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Dark Companion by Marta Acosta
3.0
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3.5 Stars
Jane Williams was orphaned at the age of six and has been jumping from foster home to foster home ever since. When she is provided the opportunity to attend Birch Grove Academy, an elite all girl's school, on full scholarship, it is an offer she can't refuse. Upon arriving, she receives everything she has ever dreamed of. A roof over her head, a brand new wardrobe, living expenses and a chance at an amazing education. Jane soon discovers that things may not be as perfect at Birch Grove as she once assumed and that something sinister may be going on.
I enjoyed Jane as a main character for the most part, although I think she is a very wishy-washy character. I liked how she wasn't afraid to speak her mind and always stood up for herself.... for about half the book. Then when a boy shows 'interest' in her she takes a complete turn and turns to mush because someone said they 'need' and 'want' her. I wish she had stayed feisty the whole book and didn't pine over a stupid boy who was so obviously using her. It bothered me how judgemental Jane was to her friend Wilde though and I found her to be somewhat hypocritical in some of the things she said to her...but I liked how she was trying to help her get better. Mary Violet was BY FAR my favourite character and any scene she was in had me smiling like an idiot. She is so goofy, fun-loving and melodramatic and I absolutely loved her sarcasm and poems. I also really loved Jack, I thought he was so cute and I loved how he kept calling Jane 'pixie' and 'halfling'. Lucky irritated me right from the very beginning and I couldn't understand why Jane wanted to please him so badly since he always treated her so poorly. I found him to be extremely childish and annoyingly self-centred.
I was able to call the big 'Birch Grove Secret' pretty early on in the book, but there were multiple plot twists later on in the book that I did not see coming at all. I don't understand how Jane didn't freak out when she discovered the big secret though because honestly, if I did I would be SO OUT OF THERE and NEVER RETURNING. I liked the prologue a lot and it definitely made me curious about what was to come in the story.
3.5 Stars
Jane Williams was orphaned at the age of six and has been jumping from foster home to foster home ever since. When she is provided the opportunity to attend Birch Grove Academy, an elite all girl's school, on full scholarship, it is an offer she can't refuse. Upon arriving, she receives everything she has ever dreamed of. A roof over her head, a brand new wardrobe, living expenses and a chance at an amazing education. Jane soon discovers that things may not be as perfect at Birch Grove as she once assumed and that something sinister may be going on.
I enjoyed Jane as a main character for the most part, although I think she is a very wishy-washy character. I liked how she wasn't afraid to speak her mind and always stood up for herself.... for about half the book. Then when a boy shows 'interest' in her she takes a complete turn and turns to mush because someone said they 'need' and 'want' her. I wish she had stayed feisty the whole book and didn't pine over a stupid boy who was so obviously using her. It bothered me how judgemental Jane was to her friend Wilde though and I found her to be somewhat hypocritical in some of the things she said to her...but I liked how she was trying to help her get better. Mary Violet was BY FAR my favourite character and any scene she was in had me smiling like an idiot. She is so goofy, fun-loving and melodramatic and I absolutely loved her sarcasm and poems. I also really loved Jack, I thought he was so cute and I loved how he kept calling Jane 'pixie' and 'halfling'. Lucky irritated me right from the very beginning and I couldn't understand why Jane wanted to please him so badly since he always treated her so poorly. I found him to be extremely childish and annoyingly self-centred.
I was able to call the big 'Birch Grove Secret' pretty early on in the book, but there were multiple plot twists later on in the book that I did not see coming at all. I don't understand how Jane didn't freak out when she discovered the big secret though because honestly, if I did I would be SO OUT OF THERE and NEVER RETURNING. I liked the prologue a lot and it definitely made me curious about what was to come in the story.