It is already hard enough to wait through four novels before you get to find out what happened in the very begining but to have to wait through a whole other series is pathetic. I completely forgot about the Logan series and it wasn't until I was already reading the book that I realized that this one was a follow up. It was really hard to enjoy because as time goes on and you've read more series containing more characters you forget all of the details you need to know to understand what is going on in this book. You can imagine the surprise when after thinking that this was a new series that it turned out to be end of an old series. I wouldn't recommend releasing a new series then releasing an end to an old one. Like most people who have read the new ghost written VC Andrews novels I think they all have the same basic plot with different character names and wording. Please try something different or let Ms. Andrews rest in peace.

This was the first book I'd ever read by VC Andrews and I don't care if it IS a ghost writer, I still like the books. I could definetly identify with Olivia, but I also think that she was too cold. I was embarrased for her in certain parts, and been frightened of her, too. She is such a three dimensional character, and I want to know more about her and her family. I've ordered the rest of the Logan family series, just to see what happened before and what will happen in the future! Definetly a good read!

After reading what seems to be a gazillion books on the innocent princess in the tower type heroine (Dawn, Annie, Ruby,Melody,etc.) from V.C. Andrews it was refreshing to have a heroine who was sharp, if not cruel and cynical.
That's all the praise you'll be able to pry from me for this book. Though the change of character was something new I still couldn't like this book and I especially found it hard to sympathize with a character that will later on do so many horrible things. I suppose this book was supposed to show us how Oliva Logan became so cold and evil, what with getting her heart broken by what's his face but I think that no matter what had happened, what environment she had grown up in she would have grown up the same. With snake venom in her veins rather then blood what else could we expect? I was so sick of her spitting negativity left and right that I was glad when the book ended. Later thankfully, V.C. Andrews ceates a heroine that is both smart and kind, Willow

The first two stories in the Wildflowers Series were great. I was really excited to read "Jade" - but I was very disappointed. Jade is a beautiful, rich girl with parents who absoultely hate each other. Her mom is favoring her and fillig her mind with horrible stories of her father, and her dad is doing the same. Jade is wrapped up in the viscious court battle, to see which parent will get custody, and it is driving her insane. Soon, she starts to go into chatrooms, and meets Craig - a teenager with problems like her's. One night, when the situation with her parents becomes absoultely unbearable, she hops on a plane to California to meet Craig. When she gets there - she finds herself in one of the most dangerous situations in her entire life.

I loved the first two books, but in my opinion, VC Andrews is slacking. This book was good for the last twenty-ish pages. The first hundered or so were very slow and boring, then it was interesting...then it was so utterly disturbing I had to stop reading it. It took me about two weeks to finish, because I really didn't want to read it because it's such a sick and disturbing story. I expect more from "Cat" the next in the series.

This story is the 3rd installment of the Wildflower Series. Jade comes from a wealthy family. At first glance, I didn't expect to get much from her story, but I quickly learned otherwise. Jade's parents are getting a divorce, but being the competitive business people that they are, neither of them are willing to give in to the other on any matter. They both remain in the house because neither of them want to lose it. Not because of any attachment, but because of their desire to "one up" the other. Their heated battles at home and in court are slowly tearing Jade apart. Now she has become a pawn in their divorce. Not because of their great love for her, but because she is another asset to battle over. Unable to take anymore, Jade makes a nearly fatal decision. Every book in this series of four girls brought together in group therapy to tell their stories has really captured my attention. I can't wait to read the next one.

When Jade's parents got married they're marriage was more like a buisness partnership. Everything was divided down the middle just in case anything ever happened. And when they had Jade they couldn't divide her. When it comes time for Jade to tell her story in Dr. Marlowe's therapy session, she dosen't want to speak. But when she dose she spins a story of a terrible battle masked by a privileged life. When Jade's parents got divorced they fought over her not becasuse they loved her, but becasue they wanted to come out on top. Will Jade be able to deal with everything? Or will she fall apart.

