History Literature / Whitefern

* AmbiguousDisorder: Continuing from the first book, it is unclear exactly what is wrong with Sylvia. This confusion is compounded since Sylvia's symptoms have almost entirely altered during the TimeSkip.

''Whitefern'' is the 2016 ghostwritten sequel to Creator/VCAndrews' ''Literature/MySweetAudrina''. Mostly speculated to be a tie-in for the Lifetime Original Movie of the book, as to be expected after the release of the ''[[Literature/DollangangerSeries Christopher's Diary Series]]'', the book's sudden appearance thirty-four years after the original novel caused some [[BrokenBase major fandom issues for various reasons]].

[[caption-width-right:350:Whitefern swallowed Audrina’s childhood — and now the sprawling Victorian mansion threatens her adult life too...]]

The book follows Audrina Lowe (née Adare), now a grown, married woman. Upon the death of Audrina's once-domineering father Damien, Audrina's husband Arden is determined to become the new master of Whitefern, even if it means [[DrivenToMadness preying upon his wife's former mental illness to bend her to his will.]] But Audrina's eternally childlike sister Sylvia has begun to insist that Damien's ghost has returned to watch over the remaining Whitefern girls...and that a new, very special baby is coming. Uncertain if she is going mad once more or if she is the OnlySaneMan, Audrina knows only that she has promised to protect Sylvia at all costs.

** [[spoiler:Sylvia names her daughter Adelle, after Audrina's middle name.]] Audrina is surprised Sylvia both remembers her middle name and how to spell it...except that in the original story, her name is spelled "Adele." Considering the story goes out of its way to point out how startling it is that Sylvia spells the name correctly, you'd think it would spell it correctly.[[note]]This is similar to the Gabrielle/Gabriel issue in the Literature/LandrySeries.[[/note]]

%%* BastardBoyfriend: Arden Lowe

* BastardBoyfriend: Arden Lowe is still this TurnedUpToEleven

** Audrina mentions childhood incidents that would have happened in the course of the first book, but which we are only learning about now, some of which contradict the situation presented there. For example, in ''Whitefern'' Audrina states that both she ''and'' Vera were frequently spanked as children, even though we never witnessed Audrina being physically punished in the first novel--and in fact, one of Vera's specific complaints was that Audrina was never punished while she herself was spanked for every minor transgression.
** A very minor groundskeeper character is mentioned as having worked at Whitefern since Audrina's childhood, even though the first book stresses the family's isolation and Damien stated in the first book that he dismissed all the help [[spoiler:in order to keep the secret of Audrina's rape and subsequent brainwashing.]]
** Audrina's middle name in the original book is [[AlliterativeName Adele]]. [[spoiler:Sylvia names her daughter "Adelle".]] Audrina expresses surprise that Sylvia remembers her middle name but makes no comment on the spelling.

** A very minor groundskeeper character is mentioned as having worked at Whitefern since Audrina's childhood, even though the first book stresses the family's isolation [[spoiler:and Damien stated in the first book that he dismissed all the help in order to keep the secret of Audrina's rape and subsequent brainwashing.]]
** Audrina's middle name in the original book is [[AlliterativeName Adele]]. [[spoiler:Sylvia names her daughter "Adelle". Audrina expresses surprise that Sylvia remembers her middle name but makes no comment on the spelling.]] [[note]]This is similar to the Corrine/Corinne issue between the Literature/DollangangerSeries and its ghostwritten prequel ''Garden of Shadows,'' and the Gabrielle/Gabriel shift between the Literature/LandrySeries and ''its'' prequel ''Tarnished Gold'' (with the difference being that while the original Dollanganger and Adare books were written by Andrews and their sequels by the ghostwriter, all the ''Landry'' books were ''entirely'' written by the ghostwriter--so really, he has no excuse for forgetting how to spell his own character's name).[[/note]]

* {{Retcon}}: The book makes it seem as if no one ever learned the identities of Audrina's rapists, so that Arden is able to secretly learn the name of one of the boys and use the information to blackmail Mrs. Matthews without his wife realizing who she is. This is in direct contradiction with ''My Sweet Audrina,'' where it is made clear that Audrina knew their identities at the time but forgot them during her brainwashing, only to recover them along with the rest of her memories. (Incidentally, this particular boy is never mentioned in MSA, even though she calls out the others by their full names.) It's unclear if this is a continuity error on Neiderman's part or just another example of Arden lying that readers of MSA should realize.
** Considering that Mrs. Matthews goes along with the blackmail, it seems that we're to take Arden's claim as truth.

