Book of the Month Preview: ‘Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil’ by V.E. Schwab
Who else is in Summer mode?
We have a brand new release from Maude Garrett’s favourite author, V.E. Schwab, as our pick in June!
Our BOOK OF THE MONTH for June is BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL by V.E. Schwab.
If you’ve been with our book club since The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, you know we will always support Schwab and her newest release. She can transport the reader to another realm, and that’s the beauty of her writing.
The MBC community always has fun discussions in the discord and an in-depth analysis during our live book chat on Twitch!
V. E .Schwab was born in California, raised in Tennessee, and currently splits her time between Denver, Colorado and Edinburgh, Scotland. She got her undergraduate degree in book design at Washington University in St. Louis, and her masters in depictions of monstrosity in medieval art at the University of Edinburgh. In addition to writing books and hosting a podcast called No Write Way, she spends her time on tour, or plagued by the knowledge of how short life is, in terms of the number of books she’ll be able to read, and obsessively saving tiktok videos for recipes she’ll probably never make. She also likes to run, and cycle, and swim—though not all at once.
V.E. is the author of more than 25 books, spanning MG, YA, and Adult, though she’s never been keen on labeling stories for a certain audience. Plenty of young readers like Vicious, and plenty of older ones like Cassidy Blake, and she believes the best story is the one that finds you when you need it.
Her greatest goal as an author is to make you doubt your reality. Not by convincing you that magic is real, but by planting a seed of doubt that it’s not.
Bury our bones in the midnight soil
by v.e. schwab
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.
What Bury our bones in the Midnight Soil Offers
Queer identity
Love and obsession
The struggle for freedom
Impact of societal expectations on women
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Join us for an in-depth discussion of Book One on Thursday, June 19th and Thursday, June 26th, on Twitch from 5-7 p.m. PT.
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