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''Celeste'' is a novel published under the name of Creator/VCAndrews, but written entirely by the ghostwriter who had previously written sequels to several of Andrews's novels. It is the first novel of the three part Gemini series which is better known as the Celeste series.

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''Celeste'' is a novel published under the name of Creator/VCAndrews, but written entirely by the ghostwriter who had previously written sequels to several of Andrews's novels.Creator/AndrewNeiderman. It is the first novel of the three part Gemini series which is better known as the Celeste series.

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Struggling to retain the last vestiges of her true self, while also feeling the first stirrings of adolescence, Celeste becomes intrigued by the happy, carefree children across the river, particularly handsome troublemaker Elliot. Celeste no longer wishes to keep her shameful secret, but her brother's ghost seems to be holding her back, warning her to stay away. It's a warning she can't bring herself to hear. After an encounter with [[PoisonousFriend Elliot Fletcher]], Celeste becomes pregnant with his child and Mama starts to see this new baby as Celeste reborn...

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Struggling to retain the last vestiges of her true self, while also feeling the first stirrings of adolescence, Celeste becomes intrigued by the happy, carefree children across the river, particularly handsome troublemaker Elliot. Celeste no longer wishes to keep her shameful secret, but her brother's ghost seems to be holding her back, warning her to stay away. It's a warning she can't bring herself to hear. After an encounter with [[PoisonousFriend Elliot Fletcher]], Fletcher, Celeste becomes pregnant with his child and Mama starts to see this new baby as Celeste reborn...



* BedlamHouse: Celeste ends up in one.

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* %%* BedlamHouse: Celeste ends up in one.



* ChildByRape: Not only is Baby Celeste one but [[spoiler:she also winds up almost going into this trope with the Emerson family who are desperate for an heir and willing to drug and rape her to get it.]]

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* ChildByRape: ChildByRape:
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Not only is Baby Celeste one but [[spoiler:she also winds up almost going into this trope with the Emerson family who are desperate for an heir and willing to drug and rape her to get it.]]



* ChildProdigy: Baby Celeste.
* CreepyChild: Celeste and Noble appear to have been Creepy Children, but since the story is narrated from Celeste's perspective, she [[InnocentInaccurate doesn't know that this is how she was perceived]].

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* %%* ChildProdigy: Baby Celeste.
* CreepyChild: CreepyChild:
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Celeste and Noble appear to have been Creepy Children, but since the story is narrated from Celeste's perspective, she [[InnocentInaccurate doesn't know that this is how she was perceived]].



* DeadGuyJunior: What everyone else ''thinks'' Baby Celeste is.

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* DeadGuyJunior: What everyone else ''thinks'' Baby Celeste is.is, since they don't know that "Noble" is actually Celeste assuming her dead brother's identity.



* EnfantTerrible: Betsy and Elliot Fletcher give their father nothing but grief with their terrible behavior and act like spoiled brats with no regards for anyone but themselves. Not even having a child quells Betsy's bitchiness and both of them eventually [[spoiler: die from their bad behaviors, Elliot by drowning not long after his repeated rapes of Celeste and Betsy by falling down the stairs when she intended to scald Sarah with a pot of water when she was already dead in her bed.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler: Betsy is truly upset about the death of her brother Elliot despite both of them being downright horrible people to everyone around them, especially their father and "Noble." She does also have a bit of a soft spot toward her son Panther.]]
* EvilRedhead: Elliot Fletcher, a creep and delinquent who quickly turns rapist when he discovers that his "buddy" Noble is actually a girl. Averted with his daughter, Baby Celeste, and his father Dave who are genuinely good people.
* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: Baby Celeste (and much of the town) thinks that "Noble" is her brother and that Sarah Atwell is their mother when the truth is that her mother is her grandmother and "Noble" is really Celeste the first who was forced to dress up like Noble after his death in a fishing accident. The rest of the town also thinks that Dave Fletcher is Baby Celeste's father when he's actually her grandfather due to his son Elliot raping and impregnating Celeste the first.

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* EnfantTerrible: Betsy and Elliot Fletcher give their father nothing but grief with their terrible behavior and act like spoiled brats with no regards for anyone but themselves. Not even having a child quells Betsy's bitchiness and both of them eventually [[spoiler: die [[spoiler:die from their bad behaviors, Elliot by drowning not long after his repeated rapes of Celeste and Betsy by falling down the stairs when she intended to scald Sarah with a pot of water when she was already dead in her bed.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler: Betsy [[spoiler:Betsy is truly upset about the death of her brother Elliot despite both of them being downright horrible people to everyone around them, especially their father and "Noble." She does also have a bit of a soft spot toward her son Panther.]]
* EvilRedhead: Elliot Fletcher, a creep and delinquent who quickly turns rapist when he discovers that his "buddy" Noble is actually a girl. Averted with his daughter, Baby Celeste, and his father Dave father, Dave, who are genuinely good people.
* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo:
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Baby Celeste (and much of the town) thinks that "Noble" is her brother and that Sarah Atwell is their mother when the truth is that her mother is her grandmother and "Noble" is really Celeste the first who was forced to dress up like Noble after his death in a fishing accident. The rest of the town also thinks that Dave Fletcher is Baby Celeste's father when he's actually her grandfather due to his son Elliot raping and impregnating Celeste the first.



