In audio book format, this book is wonderful. I read this story many years ago (over 30) and realized I barely remembered this book.

GREAT GOTHIC FICTION AND A CLASSIC! VERY WELL NARRATED! I RECOMMEND!! I loved this story years ago and still do, but my feelings have definitely changed.Papa was so mean, and being a female in that household was bad news, no matter who you were.I felt so bad for Audrina especially.her life was stolen from her.she was so mentally abused.made to be weak.and most certainly traumatized.But she got strong, I just wish she would have left. They did, and I thought it was pretty good until now.I had forgotten this stories true line, I guess I had forgotten more of the book then I thought.but 25+ yrs is a long time to go with a re-read.and I remember reading this book multiple times in my late teens, early twenties.I just really remembered liking it a lot!!! If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be? What was one of the most memorable moments of My Sweet Audrina? If you could sum up My Sweet Audrina in three words, what would they be? The narration is terrible and will ruin the experience!! My final verdict is, read the book, it's great. Perhaps that's being too finicky, but if I have to listen to it for 13-plus hours, I deserve to have the name pronounced the way the introduction to the audiobook says it should be, let alone how anyone I've ever heard say the name has pronounced it. I'd only gone in about 30 minutes and I knew I would never be able to handle another 13 hours of it! Such a great novel, ruined! Never mind that she can pronounce 'objets d'art' but not 'cupola', I'm bothered more by the lazy way she says 'Uh-dree-nuh' instead of 'Odd-ree-nuh'. I began listening today, thinking perhaps a book actually written by Andrews (and not Neiderman-blah) might redeem Ross as a narrator in my ears. She hardly does any voices to begin with, but she whines along as though it's okay for an audiobook narrator to read the book without the tiniest bit of performance in her voice. Andrews’s books (or should I say Andrew Neiderman books) and found myself irritated by her high-school student drone. I've listened to her readings of other V.C. Andrews early work! When I saw that Rebekkah Ross was the narrator, my leaping heart just about om disappointment. When I saw that 'My Sweet Audrina' was finally available as an audiobook, my heart leapt! Such a fantastic book deserves to be on audio, as does the rest of V.C.

I'm changing my one star rating of the performance to three stars. It's still not great and her mispronunciation of words still bothers me, but it's easier to handle this time around. Maybe having prepared myself for Rebekkah Ross's lackluster performance makes it easier to bear.

Update 1-26-18: I decided to give this narration another try.

Vc andrews sweet audrina