[How it Works](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/how-it-works/) [Bookshop](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/books/bindery/) [Publishing](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/publishing/) [Team](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/team/) [Contact](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/contact/) Log in or Sign up Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil V. E. Schwab Save to Your Books [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/84500/9781250320537) [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D26CZWFD?tag=chronicallybookish-20) 100% of affiliate revenue supports chronicallybookish From V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of _The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue_: a new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger. **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.** USA Today, 15 Most Anticipated of 2025 BookBub, Most Anticipated of 2025 (and Reader’s Pick) Readers Digest, 20 Most Anticipated Books This Year Paste Magazine, Most Anticipated Fantasy Books of 2025 BookRiot, Most Anticipated Books of 2025 Men's Health, 25 Best & Most Anticipated Books of 2025 The Nerd Daily, SFF to Devour in 2025 Goodreads, Readers' Most Anticipated Books of 2025 At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Show more Get the Bindery app * * * Posts about this title from chronicallybookish [chronicallybookish\\ \\ Kaley\\ \\ • Feb 17](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/) [January Reading Wrap Up](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/9FBaE1QYJ0RSMSCH5YQp/) I’ve already had my first read of February (Kindred by Octavia Butler) and it does in fact blow all of these out of the water #booktok #readingwrapup #fantasybooks #romancebooks * * * 14 books [chronicallybookish\\ \\ Kaley\\ \\ • Sep 15 2025](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/) [a very yappy vibes-based fall tbr](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/NPIDwYJ0rTpbqA6NVMzw/) I was VERY yappy when I filmed this buckle in besties #booktok #toberrad #falltbr #fallbooks #tbrlist * * * 14 books Posts about this book from across Bindery [The Inky Phoenix\\ \\ Kathryn Budig\\ \\ • Jul 24](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [“I Hate Your Taste In Books”](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/item/ok3w0ByObIJedJkMHpBc/) This hits close to home. * * * 16 books 4 [The Inky Phoenix\\ \\ Kathryn Budig\\ \\ • Jun 5](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Happy Pride from The Inky Phoenix! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/item/C8tMc4nG0Fvf0AJ3XhVi/) Some of our favorite LGBTQ+ books and authors * * * 16 books 1 [2](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/item/C8tMc4nG0Fvf0AJ3XhVi/#comments) [vellichor ventures\\ \\ Shawn Berry\\ \\ • May 3](https://vellichor-ventures.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [I'm in the middle of reading **Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab** for our book club (join our **Discord** to participate!) and I can't help but notice the similarities it has with her previous novel, **The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue**. \\ \\ I read Addie last year (or rather, listened to it) and ultimately ended up really liking it. It took me several months to get through it, not because it wasn't great, but because her writing doesn't lend itself to speedy consumption. Her prose is detailed, romantic, and it pays to spend time with it. I struggle with audiobooks as it is (ADHD brain be damned), so trying to listen to the book while I was playing basketball or doing chores was a bit of a losing battle at times. Towards the end of the book where the stakes start to feel a little more urgent, and Addie is really coming to terms with the life that she's found for herself, I couldn't put it down. 5/5 from me, and it immediately made me curious about her other work. \\ \\ If you don't know, Addie LaRue is about a young woman in France in the 1700's who makes a deal with the devil for ultimate freedom, allowing her to escape her bethrotal to a man she doesn't even know. In true faustian bargain fashion, she is granted immortality, but the monkey paw curls and she finds that none of her family remember who she is, nor will anyone else for the rest of her life. Tragic stuff! \\ \\ The novel sprawls across the centuries between her first encounter with the devil and present day, where she happens to find someone who does remember her, and eventually falls into a relationship with them. I won't say much more than that, but my point is that Schwab