** Audrina mentions childhood incidents that would have happened in the course of the first book, but which we are only learning about now, some of which contradict the situation presented there. (For example, in ''Whitefern'' Audrina states that both she ''and'' Vera were frequently spanked as children, even though we never witnessed Audrina being spanked in the first novel. One of Vera's chief complaints was that Audrina was never punished, but she herself was spanked for every minor transgression.)

** Audrina's middle name in the original book is [[AlliterativeName Adele]]. [[spoiler:Sylvia names her daughter "Adelle". Audrina expresses surprise that Sylvia remembers her middle name but makes no comment on the spelling.]]

''Whitefern'' is the 2016 ghostwritten sequel to Creator/VCAndrews ''Literature/MySweetAudrina''. Mostly speculated to be a tie-in for the Lifetime Original Movie of the book, as to be expected after the release of the ''[[Literature/DollangangerSeries Christopher's Diary Series]]'', the book's sudden appearance thirty-four years after the original novel caused some [[BrokenBase major fandom issues for various reasons]].

''Whitefern'' is the 2016 ghostwritten sequel to ''Creator/VCAndrews''' ''Literature/MySweetAudrina''. Mostly speculated to be a tie-in for the Lifetime Original Movie of the book, as to be expected after the release of the ''[[Literature/DollangangerSeries Christopher's Diary Series]]'', the book's sudden appearance thirty-four years after the original novel caused some [[BrokenBase major fandom issues for various reasons]].

The book follows Audrina Lowe (née Adare), now a grown, married woman. Upon the death of Audrina's once-domineering father Damien, Audrina's husband Arden is determined to become the new master of Whitefern, even even if it means [[DrivenToMadness preying upon his wife's former mental illness to bend her to his will.]] But Audrina's eternally childlike sister Sylvia has begun to insist that Damien's ghost has returned to watch over the remaining Whitefern girls...and that a new, very special baby is coming. Uncertain if she is going mad once more or if she is the OnlySaneMan, Audrina knows only that she has promised to protect Sylvia at all costs.

''Whitefern'' is the 2016 ghost written sequel to ''Creator/VCAndrews''' ''Literature/MySweetAudrina''. Mostly speculated to be a tie-in for the Lifetime Original Movie of the book that, as to be expected after the release of the ''[[Literature/DollangangerSeries Christopher's Diary Series]]'', caused some [[BrokenBase major fandom issues for various reasons]].

The book follows Audrina Lowe (née Adare), now a grown, married woman. Upon the death of Audrina's once-domineering father Damien, Audrina's husband Arden is determined to become the new master of Whitefern, even even if it means [[DrivenToMadness preying upon his wife's former mental illness to convince her.]] But Audrina's eternally childlike sister Sylvia has begun to insist that Damien's ghost has returned to watch over the remaining Whitefern girls...and that a new, very special baby is coming. Uncertain if she is going mad once more or if she is the OnlySaneMan, Audrina knows only that she has promised to protect Sylvia at all costs.

* TheAlcoholic: Arden tends to drink quite a bit at certain times in the book. Far more than Audrina.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Continuing from the first book it is unclear exactly what is wrong with Sylvia and she has come a long way from the TimeSkip.

** A very minor groundskeeper character is mentioned as having worked at Whitefern since Audrina's childhood, even though the first book stresses the family's isolation [[spoiler:and Damien states that he dismissed all the help in order to keep the secret of Audrina's rape and subsequent brainwashing.]]

** Audrina states that Damien and Billie were married. In ''My Sweet Audrina,'' there's no indication that they were ever married, and in fact Billie tells Audrina that she is so happy being Damien's lover that she doesn't care if he never marries her. [[spoiler:Since she dies shortly afterwards, one assumes he never had a chance.]]

