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Book Review of April Shadows (Shadows, Bk 1)

April Shadows (Shadows, Bk 1)
April Shadows (Shadows, Bk 1)
Author: V. C. Andrews
Genre: Horror
Book Type: Paperback
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April had always felt like an outsider. Her older sister Brenda was tall, athletic, competitive, and sure of herself. But April Taylor was short, sensitive, and overweight - and she couldn't bounce back from their father's cutting criticisms the way Brenda did. April didn't know why their once loving dad had become a coldhearted monster, but she was sure it had something to do with her. And she could see how his cruel behavior was tearing away at her gentle mother. But a glimmer of happiness returns when Brenda brings home her college roomate; beautiful, bewitching Celia. And April wonders if she might not be so different from Brenda after all...