uses that framework to illustrate the longing and psychological turmoil that one goes through when you live for hundreds of years. Her writing is beautiful, and if you're the sappy romantic type like me, I think you'll get a lot of out of the book. \\ \\ Fast foward to today and I am in the middle of reading Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil. Bury Our Bones deals with three lesbian vampires, living their lives across three separate times and places: 1530s Spain, 1827 London, and 2019 Boston. Much like Addie, vampires keep on keeping on into eternity **barring any major setbacks**. About 120 pages in to Bury Our Bones, it has become clear to me that Schwab has a real fascination with eternity. To be real, don't we all?\\ \\ As a human being, I hope that by the time I reach my end, the number of seconds allotted to me will feel like the exact right amount. I think we all fear that we won't have enough, and maybe it'll **never be enough**, but the prospect of immortality brings its own set of anxieties. What do I do will all my loved ones disappear? Who do I relate to when I'm the only one with this predicament? How do I navigate this life without being studied like a science experiment? \\ \\ So far, Bury Our Bones has been another banger of a book, and I very much appreciate the sapphic world that it lives in. If I may recommend another book about immortality, I highly encourage you to seek out **The Past Through Tomorrow by Robert A. Heinlein**, specifically the story **Methuselah's Children**. The Past Through Tomorrow exists as an imagined future history, charting out the social and technological future of humanity from the early 1900's to hundreds of years in the future. Heinlein wrote these stories across many decades, and his grand vision for the future of humanity is a marvel to behold in its entirety. You may have to endure some elements of his writing that haven't aged well, but if you're a sci-fi nerd, I can't recommend the collection highly enough. \\ \\ Methuselah's Children follows a man named Lazarus Long, who if you are paying close attention, exists throughout the breadth of the stories from the very beginning. The oldest man on earth lives through earth's trials and tribulations for hundreds of years, and eventually sets his sights on the stars. It's one of my favorite short stories ever, in one of my favorite short story collections ever. Well worth your time, and thanks to my grandfather for lending it to me several years ago. \\ \\ Anyway, enough rambling for me today. What are you reading? What are you listening to? What are you watching? **Here's some good stuff**. \\ \\ Have a wonderful day!\\ \\ Shawn](https://vellichor-ventures.binderybooks.com/item/ZefedYUC2BI697Xp0344/) [V.E. Schwab Sure Loves Playing with Time](https://vellichor-ventures.binderybooks.com/item/ZefedYUC2BI697Xp0344/) * * * 3 books [DocoftheDarkArts\\ \\ Bob Stuntz\\ \\ • Apr 17](https://docofthedarkarts.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [_This post is not, strictly speaking, fully book related. But I hope you'll stick with me, because this is an important topic that is really important to me. And I will recommend some books._\\ \\ _\*\*\*Trigger warning: This post will discuss SA and domestic violence\*\*\*_\\ \\ A recent CNN report exposed an online network of men discussing how to drug women and commit SA, the targets often being their partners. The website that was most implicated had over 62 million views, and a majority of views were coming from IP addresses in the US.\\ \\ And while this may be written off by some as an isolated issue, in the online book world, we see women, people of color, and marginalized groups treated poorly every day. I see women in the book world having to deal with male commenters accusing them of "showing off their bodies for views," while at the same time sending them suggestive material in their DMs. Every time someone tries to post a video suggesting more diverse sci fi and fantasy authors, they are met with backlash, and the inevitable "I don't care who writes the books I read." The pushback to representation and fair treatment is often, quite frankly, staggering. All the while, women are criticized for reading "smut." Women who write fantasy stories with any romance get labeled as romantasy authors, while their male counterparts are just fantasy authors. We shame women for reading sexual material, but don't bat an eye to the sexual goings on traditional fantasy because "it's gritty and realistic for the era."