The Logan Series in Order: How to read V.C. Andrews’s books?

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V.C. Andrews was an American writer best known for her best-selling book Flowers in the Attic. Her novels were popular enough that after she died in 1986, her estate hired a ghostwriter, Andrew Neiderman, to continue writing novels under her name. Now, Virginia Andrews’s name is considered a valuable commercial asset, and Andrew Neiderman has written numerous books under her name. This is the case with The Logan series, published between 1996 and 1999.

This twisted family story follows Melody Logan, a young woman from a West Virginia trailer park, who left her home with her mother following her father’s death. She meets her father’s family at Cape Code with whom she now must live and soon has to deal with her relatives’ secrets they all prefer to forget. As often in V.C. Andrews, the books contain incest, super religious family members, and a young girl with absentee/dead parents forced to live somewhere new.

How to read V.C. Andrews’ Logan Books in Order?

  1. Melody (1996) – Melody Logan knew her beautiful mother, Haille, was unhappy in their hardscrabble mining town. But with her wonderful father’s unwavering love, Melody always felt safe — until a dreadful mine accident ripped her from her family’s moorings. Following his death, her mother wastes no time dumping her with her father’s family, where her cousin Cary resents her for using his dead sister’s room and clothes. However, it is Cary who begins to reveal the truth about Melody’s parents, a shocking tale of defiant love.
  2. Heart Song (1997) – When Melody Logan’s mother died in a car accident, Melody lost the last shred of the family she had ever known. She was practically a stranger to the Logans, her wealthy relatives on Cape Cod, where she now drifted on a sea of dark secrets. In the eyes of gentle Aunt Sara, Melody was a replacement for her dead daughter, while for Uncle Jacob she was a reminder of the family’s shameful past. Only good-hearted Cary seemed to care, and since it was revealed that she and Cary weren’t truly cousins, the affection that had always surged between them now crested in thrilling waves. But Melody knew she could never truly echo Cary’s loving promises until she discovered her own buried identity. Despite Grandma Olivia’s dagger-like threats, Melody sought out Belinda, a mysterious, half-crazy woman who was her real grandmother. Belinda gave Melody hope – and a glimmer of the pearls of truth she knew were hidden in the shifting Cape Cod sands. Somehow, someday, the story of her past would be her hard-won treasure, to be savored in a world of sunshine and happiness…where she truly belonged.
  1. Unfinished Symphony (1997) – Melody had always believed her mother, Haille, and dear stepdaddy had died in tragic accidents — that’s why she’d come to stay with her secretive Logan relatives on Cape Cod. But then a friend recognized Haille’s picture in a catalog and kindled Melody’s hopes. Melody’s dream of finding her mother seemed as flimsy as the scrap of paper that was her only clue. And despite the pampered life Melody was offered as a guest in a Beverly Hills mansion, nothing could soften the blow of the moment she stood face-to-face with her mother and saw her eyes turn dark and cold as stones. Melody knew there must be a reason why her mother pretended at first not to recognize her — and why she’d even faked her own death. And beneath her mother’s unkept promises and tattered fantasies, Melody hoped to unearth the truth about her own past.
  2. Music in the Night (1998) – For Laura Logan, life on Cape Cod has been nearly perfect, full of magical days spent enjoying the sea with her beloved twin brother, Cary. But then, like the creeping of the tides, the vicious rumors at school begin — cruel voices saying unspeakable things about the Logans. Laura tries to ignore them, but not until handsome, gentle Robert Royce moves to their town does she feel truly carefree and happy again. And then Grandma Olivia issues a chilling threat, forbidding Laura to see Robert ever again. Now Laura can only dream of the warm, sun-filled life she so desperately desires…
  3. Olivia (1999) – Prequel to the first book, about Melody’s great-aunt Olivia. Destined to take over the million-dollar family business, responsible Olivia anticipates the downfall of her petted younger sister Belinda, a free spirit who sets off a generations-long path of deception that haunts the Logan clan.

If you like our article about reading The Logan reading order, you may want to take a look at the Flowers in the attic series, the Ruby Series (or The Landry Series), The Orphans Series, The Casteel Series, and the Dawn Cutler Series. Don’t hesitate to follow us on Twitter or Facebook to discover more book series.

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