Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews

Flowers in the Attic

by Virginia Andrews

The haunting young adult gothic romance classic that launched Virginia Andrews’ incredible best-selling career.

Up in the attic, four secrets are hidden. Four blonde, beautiful, innocent little secrets, struggling to stay alive…

Chris, Cathy, Cory and Carrie have perfect lives – until a tragic accident changes everything. Now they must wait, hidden from view in their grandparents’ attic, as their mother tries to figure out what to do next. But as days turn into weeks and weeks into months, the siblings endure unspeakable horrors and face the terrifying realisation that they might not be let out of the attic after all.

Virginia Andrews is a publishing phenomenon, with over 100 million books in print. Still as terrifying now as it was when it first appeared, Flowers in the Attic is a gripping story of a family’s greed, betrayal and heartbreak.

Reviewed by ibeforem on

4 of 5 stars

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This is one of those books that I knew about by reputation but had never read myself. Or at least, I thought I hadn’t read it. My name is written in it with the date 8/12/93, underneath the names of my mother and 3 aunts and dates in late 1980. However, I don’t remember reading it at all!

Anyway, it wasn’t disappointing. I like how the secrets are alluded to and revealed bit by bit, and the final revelations are powerful. I’ll at least read the next book in the series.

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