Review - Broken Glass by V.C. Andrews

*This is a sponsored review. All opinions are 100% mine.

Pocket Books; 440 pages; $7.99; Amazon

I hate to admit that I've fallen behind, yet again, on my reviews. I meant to review Broken Glass on it's release date on February 28th, but thanks to a few setbacks, an unwanted cold/flu bug, and a few other things that I not going to talk about on here, I have gotten terribly behind on writing my posts.

Published by Pocket Books, Broken Glass is the second in the Mirror Sisters series. Despite the fact that the name V.C. Andrews is printed on the cover, she's not the author. The real V.C. Andrews died in 1986. Shortly after her death, a ghostwriter, Andrew Neiderman was hired to write under name.

It's no big secret that I'm not the biggest fan of ghostwriter's work in recent years. The books have loss their Gothic vibe and have slowly turned into the run-of-the-mill young adult thrillers. A few of these titles are decent reads, while others are horribly written. In my humble opinion, it's time for a new ghostwriter, preferably a female author who can write in a Gothic tone, but until then (if ever) I will tolerate the current novels and hope for the best.

In the first novel Mirror Sisters (you can read my review here), we (us readers) were introduced to Haylee and Kaylee Fitzgerald, identical twins who shared literally everything thanks to their controlling mother. It ended in a cliffhanger with Haylee planning on meeting up with an older man she had met on the internet. Not feeling very well on that very night, and not wanting to disappoint the man, she talks her sister, Kaylee, into taking her place. Unexpected to them, the man happens to be a nutcase and kidnaps Kaylee.

Final Thoughts

I didn't exactly like or hate the first novel, though I did thought it was forgettable. At the time I couldn't imagined how the ghostwriter would drag the story into a second novel, let alone a third installment. (Yep, the third novel, Shattered Memories, comes out this year.) Despite my mixed emotions, I went ahead and read an ARC of Broken Glass. This time around the plot is better planned out and has a better flow to it. Yes, there's no Gothic vibe here, and the way the novel is written feels like a Sweet Valley High book from the 1980s; so you can pretty much guess that the title is targeted for teenagers instead of adult readers.

Is Broken Glass a better than Mirror Sisters?

Sure. It's better written than the first novel, but it also has its own share of problems. None of these issues takes away any enjoyment from reading the book; it's mostly just nitpicking on my part.

Overall, while Broken Glass isn't exactly the best read in the world, it's not that bad either. If you liked the first novel, then you'll probably like this one.