Daughter of Darkness

Written by V.C. Andrews

Narrated by Marguerite Gavin

Seventeen-year-old Lorelei Patio is the adopted daughter of two-hundred-year-old vampire Sergio Patio. She never realized why her family has had to move so often or why she is not permitted to get too friendly with other young people. In fact, except for one shocking moment that seemed more like a dream, Lorelei never fully realized who and what her father was nor what her sisters were brought up to do for him. But one day, that all changed. Sergio's "daughters" serve a very important purpose: they are all beautiful young ladies who can easily attract-and lure-men so that Sergio can feed on their blood. And now daddy expects Lorelei to be the obedient daughter he needs and bring him new victims.

But when Lorelei meets a shy, handsome young man named Buddy in school, she quickly falls in love with him. He feels the same way but wonders why she doesn't want to take him home to meet her father. Lorelei knows what will happen if she does and tries desperately to keep her two worlds apart, but she knows she can never truly escape her fate as a daughter of darkness. How will she manage these two worlds, and what will she have to give up to do so?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Dec 31, 2010
• ISBN: 9781452670348

V.C. Andrews

One of the most popular authors of all time, V.C. Andrews has been a bestselling phenomenon since the publication of Flowers in the Attic, first in the renowned Dollanganger family series, which includes Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows. The family saga continues with Christopher’s Diary: Secrets of Foxworth, Christopher’s Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger, and Secret Brother, as well as Beneath the Attic, Out of the Attic, and Shadows of Foxworth as part of the fortieth anniversary celebration. There are more than ninety V.C. Andrews novels, which have sold over 107 million copies worldwide and have been translated into more than twenty-five foreign languages. Andrews’s life story is told in The Woman Beyond the Attic. Join the conversation about the world of V.C. Andrews at Facebook.com/OfficialVCAndrews.

Reviews for Daughter of Darkness

[Jess · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Horrible job editing . Most all chapters cut off in mid-sentence.

[Reny · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very good! Enjoyed the supernatural flavor of this Gothic Horror genre story. Can't wait to see where this goes!

[AngelaBatey · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love VC Andrews. this Title is was amazing

[vincentdarlage · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

A dull, dreary read with no surprises and no interesting characters with any depth.

[desilu42 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book was decent but not what I've come to expect from V.C., I found it a little hard to get into but the story seemed to be an ok one.

[acleveland_14 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

My aunt loves V.C Andrews books and I just so happened to pick up this one. I didn't like this book so much. Some of the characters weren't strong enough to my liking. I rather them be week then 2 dimensional and to me that is a huge difference. My aunt said that she would give me the books that she has by this auther and I can wait.

[littlebearries · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Daughter of Darknessby V.C. AndrewsThis will not be my typical review, because I passed this book along to a friend of mine who was an avid V.C. Andrews fan... back when V.C. Andrews was still writing her own books.She has read everything written by Andrews, as well as through the Logan series, which supposedly, until then the books were still plotted out by notes from Andrews found after she died.After the Logan series, my friend lost interest, and she only found today that after the Logan series, that's when the ghost writer, Andrew Neiderman, took over completely. Coincidence? I think not.From the very beginning, she found herself bored with the storyline of Daughter of Darkness. About 1/3 of the way into the book, nothing of any great significance had occurred and she was questioning whether it was even worth it to continue on.She described the writing style as a long, drawn out monologue of inner-angst from the main character... where as the old V.C. Andrews books (you know, the ones actually written by Andrews), while still being from the main girl's perspective, would focus more on other characters as well, and not have so much self centered internalizing.When she got to the end of the book, she literally flung it back at me and exclaimed, "What kind of ending was that?! What a letdown!" Needless to say, I don't think she liked it much. I could go into detail on what she said, but that would be spoilerific.She did wonder at the lack of thinking on the other characters parts... feeling they were unintelligent and had no thoughts of their own. That was one thing she appreciated about the main character, who at least seemed to be smarter than the rest of them.However, as an avid Andrews fan, she neither liked this book, nor felt it lived up to the quality of the books Andrews actually wrote or plotted herself.

[pollywannabook · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Review courtesy of All Things Urban FantasyThis whole book made me…uncomfortable. The incestuous overtones that are present throughout DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS vary from subtle to overt. It’s big time creepy, and not in the fun paranormal way that we all love. More like Dracula meets Sister Wives. The main characters were also somewhat off-putting: Daddy for the obvious reasons, Lorelei for her sheep-to-the-slaughter mentality that was so naïve and worshipful of Daddy that I cringed constantly when she went on and on about competing with her other sexpot sisters for the position of being Daddy’s best daughter. And we can’t forget the uber boring and needy romantic interest who was declaring his undying love on the second date. There were a couple of redeeming aspects of DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS. The question of who/what Daddy is and the nature of his kind along with the mystery of his daughters (where did they all come from & what is their ‘final destiny’?) was genuinely intriguing and well plotted. Despite there being no love lost between me and any of these characters, I had to know how the story ended. I had some suspicions, but the last chapter was truly shocking and very V.C. Andrews. If you’re a fan of the books published under the Andrews name, you’ll probably like the unsettling nature of DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS, but itwasn’t for me.Sexual Content: A couple brief, non graphic sex scenes. Discussion of incest.