I really liked this book it's a good edition to the series and so far my favroite. I've already read Misty the first one and I'll be sure to read Cat and Star. This is an interesting series and I reccomend it to fans on suspenceful real life novels. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Okay, if I would have bought this book and it was written by another author, I wouldn't have been so disapointed. The book wasn't really that bad, it's just the fact that her books used to be so good and interesting. I still read her old books over and over again. But I don't want to read these new ones at all. But I will still buy them because of the name on the book. But the Ghostwriter is seriously damaging VC Andrew's name by putting out these second rate, little kid books. And a word of advice, make the next series of books about 300 pages longer.

I have been reading VC Andrews books for a few years now and was extremely disappointed with the Orphan series. It was a disgrace to her name. I bought Misty yesterday expecting it to be just as bad as the Orphan series, but as a loyal reader I bought the book anyway, and I was shocked when I started reading it today. I could not put it down. Misty's story intrigued me. In fact, her feelings reminded me of my own. I can't wait to read about Star, Jade, and Cat. If you'd like to email me to talk about one of her books (I've read all of them) then please do so, but for now I will be impatiently awaiting the arrival of Star.

This is the first VC Andrews book I've read, but definately not the last! My friend told me it was really good, and I had to read it - and she was right! Some people have mentioned that V.C. Andrews must be targeting a younger audience with the Wildflowers Miniseries, but I disagree. In "Misty" a young teenage girl (Misty) goes to her counsuler and meets three girls that have similar problems to her's (the three girls are named Cat, Jade, and Star). Misty tells her story to the girls, and after her sad story, they all feel closer together. Misty's parents are divorced because her dad found a younger woman (who's almost the same age as Misty!) and her mom is image obsessed. After the divorce, Misty's grades go down, her friends drift away from her, and she finds herself in 2 bad relationships, both which end abruptly. This book is very good,but very short, and also very suggestive. I reccommed it to anyone who likes V.C Andrews books or anyone that likes books about divorce or romance.

I really like this series, but Brooke seems too similar to the first book (Butterfly). I've enjoyed V.C. Andrews books for years and can't wait for Raven and Runaways to be released.

Brooke was a good book. I have liked the other two I have read and am waiting for Raven to be released in my area. I hope it is not predictable as the others. I hope this character has a chance to grow a little. I really hope the end of the series is more dramatic than the rest. I also hope to see more series from V.C. Andrews in her old style.

I was exited to see that Brooke was out, as I am exited about every new book published under Andrew's name. I read it in one day, but it wasn't boring whatsoever. I think all three books' storylines are the same: a poor girl goes with a family, they are happy, and the mother is always obsessed about something, and that is usually the reason why the girl leaves, except in Crystal. I really love how the girls are coming together one by one. I can hardly wait for Runaways. I hope it will prove to be really good. I also can't wait for Raven, though the story line seems a little different than the first three, since the other girls don't really remember their mothers. I do agree that all of V.C. Andrews' book are the same. But I love all of them anyway.

After the death of grandmother Hudson, Rain, finds herself in a battle with her mother, and her wicked aunt for a vast fortune. The entire Hudson fortune has been left to Rain, and the other family members will stop at nothing to make sure she does not see a penny of it.

After a brief meeting with the family, Rain, makes it clear she is not after the money, but refuses to give it to the rest of the family, for her grandmother wanted it that way. Her aunt Victoria decides to befriend Rain, as a way to fulfill her own agenda.

After a tragic accident leaves Rain helpless, she will welcome the kindness of a stranger, while still harbouring the dark secrets that plague her family.

"Eye Of The Storm" is not as good as the other novels in this series; it drags on too long, and the reader is overwhelmed with one tragedy after another.

V.C. Andrews has a gift for writing dark fiction, but this novels falls short of her previous books. As always, it is well-written, but halfway through the book I did not care what would happen; the characters were transparent, and the plot did not contain the necessary twists to pull the book to it's climax.

