A review by blackcatbooksmn
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚 Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, V. E. Schwab

✨ Dark. Lyrical. Hungry. 

💭 Get ready to sink your teeth into this intricate narrative of life, love, and loss through the centuries. More of a character study than a plot-driven story, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil twists together the lives and deaths of three (lesbian!) vampires as they navigate their transition from prey to predator. 

While I wouldn’t call the protagonists lovable, I was captivated by the depth of their personalities and motivations. These women are compelling, fierce, horrifying, and brutally real. 

With the turn of every page, readers are forced to confront the realities of power and autonomy. Who has it? Who deserves it? And, most of all, how far are you willing to go to get it?

⚠️ Blood, death, toxic relationships 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Car accident, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Classism