The first three books took us on a journey of Ruby Landry Dumas Tate Andreas's life. This is finally the first book that was not from Ruby's point of view, but the one of her daughter, Pearl.Pearl was 18 years ago, has recently graduated from high school, and had twin brothers who were twelve years old. When one twin brother got bitten by a cottonmouth and died, Pearl's mother Ruby started to act odd and kept on saying that the tragedy was set off by the lies of Ruby's past. After that, she disappeared for a while and the twin brother who was alive got into a comatose state. Pearl's father was drowning himself in booze.Pearl had to investigate her mother's life, and went back to her Cajun roots at the bayou to figure things out and to look for her mom. While at the bayou, some secrets slithered out, and Pearl finally understood her mom, where Ruby was coming from, and how her state of mind came to be. Pearl was a true descendant of Ruby and Grandmere Catherine, for she was a strong woman, and had a mind of her own. The 4th book of the series was GOOD, but not AMAZING, ADDICTIVE like the three others were...Now, onto "Tarnished Gold," the last book of the Landry Series by V.C. Andrews!
This was a good book. I liked the storyline, but I have to admit, it dragged on a bit with Pearl looking in the bayou for her mother. The storyline was good, but at some point made little sense. Also, I found an error in the book. When Pearl meets Jack, he doesn't know what to call her, (Pearl, Ms. Andreas, etc). She says to call her Ruby. That's a misprint. It should've been to call her Pearl. I thought I missed something and reread it 5 times before I realized it was a printing error.Now I'm going on to the last book in the series. This was one of the better VC Andrews series. I have to say I've enjoyed every book in this series so far.
