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Ice
by V. C. Andrews
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Thorndike Press (2002-02)
ISBN: 0783897510
EAN: 9780783897516
Dewy Decimal #: 813.54
Hardcover: 187 pages
Edition: Largeprint
SKU: T071202-3182
Condition: Good
Comments: Very good overall condition. No writing, very tight binding. First page has been torn off. Ships same day or next in a bubble mailer. Enjoy.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Ice wishes she could just become invisible.... Ice hides from the world behind a shield of silence. And that is what her mother hates about her. All she wants is a normal daughter who wears makeup and sexy clothes to attract boys. But Ice gets her chance to shine when she reveals her beautiful singing voice. And her extraordinary gift may become her saving grace when tragedy and deception almost destroy her dreams...
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Customer Reviews
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*HOTT*
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-09-24
This book was unique to me since, it features a person with the name of "Ice"!!! Her boyfriend was a cad in my opinion. I got the impression, that he didn't want his girlfriend Ice, to persue her time as a musician! Instead he wanted her to be a wife and homemaker-yawn!
It's relatively good! It failed! WORK!
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Daft Names R Us
Rating  (3)
Date: 2005-03-15
First of all, I think this whole "let's give the heroine a silly name just because we can" business has got WAY out of hand. I've known plenty of people called Jade and Rose, and I've heard of people called Cinnamon, Honey and so on, but I think Ice is just a name they made up. (Please note- if you actually know someone called Ice please accept my apologies.)
Anyway, this Ice character. Well, as I've said before, these mini-books aren't really about having a story- they're more about establishing character and leading up to the main book. She's established as being very shy, and only really using her voice to sing, not talk (is this sounding like "Little Voice" to you? Anyway). She's very prudish and sensitive, but then that's not too unusual in a Virginia Andrews character. She's also a non-stereotypical black character. You know how a lot of her other black characters (Pheobe, Star and so on) have short tempers and are always trying to pick a fight? Well, not Ice. Which makes a nice change.
Throw in romance, a tarty mother, a wise father and a lot of jazz references and... Well, like I said, there isn't much of a story. But if the character sounds appealing to you, go read the book.
I think they should call the next heroine Apple. Just because.
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a fine book
Rating  (4)
Date: 2004-03-30
i don't see that this book is a bad one , in fact i find it much nicer than cinnamon which was a little bit silly about the spirits thing...ice is a very touching story, the only drawback i think was that it's short.
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I'd give it ZERO stars if I could
Rating  (1)
Date: 2003-07-24
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
After buying Cinnamon, I swore I would never buy another stupid minibook ever again. Well, one night I was in the grocery store and, for reasons unknown to even myself, I wound up tossing this little thing in my shopping cart. Thankfully, this was the book that cured me of ever buying another V.C. book again without reading some excerpts first. There aren't words to describe how horrendous this book was. I couldn't even finish it. I wound up skimming to the end to see what traumatizing event would afflict Ice. It's a shame, because Ice's story had promise. I bet the real V.C. Andrews would've made a wonderful full-length novel (for adults, no less) out of it. Sadly, that can never happen. Unless you are under the age of 13, I'd advise you to skip this tired mess.
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The review of Ice
Rating (4)
Date: 2002-05-30
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This story is about a young girl named Ice. She has parental problems. Her mom has a drinking problem and always makes Ice feel bad about herself. Her father always wants another child. Then Ice's mom claims that he is just trying to make her unattractive, but I don't think he is. So Ice has problems and tries to get though them is her own ways.
I loved this book. The reason is because I also have problems, but not as harsh as hers. Ice was a very interesting charter in this story. She always listened to others though her thin walls of her apartment. She can do this because her parents don't come home until later at night. This was one of her ways that she learns about life. To me this was a very interesting way to learn. These are all of the ideas that made me like this book so much.
The reason why I chose this book is because of the cover that looked so cool. I also loved the title and how someone would name their child "Ice". The story was exactly what I was looking forward to be reading about. The last reason why chose this book is because I like the way that V.C Andrews writes.
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