* DarkSecret: Arden convinced Audrina to keep a new one saying that Sylvia's baby is her own. All the while keeping his own dark secret that [[spoiler: he is the father of Sylvia's child.]]

* KaleidoscopeHair: Still a Whitefern trait.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Audrina has struggled to have a child despite many years of trying. [[spoiler:Arden brainwashes and rapes Sylvia when it becomes apparent that Audrina isn't ever going to conceive a family heir.]]

** Arden has become far less sincere and more "all about me" to the point of becoming a caricature of Damien. Audrina calls this out more than once in her narration but then again Arden being a screw-up, can't even replace Damien accurately.

** Sylvia's motor skills and speech have greatly improved since the first book.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Arden in the sequel. While no great shakes in the first novel (he can, at the most charitable, be considered a weak-willed, inconsiderate, passive-aggressive coward who nonetheless seems to genuinely love his wife [[spoiler: and regrets running away while she was being raped]]), by the time ''Whitefern'' happens, he's almost unidentifiable: a crude, unapologetic, condescending, misogynist alcoholic who attempts to bully his wife into compliance and keep her from her own money. [[spoiler: He also ''makes jokes'' about Audrina's gang-rape and subsequent trauma, insisting that her previous mental illness makes her too irresponsible and unreliable to manage her own affairs. On top of this, he rapes both Audrina and the developmentally challenged Sylvia, gets Sylvia pregnant, and forces Audrina to go along with a scheme to pass Sylvia's child as their own. In the end he reveals that he knows the (allegedly) unknown identities of Audrina's rapists and could have identified them years ago]]. The turnaround is so startling that some readers suspected the ghostwriter of CreatorBacklash, responding to decades of readers loathing the character by making him even more contemptible.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Arden in the sequel. While no great shakes in the first novel (he can, at the most charitable, be considered a weak-willed, inconsiderate, passive-aggressive coward who nonetheless seems to genuinely love his wife [[spoiler: and regrets running away while she was being raped]]), by the time ''Whitefern'' happens, he's almost unidentifiable: a crude, unapologetic, condescending, misogynist alcoholic who attempts to bully his wife into compliance and keep her from her own money. [[spoiler: He also ''makes jokes'' about Audrina's gang-rape and subsequent trauma, insisting that her previous mental illness makes her too irresponsible and unreliable to manage her own affairs. On top of this, he rapes both Audrina and the developmentally challenged Sylvia, gets Sylvia pregnant, and forces Audrina to go along with a scheme to pass Sylvia's child as their own. In the end he reveals that he knows the [[{{Retcon}}(allegedly)]] previously unrevealed identities of Audrina's rapists and could have identified them years ago]]. The turnaround is so startling that some readers suspected the ghostwriter of CreatorBacklash, responding to decades of readers loathing the character by making him even more contemptible.

** Audrina states that Damien and Billie were married. In ''My Sweet Audrina,'' there's no indication that they were ever married, and in fact Billie tells Audrina that she is so happy being Damien's lover that she doesn't care if he never marries her [[spoiler:and since she dies shortly afterwards, one assumes he never had a chance.]]

* IdiotSavant: An older Sylvia displays an amazing gift for painting in spite of the fact that in the original book Sylvia's motor skills were poor she had to be trained to feed herself.

** Audrina has also apparently forgotten the names of her rapists even though she remembered them in MSA's narration, although she may have blocked it out again.
** Arden has become far less sincere and more "all about me" to the point of becoming a caricature of Damien. Audrina calls this out more than once in her narration but then again Arden being a screw up, can't even replace Damien accurately.
** Damien was practically repulsed by Sylvia all throughout ''My Sweet Audrina,'' but it seems they grew much closer in the intervening years.

* {{Retcon}}: The book makes it seem as if no one ever found out the names of the boys who raped Audrina, so that Arden is able to conceal this information from Audrina when he uses it to blackmail Mrs. Matthews. This is in direct contradiction with ''My Sweet Audrina,'' where it is made clear that Audrina knew their identities at the time but forgot them during her brainwashing, only to recover them along with the rest of her memories. (Incidentally, this particular boy is never mentioned even though she calls out the others by their full names). It's unclear if this is a continuity error on Neiderman's part or just another example of Arden lying that readers of MSA should realize.

