Readers should be warned that some of the scenes are disturbing, just as classic Gothic novels are disturbing. What would a girl like Jane experience in today's world? She would endure ugliness and violence, and be exploited by those who seek isolated and vulnerable prey. Jane had to survive by her wits, but she was always at the mercy of more powerful people. When I was a girl reading this classic gothic novel, my heart broke for orphan Jane, who was thrown out of her home and sent to brutal Lowood School for Girls. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.ĭark Companion was inspired by my love for Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. Why did the wife of a popular teacher kill herself? What happened to the former scholarship student, whose place Jane took? Why does Lucien's brother, Jack, seem to dislike her so much?Īs Jane begins to piece together the answers to the puzzle, she must find out why she was brought to Birch Grove―and what she would risk to stay there. The more she learns about Birch Grove's recent past, the more Jane comes to suspect that there is something sinister going on. She even starts tutoring the headmistress's gorgeous son, Lucien. There, for the first time, Jane finds herself accepted by a group of friends. Through hard work and determination, she manages to win a scholarship to the exclusive Birch Grove Academy. Orphaned at the age of six, Jane Williams has grown up in a series of foster homes, learning to survive in the shadows of life. Jane Eyre meets Twilight in Dark Companion, a lush and romantic YA gothic tale about an orphaned girl who attends an exclusive private school and finds herself torn between the headmistress's two sons.

Dark companion by marta acosta