Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. SchwabMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
As with Addie LaRue, this latest standalone dark fantasy from V.E. Schwab, spanning the centuries, is one that's a classic for the ages, but I'll never want to read it again. Just like Addie LaRue, this book focuses on a set of three women throughout history who fall for a dreadful curse - and in this case, they're all linked by one vampire that started it all. Schwab marketed this book as being her book of "toxic lesbian vampires," and while it's very clear that it's about lesbian vampires pretty quickly, the toxic aspect doesn't make it clear until much later, as our two historically deceased vampires show different reactions to how they have to hurt and kill other women in order to prolong their own undead existences. Given Schwab's notoriety for writing quite unlikable characters, I'd say this time, she does a great job of making them sympathetic first.
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