She thinks she has found 'the one' since this is the first man to ever show interest in her due to her height and plain appearance.They soon get married and Olivia leaves her New London family home, Croxteth Hall, and moves to Malcolm's father's manor, Foxworth Hall, in West Virginia, where Olivia starts to discover the dark secrets about Malcolm that start to kill her love for him. Next up is going to be the three books in the spin off series! I’ve only read one of them so hopefully they’ll be good and not just a cash grab.Garden of Shadows starts with a tall, plain Olivia being rescued from spinsterhood by the smart and handsome Malcolm Foxworth. If you’ve read the Flowers in the Attic series but haven’t read this book I highly recommend it.

All of this turns Olivia into the cold hearted woman she becomes, however, I still think it’s inexcusable. Andrews’ fashion there was a secret pregnancy and baby Corrine was given to Olivia and everything was covered up. Malcolm, Corrine’s father, had raped Chris’ mother which made Corrine. This book also reveals the huge secret that Corrine and Chris weren’t just niece and uncle, they were also half-siblings. This is why she can’t bear to even look at Corrine and Chris’ children that were born from incest and why she’s fine with them dying in the attic. Her cousin, John Amos, steps in during the most difficult time in her life and “leads her to God” which turns her into a religious fanatic. The book explains why she ends up being an evil monster and basically it’s because her marriage was a disappointment, she was grieving for her two lost sons and Corrine, her daughter, betrayed her by falling in love with Chris. Honestly, after reading this book I still don’t like her anymore than I did. A secret that will taint the Foxworth family for generations to come…Īs you can tell from the synopsis, this book is about the early life of Olivia Foxworth, aka the miserable cow of a grandmother in the Flowers in the Attic series. For within the halls of this cursed house a shocking secret lives. But in the gloomy mansion filled with festering desires and forbidden passions, a stain of jealous obsession begins to spread-an evil that will threaten her children, two charming boys and one very special, beautiful girl. When young Olivia arrives at Foxworth Hall, she thinks her marriage to handsome Malcolm will bring the joy she has longed for. This review will have major spoilers.īefore terror flowered in the attic there was a young girl. I’ll give you the synopsis and then my thoughts. I had read this book before but for some reason I couldn’t remember anything about it so reading it again was like reading it for the first time. Andrews is the prequel to the Flowers in the Attic series.

Virginia andrews garden of shadows