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A review by lrauert
Dark Companion by Marta Acosta
2.0
The end was better than the rest of the book.
I say this because the rest of the book was at the level of "pulling teeth is less painful than reading this" and yet I pushed through.
Jane, for lack of a better description, is plain. She talks as if she lives in a SAT book, which I don't know about you but i don't speak like that nor did any of the kids I was in SAT prep with speak like this. Her infatuation with Lucky annoys the hell out of me, especially when she gives Wilde the business and then looks like a hypocrite when she goes straight into his arms. Jack... I can get on the same page with. He was the only character besides Mary Violet that kept me reading.
That's all I have to say, especially since I don't enjoy people who bash an author's works and I don't want to do that. So, yes, it's only two stars for me, but I do admit I loved Jack and Mary Violet from the moment they were introduced up to the last page.
I say this because the rest of the book was at the level of "pulling teeth is less painful than reading this" and yet I pushed through.
Jane, for lack of a better description, is plain. She talks as if she lives in a SAT book, which I don't know about you but i don't speak like that nor did any of the kids I was in SAT prep with speak like this. Her infatuation with Lucky annoys the hell out of me, especially when she gives Wilde the business and then looks like a hypocrite when she goes straight into his arms. Jack... I can get on the same page with. He was the only character besides Mary Violet that kept me reading.
That's all I have to say, especially since I don't enjoy people who bash an author's works and I don't want to do that. So, yes, it's only two stars for me, but I do admit I loved Jack and Mary Violet from the moment they were introduced up to the last page.