Nick Gonnella

I liked this book, I too thought it was the best in the series. I thought that RAIN was the second best, and Lighting Strikes needs work, a whole lotta work. I think that Rain appeared to be a smart girl in the first novel, but her sense slowly leaves her brain as the series continues. I can't believe that this is the same girl from RAIN. This book has more action than any of the others. I hate to say it, but V.C. Andrew's writers repeat the same nonsense in each series. There's always a few nutballs running around in the family, one moment they are normal, or at least semi, and the next moment they are crazier than Ted Bundy. Of course we all knew that Austin and Rain were going to have a baby girl, V.C. Andrew's books aren't usually about boys. I am glad that Rain found happiness with Austin, I thought that their relationship was sweet. Rain found her a perfect man, life should really be like in the books.

Wow, I must say. This is a definite improvement over the the previous two Hudson series, but it's still not perfect. Superior but alas still inferior.

What people have previously said is definitely true: this is the best book of the series. While the Hudson story was stumbling left and right in the previous titles, there is more of a flow in this book.

We find Rain back at the Hudson mansion after grandmother Hudson's death. Rain is now loaded with money inherited from grandmother Hudson. Of course, Aunt Victoria and company want to challenge the will and Rain is willing to fight. Not suprisenly, tragedy strikes poor Rain. To make matter worse, Aunt Victoria is beyond the wings out to get Rain. It ain't pretty.

The book does have some interesting elements but it's still the "same old VCA book". Nothing you read in Eye of the Storm is different from previous novels. Everything is either borrowed from this book or borrowed from that book. If you've read all of VCA books, then you will understand what I mean. Want hints? Remember Gates of Paradise, Secrets of the Morning, and Twilight's Child when you read this book--to name only a few. There are minor surprises, but suddenly you think, "That happened in so and so book" so the element of suprirse entertainment is destroyed.

Also, we see the Hudson following the Cutler series once again. People might argue this point, but I have to strongly dissagree. Cutler is there. Hudson is very similar to Cutler--including Eye of the Strom. It's just that in Eye of the Storm the GW cleverly (if you call it cleverness) didn't lay it down in a straight forward format like he did in the previous novels. It's just scattered so it's not that apparent. But if you think about the incidents in the Cutler series and think of the incidents in Eye of the Storm you are probably going to wonder why you never saw the similarities before. The Ghostwriter can't fool everybody.

All and all, an improvement, but not something that is truly stunning.

This well-written and often humorous (in the good sense) book is targeted for a freshman or sophomore in computer science or computer engineering. Following a few introductory chapters which give both a historical, conceptual, and structural overview of the computer, Tanenbaum partakes upon a semi-detailed introduction to the various "levels" of a computer, beginning with the digital-logic level (the actual hardware) and working up to both the operating-systems and assembly-language levels.

With respect to the digital-logic level, I thought he did well in introducing the student to the essential components (e.g. registers, ALU, Flip-Flops) without overburdening the student with design techniques such as Karnaugh maps, finite-state machines, etc..

However, by far the best part of the book seemed to be his explanation of the microarchitectural level, in which the relationship between memory, control, and datapath was fully explained. This chapter seemed to be where the "rubber met the road" in terms of showing the connection between programs and hardware. I would have preferred however if he had not introduced the IJVM language so early in this chapter, and had spent more time demonstrating microprograms. I know for a fact that many of my students seemed very confused about the difference between microinstructions and machine instructions.
Moreover, a majority of them found microprogramming with the Mic-1 very difficult if not impossible. More microprogram examples would probably have helped.

Finally, where as the later chapters on instruction sets and assembly language seemed very adequate introductory overviews, the operating-systems level seemed overly broad and of not much use. Certainly, a student should read his other book on OS to fully appreciate this all-too-important aspect of the computer.

In closing, I should mention that the Mic1 software also accompanies this text, and helps provide the student with a well-rounded education, in that they get some hands-on experience. The software and the well-written text make it an irresistable choice to use a first course in computer organization.

