![]() When I consider the collective whole of the story behind “Dark Companion” – there were many ties that suggested it could go into a wonderfully alluring direction with the mystery behind a disappearance and a love story, while maintaining some interesting loose parallels with Bronte’s “Jane Eyre”.īut then it decided to drop the ball – hard. I wish I could give this more than a single star where the actual writing stylistic (not necessarily the pacing) is concerned. ![]() I find it difficult to know where to start with Marta Acosta’s “Dark Companion” because I think Acosta’s a solid writer – her eye for description in the sense of setting and establishing a specific mood is very well done. ![]() Gothic mysteries that tend to push the edge of things are fine, but I think for it to work, it has to have some measure of cohesion – there was very little holding this story together and it further fell apart after a certain point. ![]() I have a long review to write on this, so hopefully I can explain why this book didn’t work for the kind of story it was going for. Initial Thoughts: There were parts of “Dark Companion” I liked enough to see where they went, but I don’t think those parts outweighed the many times this book seemed to drop the ball and then some. ![]()
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