Laura Purcell

"Inspired by the work of Shirley Jackson and Susan Hill and set in a crumbling country mansion, The Silent Companions is an unsettling gothic ghost story to send a shiver down the spine. Newly married, newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country estate, The Bridge. With her new servants resentful and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie only has her husband's awkward cousin for company. Or so she thinks. Inside her new home lies a locked room and beyond that door lies a two-hundred-year-old diary and a deeply unsettling painted wooden figure - a Silent Companion - that bears a striking resemblance to Elsie herself..." -- Provided by publisher.

The Perfect Spooky Tale to Curl Up with This Winter

The Silent Companions

Savindi Jinasena

4.5 Stars.

What a book and what a book to read right before the end of 2017! I thoroughly enjoyed The Silent Companions. I don't read many Gothic Novels, so this was a pleasant surprise. The author kept me guessing until the very end about the truth and the ending definitely shocked me. I didn't expect it. There were details I wished to know (view spoiler)[ What happened to Josiah in the end? What about Anne's boys? Do the Companions follow people outside of The Bridge? What eventually happened to the person who sold the Companions to Anne?  (hide spoiler)] As you can tell I have quite a lot of questions! 

The characters were intriguing as well-especially Elsie. I enjoyed reading about her and her willingness to fight misogyny. The companions too were intriguing characters. I enjoyed the format the story was told in; with diary entries and present day revelations. I do wish the diary entries had a different font though, but that's quite a minor complaint. 

Overall a great book to end 2017! I'm happy to have discovered it through Stacey from The Pretty Books!

The Silent Companions The Perfect Spooky Tale to Curl Up with This Winter

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