This book, probably the oldest of the Tanenbaum tetralogy, is in my opinion, the finest. This can double up as a first course in Operating Systems as well as Computer Architecture/Organization. I wish our school had used this as the textbook for our first year CO class. The material covered is fundamental yet very readable. Coverage of microprogramming(including some good stuff about x86 Micro Architecture), virtual memory, instruction set design, RISC v CISC, multicomputers. The tenet of this book is that a computer can be viewed as a series of layered machines, with chapters describing each machine. Overall a great value for anybody who wants to have a better idea of what goes under computer systems, without too much pains.

This book is in my opinion, one of the best books available on Comp. Organization. It treats the computer as a layered machine with each successive layer being isolated from the complexities of the layers underneath. Design abstraction is carried to supreme heights without sacrificing content and relevant details. In particular, chapter 4 on 'The micropragramming level' is probably the best on this subject that I've seen so far in any introductory book. I'm actually using this chapter to teach the concepts of microprogrammed control to senior BS students of Computer science. Be warned however, that if you are looking for more detailed treatment of architecture (Digital Logic), you need to buy another book to go with this one (Try the one by Morris Mano et. al.) This book compares favorably with another related book "Comp. Organization" by Hamacher et al. Together, these books can be used to effectively teach/understand the concepts of layered design. In short, I recommend this book to all beginners!

I have every book written by VC Andrews and all the ones written by the ghostwriter. I must say that I am not impressed with the Orphans & Wildflowers miniseries. I think they are sort of an insult to VC Andrews' name. While I enjoyed the books in these miniseries, I could also anticipate what would happen in the book. No shocks or suprises, like her early works. Bring back the psychological horror, and the shocking suprises, the way VC Andrews would write!!

Star was a really enjoyable short story. The V. C. Andrews series are really wonderful. However, I am not happy with how short the books are. I enjoy reading a book for a week. I pick up one of these "Novels" and its over in a couple of hours. Star is an excellent book about a young girls struggles and you can really empathize with her. I am looking forward to the rest of the series. My only disappointment is that it ends too soon. I do have to admit that every time I read a V. C. Andrews book I am looking for the thrill of Flowers in the Attic. I have yet to find a book of that quality.

Star, the second book in the Wildflowers is fantastic!!!!!! Star FINALLY gets to tell her story, of hope,heartbreak,shame, and the wish of a perfect family. She tells of a deadbeat father, and a drunken mother, parents far different from the other girls. Star maintains your interest all through out the book,as of Misty, and as in all V.C. Andrews books, it is a quick and delicious read, with a juicy ending. I can't wait to read Jade!!!!

The fourth installment to the Wildflowers series is by far better than the previous three. By reading the previous three books, you get subtle foreshadowing on what Cat's story is. Cat seems to be the one with the most traumatizing story out of the four. The whole book is somewhat...predictable but is still good. There is a small twist in the end and I'm eager to see what "Into the Garden" has in store. Maybe it's Doctor Marlowes' story? Who knows. It'll never compare to the Dollanganger stories and such but maybe they'll get better.

When Cat goes to Dr. Marlowe's office, she knows it's her time to tell her story. SHe starts her story off by telling Jade, Misty, and Star about her insanely overprotective mother, who would go through her room daily, check each and every TV show Cat watched, and go through books and cross out inapporperiate words and pictures with a black marker. Cat's mom may be overprotective, but soon we learn about her father ~ who is overly friendly towards Cat. Of course, we all know what happens next, not right away, but what's going to happen. Cat tells how her mom would punish her if she mentioned anything about her body, and her dad would go out of his way to "comfort her" - he even buys her racy clothes and makeup (two things strictly forbidden by her mom).

I liked the first two books in the Wildflowers series, but the third one (Jade) really disappointed and disturbed me. Cat isn't as bad as Jade, but not as good as Misty (the first book). I don't reccommend these book though, because they are **REALLY** disturbing. If you don't mind books that are "darker" - then you'll like these. But if you like happy, romance books ~ stay away from VC Andrews.

