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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
Santo Domingo de la Calzada, 1532.
London, 1837.
Boston, 2019.
Three young women, their bodies planted in the same soil, their stories tangling like roots.
One grows high, and one grows deep, and one grows wild.
And all of them grow teeth.
London, 1837.
Boston, 2019.
Three young women, their bodies planted in the same soil, their stories tangling like roots.
One grows high, and one grows deep, and one grows wild.
And all of them grow teeth.
544 pages, Hardcover
Expected publication June 10, 2025
About the author
Victoria Schwab
79 books115k followersVICTORIA “V. E.” SCHWAB is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books, including the acclaimed Shades universe, the Villains series, the City of Ghosts series, Gallant, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and The Fragile Threads of Power. When not haunting Paris streets or trudging up English hillsides, she can be found in Edinburgh, Scotland, tucked in the corner of a coffee shop, dreaming up monsters.
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August 27, 2024
After Addie, I swore I’d never put so much of my actual self into a book, and then I went and did this. Stripped down to my heart and bones and built a novel out of it. Everything I loved and everything I wanted and everything I feared.
It’s hard to process that one day some of you will read it too.
I’d normally never give my own work stars, but given what it took to get down onto paper, I’m making an exception.
It’s hard to process that one day some of you will read it too.
I’d normally never give my own work stars, but given what it took to get down onto paper, I’m making an exception.
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June 16, 2024toxic. . . lesbian. . . vampires. . . somehow inspired by florence + the machine. . . *faints*
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June 24, 2024I need this in my life right now!
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September 30, 2024 VE Schwab saw Leigh Bardugo's 'The Familiar' flop so hard and was like 'Hold my Beer' 🍺😅
Can't wait for this one.
Sapphic vampire story you say? 😍
Can't wait for this one.
Sapphic vampire story you say? 😍
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June 12, 2024UPDATE: we have a title and I need everyone to know I’m going to sleep so well tonight
TOXIC. LESBIAN. VAMPIRES?? say no more, Victoria, I’m already getting rid of all the garlic in my house!!
TOXIC. LESBIAN. VAMPIRES?? say no more, Victoria, I’m already getting rid of all the garlic in my house!!
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June 12, 2024ONFGGGGGG IT FINALLY HAS A TITLE
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PLEASE BE REAL PLEASE BE REAL
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PLEASE BE REAL PLEASE BE REAL
Shelved as 'desperate-to-read'
June 20, 2024here's what we know from Schwab's insta:
1. the short title is BOBITMS.
2. the second B stands for Bones.
3. We have a snippet that goes
"Bury my bones in the midnight soil,
plant them shallow and water them deep,
and in my place will grow a feral rose,
soft red petals hiding sharp white teeth."
4. And if we put two and two together that first line from the poem is our title.
5. bones, roses, red petals, sharp white teeth = vampires
1. the short title is BOBITMS.
2. the second B stands for Bones.
3. We have a snippet that goes
"Bury my bones in the midnight soil,
plant them shallow and water them deep,
and in my place will grow a feral rose,
soft red petals hiding sharp white teeth."
4. And if we put two and two together that first line from the poem is our title.
5. bones, roses, red petals, sharp white teeth = vampires
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July 6, 2024Victoria Schwab!!!!! vampIRES!!!!!! LESBIANS!!!! LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
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June 20, 2024NEW VE SCHWAB BOOK NEW VE SCHWAB BOOK NEW VE SCHWAB BOOK life has meaning again
Shelved as 'on-my-radar'
June 12, 2024this better remind me of victoria schwab the author who wrote vicious instead of victoria schwab the author who wrote whatever the fuck addie larue was
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September 24, 2024A New Book by V. E. Schwab! Yes please, Add another one to the extremely long list growing for 2025 already!!!!❤️
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May 9, 2023Prereview May 2023
I saw V.E. Schwab on her tour for the Addie LaRue paperback and she talked about this there and it sounds like we are in for a TREAT, she said Addie is the more optimistic of the two books and that part of the inspiration behind this is that she wanted an evil lesbian character but didn't want to fall into the 'the one gay is the villain' trope and so solved it by making everyone evil and gay. It's also somewhat inspired by Florence + the Machine's music.
