Delia's crossing by VC Andrews.
Delia Trilogy Book 1.
After her parents are killed in a road accident, Delia Yebarra's life is turned upside-down.
A brilliant read. My favourite is still flowers in the Attic. This is still a great read. 5*.

The beauty of any novel by V.C. Andrews is how the main character overcomes the overwhelming odds stacked against them and this novel is no different. After Delia's parents are killed in a truck accident, she is sent to America to live with relatives. Thrown into what she thought would be a loving experience, Delia is immersed into a nightmare.
This story is beautiful and tragic all at the same time. While it follows the standard set by all of the other novels by the author, it has heart and sorrow into it that just touches a readers right to the quick. The great part, as always, is a strong female lead that overcomes the obstacles stacked in front of her. If you are a fan of the author, you will not be disappointed.

When fifteen year old Delia’s parents lives are taken in an accident, she is sent to America from Mexico to live with her aunt that she doesn’t know very well. A book that has quite a lot to do with current events in our country, Delia’s Crossing by V.C. Andrews is a deep look at the issue of tolerance, and how family isn’t always the support network that we need.

In true V.C. Andrews custom, this story is about a twisted family, Delia moved to California from her small Mexican village, where she must now stay with her aunt, and cousins that she barely knows. Her aunt finds her almost disgusting, and won’t speak to her in her native language at all, let alone acknowledge her heritage. Her cousin Sophie absolutely despises Delia, and wants to pin anything on her that she can possibly get away with.

Delia is supposed to be extremely smart, but when she gets herself into a situation in this book, she seems to either not know how to get out of it, or she steps into the same situation time and time again, without learning from her mistakes. Kind of annoying, and not too bright, if you ask me.

I feel like V.C. Andrews, or rather the ghost writer for V.C. Andrews, tends to stick to the same storyline over and over again, just with different characters in a random setting. This whole narrative is getting rather boring to me, I’m over it, I think it’s time to move on from this author, and fine a better storyteller. I give this 1 out of 5 stars.

I enjoyed this first book in the series and look forward to more. I like how Mexican culture is woven in and how the character of Delia is developing. The twists and turns keep suspense, and feel different from other VC Andrews at the same time as keeping the elements I enjoy in her books. This really does remind me of earlier VC Andrew's books and it was nice to feel a pang for her earlier books, well done on this book!

Fifteen year old Delia Yebarra lives in a small village in Mexico and had a bright future in front of her when she receives horrible news. Delia’s parents are taken away from her in the blink of an eye when they are involved in a car accident. Thinking she will be living with her grandmother after the accident Delia again has her world turned upside down when her grandmother says she is simply too old to care for her and has made arrangements to send Delia to America to live with an aunt she’s never met.

Arriving at her aunt’s home Delia knows very little English and very little about the family she’s been sent to live with. Delia’s aunt hasn’t had any contact with her family since marrying a rich American and leaving the small Mexican village behind her. Resenting her past and family Delia’s aunt isn’t too happy to have Delia in her care and refuses to even speak to her until she learns English and things only get worse for the Delia from there.

Delia’s Crossing by V.C. Andrews was first published back in 2008 but is now being republished. The story is typical of a V.C. Andrews novel with a young teenage girl living in a somewhat dysfunctional family situation. This one however featured the main character that is from Mexican descent and that was really what completely didn’t work for me in the book.

Delia is described as an extremely smart girl in the early pages as she learns of her parents death and when she is sent to America she speaks very little English, not speaking the language shouldn’t make the character any dumber especially when she starts picking up English at an incredible rate. However, with Delia she is sent into a horrible situation right off but then this smart girl puts herself into more situations instead of learning from the first… if that makes sense without being too spoilery.

In the end I just didn’t find this story believable as it just seemed to contradict itself in several places throughout. You have the normal teenage torment with horrible happenings to the character that you would expect but it just doesn’t all mesh well together in this one in my opinion.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

Hauntingly descriptive and gripping. What an amazing look at boarder corssing and immigration in the midst of tragic love. Classic VC

http://fkrants.blogspot.com/2017/07/delias-crossing.html

This isn't the first time reading this book, but it was just as good. but of course I know that all her books are pretty ummmmm taboo... So I was surprised that her cousin didn't do anything with her. The only problem I had with this book was that some, very little Spanish wasn't translated... I mean most was but at parts I was like huh? So I give it 3 stars for my lack of Spanish!