A review by haley333
Ruby by V.C. Andrews

2.0

Ruby by V.C Andrews is the first book of the Landry. It’s set in the bayou, which I personally found very intriguing. I hadn’t really read any books with a bayou or New Orleans as it’s main location so that made for a lot of new and interesting imagery that kept me entertained. A reoccurring theme in V.C Andrews books seems to be an obsession with half-siblings half-uncles and nieces and such falling in love. Incest for shock value and then throw in some more dark family secrets. Genuinely this book started to feel like a wattpad fanfic halfway through. I mean the girls grandpa tried to sell her… Ruby falls in love with her half brother Paul (who honestly I didn’t like all that much, she tries to call things off with him at one point and he slut shames her… yikes) In addition to that there’s a lot of slut shaming throughout the entire book. There’s a sexual assault scene which was jarring and super unnecessary to the plot. (Just a slight theme I’ve noticed reoccurring throughout a lot of V.C Andrews book specifically the ones written by Andrew Neiderman is the strange obsession with the in depth detail of having their nipples touched during the sex scenes. Which is super weird cause these are 15-17 year old girls) This book has voodoo mentioned a lot, I don’t know a lot about voodoo but I feel like some of the comments about it in this book where offensive. I had a lot of problems with this book but it did make for entertainment for a bit. I wouldn’t personally recommend it.