Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

An instant No. 1 Sunday Times & New York Times Bestseller, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is a twisting tale of power, immortality and the terrifying price of freedom from V. E. Schwab. Three women share one desire: to break the rules men use to bind them. 1532. Leó****n, Spain: María, wild and wily, knows beauty is her only currency. So when an alluring stranger offers her a dark alternative path, María makes a desperate choice. 1827. London: Charlotte lives a cloistered life, her heart full of impossible wants. Swept away by a beautiful widow's invitation, Charlotte discovers she can buy her freedom – if she sells her soul. 2019. Boston: Alice moved across the world to escape her past. But a one-night stand gives her a thirst for answers . . . and retribution. Defying time and all odds, these women’s fates become tangled like roots. This is a story about life: how it ends, and how it starts again. * * * 'A rich, lush labyrinth of a book . . . It had me by the throat from the first page' – Emma Stonex ‘Spanning centuries, this entrancing queer love story follows three women . . . Lyrical and immersive’ – Cosmopolitan Magazine 'Nobody can write like V. E. Schwab' – Jodi Picoult 'I absolutely devoured it . . . It's utterly absorbing, atmospheric and perfectly gothic' – Bridget Collins 'A dark, irresistible saga that asks what it means to be human – to live, to love and above all, to hunger' – Peng Shepherd V. E. Schwab's Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 16/06/2025 ’ – 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