a old man, stop writing as if you were a young girl. Put the VCA name to rest, did you know there's a online petition circulating around demanding that you stop writing for VCA???
I found myself confused and frustrated with this series. You know that you should feel sorry for Celeste, but after reading Black Cat, you don't. She is GROWN, yet she let her mother push her around, and Mom is one VERY f---ed up person. And this third book in Gemini just... left things hanging, without satisfaction or questions answered. I ended up selling these books on eBay because I wanted some of my money back and more room on my bookshelf for better books.
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I will not write much on the obvious flaws of this book, how it left many questions unanswered, etc. This has been written by others already. I just wanted to add something that no one else seems to have commented on. The ghost writer screwed up the timeline again (as he has done in previous books). In the beginning of the book, (big) Celeste is interviewed at the mental clinic. The doctor's report says she is 17 yrs, 4 months old. The doctor mentions that Baby Celeste was 6 yrs old at the time. That would've made big Celeste 11 yrs old when she had her! Huh?! In the book "Celeste", when Celeste meets Elliot Fletcher (who later gets her pregnant), she tells him she is 15 yrs old. So, by the beginning of the book "Child of Darkness", big Celeste should've been 21 yrs old. Apparently, Andrew Neiderman does not know how to count! Get with the program, dude!
And you should have written more about the fate of big Celeste, who was a much more interesting character anyway.
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I was quite disappointed in how this trilogy ended. I had to read this final book, of course, to see how this story all ended up, but instead, it left me with more questions. Not only was Baby Celeste's story never resolved, but neither was her mother's. I was looking so forward to a happy, healthy reunion between mother and daughter, and I didn't even get that much.
The characters in this story had nothing to do with the very first two books, and it was as if it was a story of its own. Wrapping up the trilogy was crammed into the last couple of chapters, and it was never even really wrapped up. At the risk of giving too much away, the book never explained whether or not the very first Celeste was ever mentally healed, and it never showed whether or not Baby Celeste and her mother were ever able to have a real relationship. It was sad, really. Even worse, it never even explained what happened to everyone else that came into Celeste's life during the very first two thirds of the book, including a new boyfriend who always pledged his love and devotion to her, and her twisted adopted family who she ran away from. Instead of getting answers to the very first two books, it just created a second story to not have the answers to. Very frustrating and unsatisfying.
While the very first two novels in this series were page turners, this last one was dull, slow-moving, and non-resolving. Sorry for those of you who read the very first two and need to purchase this one for the trilogy's ending- you won't get the answers you seek.
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I loved VC Andrews...My Sweet Audrina, Flowers in the Attic, Heaven...she gave us characters and families that made an impression.
However after her death, the ghostwriter (Andrew Neiderman, from what I hear) began recycling her plotlines. Names & settings might change, but you knew there would be any combination of the following 1) incest, 2) a mean grandmother, 3) a tragedy-induced haircut, 4) a big family secret involving someone's paternity--usually the result of rape and/or incest and 5) a crazy relative.
The Gemini series started better than most. It felt like Mr. Neiderman was finally capturing VC's true voice...maybe he even developed psychic abilities of his own and started channeling VC However, the writing in the 2nd book started to slip (And why did "Mommmy" suddenly become "Mama"...especially when we all know that VC herself always used "Momma")...and the timeline started to fall apart.
I think Mr. Neiderman could truly write a book to equal VC's earlier works, if he would just slow down. It seems like there's new book every time I turn around...and the writing shows the lack of care and attention.
I agree with other reviewers...I would like a prequel (preferably one where the main character DOES NOT get locked in a room during her pregnancy...'cause you know that's probably what happened to "Mommy" when the very first Audrina...ahem, I mean the very first Celeste aka Baby Jordan was born).
I would recommend the series for a cold rainy weekend...All 3 books are quick and easy reads.
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This book was dissapointing to say the least. Despite my attempts to avoid the back cover. The picture on the back gave the story away. I spent the majority of my time waiting for Basil to rape Celeste. The only redemption comes in the way that it takes place and the fact that they had been planning it since the beginning!
Though I was amused with the storyline leading up the the big event I was extrememly dissapointed with the resolution. I did not know going into it that it was the final book in the series. In fact, I actually came online looking to see if there were more books in the series.
So many questions were left unanswered... What happened to big Celeste? Did the young Celeste end up pregnant? What happened to her boyfriend, the one who professed his neverending love and devotion to her? Did he just forget about her? Did the other kids at school wonder where she went? Did Ami, Wade, and Basil go looking for her? Did mother Celeste and daughter Celeste ever develop a normal relationship? Did mother Celeste ever recover from her illness? Did young Celeste ever regain her clarvoiyance? Did she finish school? Did she marry? Have any other children?
I am still in shock that the series is over. I don't understand how this story could possibly serve as a proper ending. I seriously recommend that the ghostwriter get to work quickly on an epilogue and quite frankly, a prolouge , to explain to the readers what happened and why it all happened.
I am so dissappointed, in fact, that I am afraid to start another series in fear that it will leave me with as many questions as this one. It's a shame really.
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