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.

This book contains scenes depicting sexual assault and the death of a child.

This might be the hardest “Why I Love It” I’ve ever had to write. When I love a book this much, it’s hard to find the right words to do it justice. I could write about the toxic lesbian vampires that are absolutely the reason I picked up this book. Or I could tell you about the lush, beautiful writing that had me savoring every page. I could also talk for hours about the themes of feminine rage and hunger that haunted me long after I finished reading.

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil follows the story of three women through three time periods. There’s María, who is wild and wants to forge her own path in life. There’s Charlotte, who spends her days in London’s high society until she sees a different future for herself when she receives an enticing invitation from a widow. And then there’s Alice, who searches for answers about the mysterious girl she met at a college party one fateful night. As each woman goes on her own journey, they will all discover a hunger that lives deep inside them.

If you loved Schwab’s 2020 BOTY finalist The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, you’ll be thrilled to hear that she weaves an equally brilliant story here in Bury Our Bones. It’s an intoxicating read filled with complex, flawed characters that will leave you spellbound until the final pages.