The other orphans say Margot is lucky.
Lucky to survive the horrible accident that killed her family.
Lucky to have her own room because she wakes up screaming every night.
And finally, lucky to be chosen by a prestigious family to live at their remote country estate.
But it wasn't luck that made the Suttons rescue Margot from her bleak existence at the group home. Margot was handpicked to be a companion to their silent, mysterious daughter, Agatha. At first, helping with Agatha--and getting to know her handsome older brother--seems much better than the group home. But soon, the isolated, gothic house begins playing tricks on Margot’s mind, making her question everything she believes about the Suttons . . . and herself.
Margot’s bad dreams may have stopped when she came to live with Agatha – but the real nightmare has just begun.
The Companion is marketed as a Gothic horror novel. I don't know much about Gothic, so I can't comment on that, but horror? Absolutely.
Margot is the only survivor of a car crash that kills the rest of her family. Although she doesn't remember a lot of the accident until very near the end, she's naturally very depressed and has PTSD type symptoms. The other girls in her group home hate her because she has screaming nightmares, so when an old friend of her father's offers her a home it seems like the perfect solution. Even when it turns out they've slightly deceived her, she still sticks it out and tries to do her best.
I will admit, I thought I had the solution, but I was looking in the wrong direction - I was thinking of a mystical answer when it was actually very mundane, which made it all the creepier. This is something that could happen to anyone, in theory.
I didn't like the insta love. But then, I never do. It really did feel instant; all these two people have in common is that they are in the house together for a while, and they're vaguely the same age. That's literally it. However, I'm sure some people will enjoy it very much. It wasn't enough to put me off the read, anyway.
I loved Margot. Even with everything she'd been through, she was strong and tried to stand up as best she could. She fought so hard at the end.
Speaking of the end; the climax happens almost literally at the end. There's just a page or two of the fallout and then it's over. So if you get towards the end and not much is happening, hang in there, it is coming.
I enjoyed this a lot, and I think it's definitely one worth reading.
The Companion publishes on the 25th September, 2020.
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