Marta Acosta (Bücher)

Marta Acosta Bücher

Marta Acosta, eine leidenschaftliche Leserin, die durch die Gänge der öffentlichen Bibliothek streifte, tauchte mit Humor und Esprit in die Welt der Literatur ein. Ihr Stil ist bekannt für seine Fähigkeit, Klugheit mit tiefem Verständnis für die menschliche Natur zu verbinden. Mit einer Vorliebe für Independent-Filme, witzige Romane und laute Musik spiegelt ihr eigenes Schreiben diese lebendige Energie wider. Acosta hat ihr Schreiben mit Erfahrungen aus ihrem Studium der Anglistik und Kreatives Schreiben bereichert, was den Lesern Texte voller Nuancen und Einsichten liefert.

Dark Companion

368 Seiten
13 Lesestunden

3,2(53)Abgeben

Jane Eyre meets Twilight in Dark Companion, a lush and romantic Gothic YA debut by Latina author Marta Acosta—now in trade paperback 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. Through hard work and determination, she manages to win a scholarship to the exclusive Birch Grove Academy. There, for the first time, Jane finds herself accepted by a group of friends. She even starts tutoring the headmistress's gorgeous son, Lucien. Things seem too good to be true. They are. The more she learns about Birch Grove's recent past, the more Jane comes to suspect that there is something sinister going on. Why did the wife of a popular teacher kill herself? What happened to the previous scholarship student, whose place Jane took? Why does Lucien's brother, Jack, seem to dislike her so much? As Jane begins to piece together the answers to these puzzles, she must find out why she was brought to Birch Grove—and what she would risk to stay there....