Wicked Forest

by V.C. Andrews

Book Overview

In the second novel of the thrilling De Beers series, readers will discover that it's easy to get lost in a world of hidden dangers.

After discovering her true identity, Willow De Beers leaves her North Carolina town to live with her real mother and her half-brother in Palm Beach, Florida. Now caught up in a world of glamour and extravagant wealth -- where nosy neighbors, fueled by gossip and greed, keep an eye on her eccentric family...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067103992X
• ISBN13: 9780671039929
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.5" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Intrigue!

I loved this book because it explains in a subconscious way how a woman, can have all she wants and be jaded. Willow to me, is instinctual and she's not used to unlove from others! That's what I love about her! She's so smart, but so ungifted! I feel sorry for Bunny, and her chat on multiple orgasms' is renting! That's what makes her such funny yet sad. All I can say is: YOU GO WILLOW! You'll love this novel! Yum... This book is very "Basic Instict" in it's nature, except Willow doesn't expperiment other two-way streets. Not to mention, she's a total wimp! But she's smart and gorgeous!

Willow and Thatcher belong together

After I read Willow, I was thrilled that the book didn't include any of the usual incestual relationships found in VC Andrew's novels. Although there was an undercurrent of incestual thoughts on part of Linden for Willow, it didn't really come to it's full fruition. I loved the character of Willow. The writers created a smart, ambitious, independent heroin. She was serious about her quest to find and know her birth mother, but she was vulnerable since the death of her father. When her college boyfriend failed to support her journey, it left Willow with a new fresh wound of vulnerability. Willow had to marry Thatcher. She loved him and because she loved him, she wanted to trust him. That is her bottom line. I would have loved to see the writers delve deeper into their relationship. It seems obvious to me that if they are both married to others and using their daughter like a pawn that they have unfinished business together. The ladies who told Willow about Thatcher's infidelity was the writer's way of giving the story's heroin some female friends. Finally, I have to admit that I cried during every part with Willow and Thatcher because I had a feeling that he would betray her in a most hurtful way. Willow has to deal with that hurt and I don't think that she has healed. Sure she divorced Thatcher and married her college professor, but that doesn't seem like closure enough for the love that they shared.

Keep the series coming!

...despite the lukewarm reviews from most others, it truly wouldn't be a trademark VC Andrews book without the glitz and glamour of some old southern residence, the nasty grandmother or sister, or the whirlwind, usually 'incestuous' relationships. I enjoy the concept of them all, as well as the writing style- don't change them!

Keeps you coming back for more.

I dont know about you but I LOVE VC Andrews. This new series is awesome. I can never put the book down. Since they release new books in a series every few months, I like how she recaps a little from the book before. Sometimes you say to yourself, "OH YEAH!" I can't wait to receive the third book in this DeBeers series. Great reading if you loved Flowers In The Attic (Dollanganger Series).

Loved it!

I haven't actually read the wicked forest book, but i loved the first one. VC Andrews is my all time favorite author! Willow is interesting and kinda grows on ya!