Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

<p><b>The Heart-Stopping International Sensation!<br> <br> Instant No. 1 <i>Sunday Times</i> Bestseller<br> No. 1 <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller<br> The Radio 2 Book Club Pick</b><br> <br> From V. E. Schwab, a genre-defying, unforgettable novel to sink your teeth into . . .<br> <br> <i><b>This is a story about hunger.</b></i><br> <br> 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.<br> <br> <i><b>This is a story about love.</b></i><br> <br> 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.<br> <br> <i><b>This is a story about rage.</b></i><br> <br> 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.<br> <br> <i><b>This is a story about life . . .<br> how it ends, and how it starts again.</b></i><br> <br> <b>Utterly unmissable, this is a twisting, gothic tale of immortality and hunger. From the bestselling author of <i>The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue</i>.</b><br> <br> <br> <b>Praise for <i>Bury Your Bones in the Midnight Soil</i>:</b><br> <br> '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'<br> - Jodi Picoult, author <i>Mad Honey</i>, <i>By Any Other Name</i> and many other international bestsellers<br> <br> 'Lush, gorgeous prose and a gripping take on the vampire that pays homage to the greats while doing something deliciously new.'<br> - Lex Croucher<br> <br> 'Lyrical and immersive . . . sweeping history, deep emotions and [a] touch of magic'<br> - <i>Cosmopolitan Magazine</i><br> <br> 'Three young women who lived centuries apart rise again to rebel, seek revenge and fall in love'<br> - <i>Red Magazine</i><br> <br> <br> <b>Readers are obsessed with <i>Bury Your Bones in the Midnight Soil</i>:</b><br> <br> 'A brutal masterclass in tragedy. Page-turning. Heartbreaking. Unforgettable'<br> <br> 'This book gave me CHILLS'<br> <br> 'It's easily one of my favourite books of the year!'<br> <br> 'I actually am at a loss for words to describe how this book made me feel'<br> <br> 'This book was beautiful. And gut-wrenching. And I was obsessed'<br> <br> <br> V. E. Schwab's <i>Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil</i> was a <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller w/c 16/06/2025</p>