* {{Hypocrite}}: Ami was a victim of sexual assault by a female friend of hers [[spoiler:yet she's perfectly content for the younger Celeste to be date raped and roughly handled so that she doesn't have to have a child.]]

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Ami was a victim of sexual assault by a female friend of hers hers, [[spoiler:yet she's perfectly content for the younger Celeste to be date raped date-raped and roughly handled so that she doesn't have to have a child.]]



* NiceGuy: Dave Fletcher. It's a shame he has two horrible children that give him nothing but endless worry [[spoiler: and drive him to an early grave. That or Celeste shocking him with the revelation that Baby Celeste is his granddaughter and Noble is really Celeste.]]

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* NiceGuy: Dave Fletcher. It's a shame he has two horrible children that give him nothing but endless worry [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and drive him to an early grave. That That, or Celeste shocking him with the revelation that Baby Celeste is his granddaughter and Noble is really Celeste.]]



* OrphanageOfFear: Baby Celeste begins ''Child of Darkness'' in one of these.

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* OrphanageOfFear: Baby Celeste begins ''Child of Darkness'' living in one of these.an awful orphanage.



* RaisedAsTheOppositeGender: Celeste.

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* RaisedAsTheOppositeGender: Celeste.Celeste is forced to assume her brother Noble's identity after his death.



* ReplacementGoldfish: Celeste is forced from early childhood to dress as a male and "become" her twin brother, who died suddenly.

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* ReplacementGoldfish: ReplacementGoldfish:
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Celeste is forced from early childhood to dress as a male and "become" her twin brother, who died suddenly.



* TeenPregnancy: Celeste is around fifteen when she gives birth to her daughter. [[spoiler:Sarah also had one as well in regards to the Infant Jordan]].

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* TeenPregnancy: Celeste is around fifteen when she gives birth to her daughter. [[spoiler:Sarah also had one as well in regards to the Infant Jordan]].Jordan.]]

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* AwfulWeddedLife: The Emersons. Ami is a TrophyWife who [[GoldDigger loves her husband's money more than she loves him]] and [[BitchInSheepsClothing belittles and disrespects Wade constantly]]. Wade seems wholly uninterested in being married [[AmbiguouslyGay and in women in general]] yet they're both under pressure to have a child for Wade's overbearing father which is why Ami hatches her rather sinister plan to get an Emerson baby by having someone else give birth so that she can stay in the lap of luxury.
* BastardBoyfriend: Elliot Fletcher, though he's less boyfriend and more bastard.

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* AwfulWeddedLife: The Emersons. Ami is a TrophyWife who [[GoldDigger loves her husband's money more than she loves him]] and [[BitchInSheepsClothing belittles and disrespects Wade constantly]]. Wade seems wholly uninterested in being married [[AmbiguouslyGay and in women in general]] yet they're both under pressure to have a child for Wade's overbearing father which is why Ami hatches her a rather sinister plan to get an Emerson baby by having someone else give birth so that she can stay in the lap of luxury.
* BastardBoyfriend: Elliot Fletcher, though he's less boyfriend and more bastard.
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* EnfantTerrible: Betsy and Elliot Fletcher give their father nothing but grief with their terrible behavior and act like spoiled brats with no regards to anyone but themselves. Not even having a child quells Betsy's bitchiness and both of them eventually [[spoiler: die from their bad behaviors, Elliot by drowning not long after his repeated rapes of Celeste and Betsy by falling down the stairs when she intended to scald Sarah with a pot of water when she was already dead in her bed.]]

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* DomesticAbuser: Elliot Fletcher, a rapist EnfantTerrible who doesn't care for anyone's feelings, not even those of his loved ones.
* EnfantTerrible: Betsy and Elliot Fletcher give their father nothing but grief with their terrible behavior and act like spoiled brats with no regards to for anyone but themselves. Not even having a child quells Betsy's bitchiness and both of them eventually [[spoiler: die from their bad behaviors, Elliot by drowning not long after his repeated rapes of Celeste and Betsy by falling down the stairs when she intended to scald Sarah with a pot of water when she was already dead in her bed.]]
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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: At a young age, Baby Celeste has behaviors and a maturity level far beyond her age. She knows how to mimic and manipulate certain behaviors to soften even the hardest constitutions as young as toddler age.

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