How could I have forgotten her? And actually I think I forgot about the creep factor on purpose.
What I had shockingly FORGOTTEN were two major things-which I really need to get my head examined because how could I forget-how beyond creepy everything with the father was and VERA. Jamie: I remembered the “twist” all this time later. (I actually got my 3 things right: “a prism, drooling, and a bon-bon eating, couch surfing character.” Well kind of, the mom was addicted to romance novels, not TV.) So I read all that knowing what was coming. They keep the First Audrina’s room like a shrine, and every night, she is forced to go in there with her father, who rocks in a rocking chair with her on his lap while he tries to “fill her up with the First and Best Audrina’s memories.” Which, can I just say? MASSIVELY CREEPY. Her parents had a SECOND daughter and named her after the first one, because that’s not psychologically scarring or anything. It should probably be noted that this book should probably be PLASTERED with ALLLLLL of the trigger warnings. Her older sister, the FIRST Audrina, disobeyed their parents by taking a walk in the woods… where she was gang-raped and subsequently died. Which, like everything else about this book, is completely bananas. A few pages in, Audrina lays out the basic premise. Andrews crammed SO MUCH JAWDROPPY STUFF in here that I’m having a hard time holding back, too! But we’ll get to that later as I’ve detoured-back to the scheduled beginning please.
I did think going in that there might be some cringing at the writing (there was: so much repetition! sometimes the characters sounded like when children play dolls and it was children speaking pretending to be adults pretty sure this book covered EVERY single male/female stereotype) but nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be and what I was surprised about was some of the content.
I remember this book always stood out to me from all the rest but at the time I couldn’t really place why, and assumed maybe it was because it was Andrews’ only stand-alone novel. Jamie: I read all her books through the Logan series (mind you this was all tween/teen years) and the only one I’ve reread as an adult is My Sweet Audrina. By signing up you agree to our terms of use Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox.
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