Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

From V. E. Schwab, a genre-defying, unforgettable novel to sink your teeth into . . .This is a story about hunger.1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada. A young girl grows up wild and wily - her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But María knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When an alluring stranger offers an alternate path, María makes a desperate choice. She vows to have no regrets.This is a story about love.1827. London. A young woman lives an idyllic but cloistered life on her family’s estate, until a moment of forbidden intimacy sees her shipped off to London. Charlotte’s tender heart and seemingly impossible wishes are swept away by an invitation from a beautiful widow - but the price of freedom is higher than she could have imagined.

Perfectly suspended between darkness and light . . . unforgettable -- Alix E. Harrow on The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Sends you whirling through a dizzying kaleidoscopic adventure . . . you will find yourself in quick turns both aching with heartbreak, and gleefully crowing at the truly delicious, wicked cleverness in store -- Naomi Novik on The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Nobody can write like V. E. Schwab . . . an unmissable addition to your To Be Read pile -- Jodi Picoult, author of My Sister's Keeper, on Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

Compulsively readable . . . surprises in a few new ways, each of them a delight - Locus Magazine on Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

Lush, gorgeous prose and a gripping take on the vampire that pays homage to the greats while doing something deliciously new - Lex Croucher on Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

The kind of book you encounter only once in a lifetime . . . a defiant, joyous rebellion against time, fate and even death itself – and a powerful reminder that the only magic great enough to conquer all of it is love -- Peng Shepherd on The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Schwab’s page turner is an achingly poignant romantic fantasy about the desperate desire to make one’s mark on the world -- Oprah.com, 'Best LGBTQ Books of 2020', on The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue