Book: Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil

 Book: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

Author: V.E. Schwab

Pages: 544

This was my 127th read for the year

What Amazon Says:

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 Maria 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, Maria 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 was a pretty good book.  The writing was spectaular.  There is no doubt in my opinion that VE Schwab is a talented writer.  A was a little disappointed with the subject matter (I won't give it away because it felt like it was supposed to be a surprise) - so overdone.  Didn't love a lot of the characters - but not sure you are meant to.  They are pretty self absorbed, but true to most stories about this particular subject....it tracks.  I liked the back and forth of the story lines.  Didn't have a favorite of the three. The beginning and the end were solid and the middle was okay.

Stars: 4