This week for the Fiction Friday feature, I am reviewing the gothic horror novel, Dark Angel by V.C. Andrews. This book was published in November 1986 by Pocket Books and has a page count of 450 pages. This is the second novel in the Casteel series. The audiobook is 13 hours & 29 minutes and is read by Candace Thaxton. The following overview is provided from Barnes & Noble: In her grandmother’s fine, labyrinthine Boston house, Heaven Leigh Casteel dreams of a wonderful new life of new friends, the best schools, beautiful clothes, and most important, love. She is determined to make the Casteel name respectable, find her long-lost brothers and sister, and have a family again. But even in the world of the wealthy, there are strange forebodings, secrets best forgotten. And as Heaven reaches out of love, she is slowly ensnared in a sinister web of cruel deceits and hidden passions.
I am enjoying this series, but I do have a few complaints about the characters. Tony and Troy feel very one-dimensional to mean and feel like they serve very little to the endgame of this series. Jillian is one of the most annoying characters I have come across lately. She needs to be some sort of thing just because of the people around her. I really hope that with the next book in the series, the plot is moved along a little more, I just feel like this series is a little slow for my taste. However, I relate so much to Heaven that I have to know what is next for her.
I give this novel 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Tomorrow for the Missing Person Saturday feature, I am highlighting the Charley Project profile of Saadique Joy Mikaele. Next week for the Fiction Friday feature, I am reviewing the Audible Original, The Mystery of Alice by Lee Bacon. Until then keep reading on; Nerd out!
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