Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab

Description

This is a story about hunger.

In 1532 Santo Domingo de la Calzada, María is a young woman with dreams far larger than the life available to her. She knows that, in a world controlled by men, she can be treated only as a prize or a pawn. When an alluring stranger offers her another path, María makes a desperate choice and vows never to regret it.

This is a story about love.

Three centuries later, in 1827 London, Charlotte lives a sheltered existence on her family’s estate until a forbidden moment of intimacy sends her away from home. In London, an invitation from a beautiful widow offers the possibility of freedom, but the price of that freedom proves higher than Charlotte could have imagined.

This is a story about rage.

In 2019 Boston, Alice arrives at college determined to reinvent herself. But after an impulsive one-night stand leaves her questioning everything she thought she knew about her life, Alice begins searching for answers. What she discovers sends her on a path toward revenge.

Across centuries, these women’s stories become intertwined through immortality, desire, violence, loss, and the hunger that refuses to die.

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is a sweeping, genre-defying fantasy that blends vampire fiction, historical fiction, horror, romance, and feminist themes across three eras. Lush, atmospheric, and emotionally intense, it explores what women might risk for freedom, what immortality costs, and what it means to live when death is no longer an option.

Book Details

• Author: V. E. Schwab
• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 1250320542
• Genre: Fantasy / Vampire Fiction / LGBTQ+ Fiction
• Setting: Spain, England, and the United States across multiple centuries
• Themes: Vampires; Immortality; Queer Romance; Forbidden Love; Revenge; Women’s Lives; Feminism; Historical Fantasy