This book really was good, it shows how incest can cause so many different mixed emotions.... i felt like i was actully Cat in the story because i have been through things close to this and i felt like i could relate to her. I think Andrews explores a subject that needs to be explored more by others, why hide that it happens because it does and very often, Andrews has done it again with the help of her loving family. This book is Excelent!!

I wasn't very happy with this book. I am an avid V.C. Andrews reader and found that this book lacked the v.c. andrews spice in all her later books. I am looking forward to the last novel that brings all the four girls together in hopes that it will make the miniseries some what entertaining. I loved the Hudson series and enjoy the novel series much more than the mini ones. The smaller books leave no room for more detail, enriching plots and the famous surprising twists that I love so much from V.C. Andrews.

unfortunately, some of the reviews try and compare this book to previous v.c. andrews books; however, v.c. andrews died several years ago and these books are all written "in her style" and based on storylines she left and had not developed. to expect heaven or flowers in the attic is truly a mistake. if you like the v.c. andrews' storylines of screwed up families, then the shooting stars series won't disappointment you. just don't expect what you can't have and you will be all set.

V.C. Andrews died several years ago and since 1987 a ghostwriter had been writing books under her name in "her style." I find the GW has been losing his touch after the Landry series and especially with the miniseries.

However, I did find this book enjoyable and that is why I give it four stars. It's unlike all the other miniseries books because of the fact that Cinnemon does have a somewhat good relationship with her parents, there are no dark secrets that she had to find out, and I liked the supernatural touch of the "haunted" house she lived in.

All in all I found this to be a nice change from the usual bland tales told by the girls in miniseries and I hope this suggests a change in the way the books are written.

I was very wary on reading this book as a result of all the negative reviews. But scrolling down to some of the more earlier ones I realized that I should give it a chance and I wasn't really disappointed. Ice is an entertaining novel to the series that deserves 3 or 4 stars (since I like the series so much I gave it the benefit of the doubt and gave the book 4 stars instead of 3). Ice tells the story about a shy teenager named Ice. When Ice is very young her school psychologist gives her the label elective mute because it seems like she chooses never to speak and in so many ways that is true. At 17, she lives with her narcissistic mother and her silent father and very rarely talks herself. The only time she ever really opens her mouth is to sing in her church choir or sing old jazz tunes to her father. Her voice is so beautiful that she finds she may have the chance to change her life forever, but not if her mother has her way. If you enjoy VC Andrews mini-series I recommend you read this. I can't wait to read the next books in the series (the 3rd being Honey). Enjoy!

But you can tell it's a GW. Ice surpised me, I was expecting a usual pattern theory book or something more bubble gummy like the other mini-series books... but Ice has a voice. Her story drew me in, made we want to read the final novel, the one hopefully the girls will get together in. Unlike the earlier series this series seems to revolve more around the outside issues in a girl's life. More about their families and their relationships than the boring teenage tribulations of life. It was still too short and I would have much rather had a full book, but I shall wait, and hope for Rose to be just as good.

This story is about a young girl named Ice. She has parental problems. Her mom has a drinking problem and always makes Ice feel bad about herself. Her father always wants another child. Then Ice's mom claims that he is just trying to make her unattractive, but I don't think he is. So Ice has problems and tries to get though them is her own ways.
I loved this book. The reason is because I also have problems, but not as harsh as hers. Ice was a very interesting charter in this story. She always listened to others though her thin walls of her apartment. She can do this because her parents don't come home until later at night. This was one of her ways that she learns about life. To me this was a very interesting way to learn. These are all of the ideas that made me like this book so much.
The reason why I chose this book is because of the cover that looked so cool. I also loved the title and how someone would name their child "Ice". The story was exactly what I was looking forward to be reading about. The last reason why chose this book is because I like the way that V.C Andrews writes.