** Audrina states that Damien and Billie were married. In ''My Sweet Audrina,'' Damien and Billie are lovers, and Billie tells Audrina that she is so happy with their affair that she does't care if Damien never marries her.

* {{Retcon}}: The book makes it seem as if no one ever found out the names of the boys who raped Audrina, so that Arden is able to conceal this information from Audrina when he uses it to blackmail Mrs. Matthews. This is in direct contradiction with ''My Sweet Audrina,'' where it is made clear that Audrina knew their identities at the time but forgot them during her brainwashing, only to recover them along with the rest of her memories (and incidentally never mentions this particular boy). It's unclear if this is a continuity error on Neiderman's part or just another example of Arden lying that readers of MSA should realize.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Arden in the sequel. While no great shakes in the first novel (he can, at the most charitable, be considered a weak-willed, inconsiderate, passive-aggressive coward who nonetheless seems to genuinely love his wife [[spoiler: and regrets running away while she was being raped]]), by the time ''Whitefern'' happens, he's almost unidentifiable: a crude, unapologetic, condescending misogynist [[spoiler: who ''makes jokes'' about Audrina's gang-rape and subsequent trauma, attempts to bully her into compliance and keep her from her own money, rapes both her and her developmentally challenged sister, gets the latter pregnant, forces Audrina to go along with a scheme to pass Sylvia's child as their own, and turns out to have known the heretofore mysterious identities of Audrina's rapists and could have identified them years ago]]. The turnaround is so startling that some readers suspected the ghostwriter of CreatorBacklash, responding to decades of readers loathing the character by making him even more contemptible.

** Audrina mentions childhood incidents that would have happened in the course of the first book, but which we are only learning about now, some of which contradict the situation presented there. (For example, in ''Whitefern'' Audrina states that both she ''and'' Vera were frequently spanked as children, even though we never previously heard of Audrina being spanked and Vera complained that Damien beat her for every minor transgression but that Audrina was never punished.)
** A very minor groundskeeper character is mentioned as having been with the Adare family since Audrina's childhood, even though the first book stresses the family's isolation [[spoiler:and Damien mentions that he dismissed all the help in order to keep the secret of Audrina's rape and subsequent brainwashing.]]

The book follows Audrina Lowe (née-Adare) now as an adult and continues her story of her rather weird and complicated life at Whitefern with her husband Arden and younger sister, Sylvia.

* {{Clairvoyance}}: This trope is still in place but played with.[[spoiler: Audrina has a "dream" that is somewhat not real but a clear sign of something that is really happening. The event makes it seem Sylvia has this gift too until the reveal Arden was whispering to her at night pretending to be Damian. That is until the end where Sylvia mentions something Papa said, after Arden was dead]].

** Damien was practically repulsed by Sylvia all throughout My Sweet Audrina, but it seems they grew much closer in the time that happened.

* {{Retcon}}: Possibly, when Audrina wants to know what secret Arden has on Mrs. Matthews, he claims her son was one of Audrina's rapists. This is in direct contradiction with the names in My Sweet Audrina, however Arden is the only one to make this accusation and he lied through most of the book. It's unclear if this is a continuity error on Neiderman's part or just another example of Arden lying that readers of MSA should realize.

* TimeSkip: Andrew Neiderman chose this device to leave a lot to have happened between My Sweet Audrina and this book also to allow for some changes that are often called out.

Whitefern is the ghost written sequel to ''Creator/VCAndrews''' ''Literature/MySweetAudrina''. Mostly speciulated to be a tie-in for the Lifetime Original Movie of the book that as to be expected caused some major fandom issues for various reasons.

The book follows Audrina Lowe (Adare) now as an adult and continues her story of her rather weird and complicated life at Whitefern with her husband Arden and younger sister, Sylvia.

* TheBeautifulElite: The Whitefern girls are still remarked about hos beautiful they are.

** Sylvia's condition has also greatly improved from when last seen. While she is still slower than a normal person she has got far better motor skills and speech.

* TheAlcholic: Arden tends to drink quite a bit at certain times in the book. Far more than Audrina.
* AmbigousDisorder: Continuing from the first book it is unclear exactly what is wrong with Sylvia and she has come a long way from the TimeSkip.