Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab is about vampires, feral women, and 500 years of longing and has story of emotional horror with hunger, love and kinda heartbreak too.
Well let’s deep dive into it, but if you are into Horror/Fantasy, and want a similar read you can checkout The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Jones.
“This is a story about hunger.
Santo Domingo de la Calzada.
London.
Boston.
This is a story about life— how it ends, and how it starts.”
Book Review: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
This isn’t your typical fangy bloodbath or plot-twist-every-ten-pages ride. No, this is a slow-burn story where the tension grows and the women ache (and sometimes maim) across centuries.
You’ll meet Sabine (1532), the hunger of the novel, who eats patriarchy for breakfast and maybe a few innocent bystanders too. Then there’s Charlotte (1837), the love heart, (“Wait, is she… the worst one now?”) And finally Alice (2019), who just wants to stop crying.(pi)
They’re all linked across time, through blood, fate, and some known unknown questionable choices. And yes—there are sapphic vibes. But not the tender kind. This is sapphic obsession. It’s messy!
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The prose? Think: gothic fever dream. It flows like a wine in a glass—you’re tipsy before you even realize. One thing is slow paced plot here, but the emotions? They’ll grab you by the throat.
| Genre | Horror Fantasy |
| Number of Pages | 560 pages |
| My Rating | 3.75⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️ |
| Release Date | June 10, 2025 |
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil Summary Spoilers
It starts with three women. Or maybe it starts with one. Sabine (called María at first, because names are just costumes over the centuries) is a 16th-century Spanish wife who’s done being obedient, beautiful, and locked in her golden cage.
So when a mysterious widow offers her a way out—immortality, fangs, no husbands—she says “yes” with blood on her lips. She spends the next 400 years eating men, stealing identities, and rewriting herself again and again like a woman on fire with no water in sight. And you think she’s the villain. Until you meet the others.
“You don’t fall in love with monsters. You recognize them. You see yourself in them.”
Charlotte, 1837 London. She kisses her best friend and gets went to live with her aunt. Then, as if being queer in Victorian England weren’t hard enough, a widow shows up with secrets and sharp teeth. Charlotte takes the bite too, and starts her own descent.
But here’s the twist: you expect Charlotte to be sweet & sober. Soft. She’s not. She becomes a little colder, a little crueler. She finds Sabine. They fall in love. And hate. And want. Mostly want. It’s toxic. It’s sapphic. It’s deliciously doomed.
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Alice, 2019, wakes up at Harvard with a hangover and a new set of fangs. Surprise! Her hookup turned her, then vanished. She bleeds dry a few ex-boyfriends, and somehow went into Sabine and Charlotte’s line—just as their centuries old drama cook.
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil Ending Explained:
The ending? Sabine, betrayed by love (again), makes the ultimate sacrifice to stop Charlotte, who’s drunk on power and pain. And Alice? She’s left holding centuries of grief and rage and legacy—and no easy way out.
In the end, no one wins..Because this isn’t a love story. It’s a want story.
And want, as it turns out, is what kills you. Or keeps you undead.
Quotes:
“Wanting isn’t a sin. But no one tells you what to do when the wanting becomes all you are.”
Final Verdict?
It’s not really about love. It’s about want. About loneliness so loud it echoes across centuries. About queer rage and feminine hunger and the kind of heartbreak that makes you sharp enough to bite.
A beautiful, haunting, unforgettable mistake.
Who should read it:
- If you are a vampire enjoyers who crave more feral, less Twilight.
- If you are fan of literary horror that has emotional unease over jump scares.
- Fans of dark academia lovers who want the same gloom, trauma, and yearning.
- Queer readers looking for bold, tragic, villainous sapphics—not your soft romance.
Books like Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab:
- Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
- A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
- Don’t Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews
About the Author:
V. E. SCHWAB is NY Times bestselling author of 20+ books. She is famous for her popular books like the Villains series, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue & A Darker Shade of Magic series etc.
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