Studies the work of novelist V.C. Andrews, discussing her use of the gothic style blended with horror fiction and fairy tale covering the works "Flowers in the Attic, " the Dollanganger Chronicles ("Petals on the Wind, " "If There Be Thorns, " "Seeds of Yesterday"), "Garden of Shadows, " "My Sweet Audrina, " and the Casteel Story ("Heaven, " "Dark Angel, " "Fallen Hearts").
