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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

By: V. E. Schwab
Narrated by: Marisa Calin, Katie Leung, Julia Whelan
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Brought to life by a captivating multi-cast narration, with spellbinding performances from the award-winning Julia Whelan, Katie Leung (Harry Potter) and Marisa Calin.

From V. E. Schwab, the No. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: a new 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.



V. E. Schwab's The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 05/10/2020

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Editorial Review

What grows when you bury the bones
Some listens just leave you quiet, with nothing but the sound of your heartbeat filling the space. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil did exactly that. It’s beautiful and painful and so full of longing: for freedom, for love, for a life that feels like your own. Told across three timelines, the story is layered and intimate, with characters whose lives twist around each other in ways that are heartbreaking, brilliant, and just a little toxic (okay, okay, a lot toxic). Self-care looked like not hitting pause—because when I did, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. Julia Whelan, Katie Leung, and Marisa Calin bring it all to life with performances that flow together as seamlessly as the stories of María, Charlotte, and Alice. I finished it and just kept thinking: WOW, this is truly something special. —Patty R., Audible Editor

Critic reviews

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 . . . an unmissable addition to your To Be Read pile (Jodi Picoult, author of My Sister's Keeper)
Compulsively readable . . . surprises in a few new ways, each of them a delight
Lush, gorgeous prose and a gripping take on the vampire that pays homage to the greats while doing something deliciously new (Lex Croucher, author of Gwen and Art Are Not in Love)
Perfectly suspended between darkness and light . . . unforgettable (Alix E. Harrow, author of Starling House, 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, author of Uprooted, on The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue)
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, author of The Book of M, 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)
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I really liked the writing style and the imagery in the books however the plot I found at times dragged. I loved alice pov and Maria wasn't a massive fan of lotties and I'm glad their wasn't as much pov from her.

the narrator for Alice I could listen to all day

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I found myself routing for each of these girls throughout the book at different times of the story. But as the story came together that changed, along with the characters. Surprisingly, the most gut wrenching quote came from Jocelyn in the way of “did you find someone brave enough to love you?” . A close second was Lottie in the roof top 😭💔

Each of them were sad, tragic, hopeful, deserving of more than what life had dealt them. In their deaths, Victoria dealt them a whole other bag of issues.

What a riveting story. As always, Victoria has the most beautiful way with words and her sentences are so beautiful and descriptive.

Another masterpiece from V. E. Schwab I

Powerful storybook

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They way that this book draws you into each character and the world that’s not too long gone. The struggles that society poses on us seen throughout the book, but in a memorising way. Loved this book, written so well and an unexpected ending.

Memorising

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I adored this book and I found the audiobook acting was impeccable. I gave it a full review on goodreads but in summary - great book.

5* Book and 5* Audiobook

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i saw someone compared this to lesbian interview with the vampire and while it’s completely different it does have that compelling toxic divas vibe which i ate up
honestly a slay
and the narration was top notch (lottie in alice’s POV being the voice of caitlyn from arcane was just the cherry on top. katie knew what she was doing making their accents exactly the same)

toxic lesbian vampires

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