I saw V.E. Schwab on her tour for the Addie LaRue paperback and she talked about this there and it sounds like we are in for a TREAT, she said Addie is the more optimistic of the two books and that part of the inspiration behind this is that she wanted an evil lesbian character but didn't want to fall into the 'the one gay is the villain' trope and so solved it by making everyone evil and gay. It's also somewhat inspired by Florence + the Machine's music.
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June 15, 2024save me, lesbian vampires, save me
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September 30, 2024Vampires? Sapphic? V.E Schwab? Take my money
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June 16, 2024bet
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June 13, 2024A NEW SAPPHIC BOOK BY ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHOR!!!!!!!
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April 23, 2023I am intrigued. I am fantastically and ecstatically intrigued.
September 28, 2024
there is much i want to say about BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL, but precious little i want to give away so early, except for this: it is my favorite standalone v.e. schwab book, without question.
if THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE was a guiding candle lit upon the wick of schwab's vulnerabilities, hopes, and wishes, BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL is a roaring bonfire into which schwab threw her entire being—heart, blood, bones, and all. long described as her toxic lesbian vampire novel, her ode to florence + the machine, and an homage to the work of anne rice, BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL is a gorgeous, blood-stained story of ravenous hunger, vicious love, and what it means to be free at the cost of your own humanity. in terms of schwab's work, it lives at the delicious intersection of THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE and VICIOUS—an indulgent and violent history of immortality and otherness that only schwab could write, and it is everything i could've asked for.
i can't wait for this book to land in the world—signed and full of love and ready to bite—but most of all, i can't wait for you to meet the three women at its heart. if you haven't preordered it already, i'd highly encourage it. this is one you can't afford to miss.
BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL is out on june 10th, 2025. 🌹
if THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE was a guiding candle lit upon the wick of schwab's vulnerabilities, hopes, and wishes, BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL is a roaring bonfire into which schwab threw her entire being—heart, blood, bones, and all. long described as her toxic lesbian vampire novel, her ode to florence + the machine, and an homage to the work of anne rice, BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL is a gorgeous, blood-stained story of ravenous hunger, vicious love, and what it means to be free at the cost of your own humanity. in terms of schwab's work, it lives at the delicious intersection of THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE and VICIOUS—an indulgent and violent history of immortality and otherness that only schwab could write, and it is everything i could've asked for.
i can't wait for this book to land in the world—signed and full of love and ready to bite—but most of all, i can't wait for you to meet the three women at its heart. if you haven't preordered it already, i'd highly encourage it. this is one you can't afford to miss.
BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL is out on june 10th, 2025. 🌹
June 16, 2024
i love the title
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June 13, 2024New update: just find out that it will be a LESBIAN VAMPIRE story. Okay I AM sold now. Ca’mon you cannot spoil a sapphic vampire story. I mean just don’t put any man into this OK??
I didn’t really like any Victoria Schvab books ( vicious, invisible life of Addie Laurie, a darker shades of magic)
But who knows maybe this one can be good?
I didn’t really like any Victoria Schvab books ( vicious, invisible life of Addie Laurie, a darker shades of magic)
But who knows maybe this one can be good?
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June 12, 2024LESBIAN VAMPIRES?? Oh we are SO READY.
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August 31, 2024I will count down the days until this book is released. Perhaps I'll just slip into a coma until then... someone, wake me up in June 2025. ♥︎
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August 23, 2024OMG WHY DOES THIS LOOK SO GOOD??
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August 17, 2023Had me at toxic lesbian vampires lol. Can't wait to read this.
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June 13, 2024I would've read this even if it was about.. I don't know a dry teabag wanting to be made into a nice cup of tea but oh am I here for toxic lesbian vampires!!!!!!
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June 22, 2024i don't know anything about this book but it's ve schwab so onto my tbr she goes
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June 13, 2024Did I immediately preorder this the minute I found out about it? Yes, yes I did 😬
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August 17, 2024i need this book more than i need oxygen
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July 8, 2024Expected publication June 10, 2025
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how can a synopsis say so little and make me want to read so much
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how can a synopsis say so little and make me want to read so much
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August 30, 2024IM GOING TO MAKE THIS BOOK MY ENTIRE PERSONALITY.
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