5/25/2023 0 Comments Dark companion by marta acosta![]() ![]() Despite her lack of pedigree, she’s befriended by upper-crust classmates and encouraged by teachers who recognize her potential. (His musician brother, Jacob, has his own disturbing appeal, but he’s no Lucian.) While Jane recognizes that Lucian harbors his own sinister agenda, she thinks she’s willing to pay the price, which buys other compensations. Jane’s streetwise toughness conceals a naive, inexperienced heart that’s soon given to self-centered but gorgeous Lucian Radcliffe. Her scholarship includes a cottage of her own, courtesy of headmistress Radcliffe and her family. ![]() Smart, ambitious and now aged out of foster care, Jane Williams is thrilled with her free ride to Birch Grove, a prestigious private high school. It’s a breath of fresh air in a genre marked by creaky gender relations and unchallenged class stratification. This enjoyable, chick-lit update of undead culture gives vampires and their victims a long-overdue makeover. ![]()
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