The Heart-Stopping International Sensation! Instant No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller No. 1 New
York Times Bestseller The Radio 2 Book Club Pick 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. This is a story about rage. 2019. Boston. College was
supposed to be her chance to be someone new. That's why Alice moved halfway across the world
leaving her old life behind. But after an out-of-character one-night stand leaves her
questioning her past her present and her future Alice throws herself into the hunt for
answers . . . and revenge. This is a story about life . . . how it ends and how it starts
again. Utterly unmissable this is a twisting gothic tale of immortality and hunger. From
the bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue . Praise for Bury Your Bones in
the Midnight Soil : 'Nobody can write like V. E. Schwab . . . This is so much more than a
vampire book. It's a book about how women are judged differently than men and how when society
sees you as a monster you become one' - Jodi Picoult author Mad Honey By Any Other Name and
many other international bestsellers 'Lush gorgeous prose and a gripping take on the vampire
that pays homage to the greats while doing something deliciously new.' - Lex Croucher 'Lyrical
and immersive . . . sweeping history deep emotions and [a] touch of magic' - Cosmopolitan
Magazine 'Three young women who lived centuries apart rise again to rebel seek revenge and
fall in love' - Red Magazine Readers are obsessed with Bury Your Bones in the Midnight Soil :
'A brutal masterclass in tragedy. Page-turning. Heartbreaking. Unforgettable' 'This book gave
me CHILLS' 'It's easily one of my favourite books of the year!' 'I actually am at a loss for
words to describe how this book made me feel' 'This book was beautiful. And gut-wrenching. And
I was obsessed' V. E. Schwab's Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil was a Sunday Times
bestseller w c 16 06 2025