\\ \\ I'm a dad to teenage boys. I have a wife, sisters, nieces and nephews. My boys and I talk a lot about making other people feel safe around us, treating everyone equally and with respect, and avoiding the pitfalls of the modern hoax of "masculinity." In an era where influencers are trying to convince boys to looksmax, heightmax, or take testosterone supplements in their teens (please don't do that), our young men are more and more being exposed to patriarchal, overly macho, chauvinistic ideas of what being a man means.\\ \\ I'm someone who believes in facts, and data. So here are some facts (according to Take Back the Night):\\ \\ - **1 in 3 women worldwide experience some form of sexual violence or intimate partner violence.**\\ \\ - **2 in 3 transgender people have been sexually assaulted.**\\ \\ - **People in the LGBTQIA+ community are more likely to experience sexual violence.**\\ \\ - **Less than 50% of victims report these crimes.**\\ \\ \\ As a man, it is easy to react to all of this with the "well that's some men, not all men." And much like Sciona in ML Wang's brilliant _Blood Over Bright Haven,_ confronting your own biases, and those of our society, can be a difficult process. It can also feel frustrating and leave you with a sense of "what can I actually do?" Well, as someone engaged in bookish content, here's what you can do:\\ \\ - Call out ignorance and injustice when you see it, and stand for what's right.\\ \\ - Read broadly and diversely, and share those stories and authors with other readers.\\ \\ - Encourage the young men in your life to read as well. Encourage them to get off their phone, encourage them to talk about their feelings, and encourage them to be safe, welcoming people.\\ \\ - LISTEN to the women in your life. Seek to learn about their experiences.\\ \\ - Be a safe space for women, and all marginalized groups.\\ \\ - When you can, contribute to organizations that do work on behalf of those most at risk.\\ \\ \\ One of the only tangible things I can do is donating money to good causes. I have a social media platform that is fortunate to have grown to a point where I make some money from it. In full transparency, it is less than $100/month. Every month $25 of that goes back to the prizes for our monthly reading challenges, and the rest is donated to causes that are important to me. So, starting here in April and for the foreseeable future, I will be donating the balance of whatever I make through my platforms, and matching it up to $100 each month, to Take Back The Night. TBTN is a "501(c)(3) Foundation is to end sexual violence in all forms, including sexual assault, sexual abuse, trafficking, stalking, gender harassment, and relationship violence, and to support survivors in their healing journeys." In the future, I will make it public what other organizations I will be donating to.\\ \\ I have a great inclusive community of folks here on Bindery and on Discord. if you would like to also support Take back the Night, you can support by becoming a member here on Bindery, buying a book here through Bindery, watching my YouTube videos, or buying books from my Bookshop.org affiliate store (which has the added bonus of supporting indie bookstores!). I also intend to more intentionally share authors and stories that represent a diverse spectrum (I'm almost done with the Wheel of Time, I promise). For starters, you can check out my "Diverse Reads" bookshelf here on Bindery.\\ \\ We also have a number of women and members of underrepresented communities here amongst our ranks. If you have any suggestions, perspectives, or tips to share for those of us who are trying to learn, grow, and be better, let us know in the comments.\\ \\ Thanks for reading, thanks for being here, and thank you for your support - know that it is going to a good cause, and as a creator I fully intend to continue to promote kindness, safety, and inclusivity. And if you want to read some of my favorite female authored books with excellent female perspectives, I've linked a few to this post.](https://docofthedarkarts.binderybooks.com/item/TgyRNjB2nLaW4HkoMDJM/) [We Need to Do Better](https://docofthedarkarts.binderybooks.com/item/TgyRNjB2nLaW4HkoMDJM/) * * * 5 books 14 [Wanderland Reads\\ \\ Sayer\\ \\ • Mar 16](https://wanderlandreads.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Sapphic Speculative Fiction Expands the Imagination\\ \\ Many people approach queer romance through familiar frameworks. Modern settings. Recognizable social rules. Families that resemble the structures most of us grew up around. I wrote about this a week or two ago, about looking beyond contemporary romance for great sapphic stories.\\ \\ Those stories matter. They reflect lived experience and present-day struggles.\\ \\ Yet some of the most thought-provoking sapphic stories appear in places where the rules look completely different.\\ \\ Speculative fiction offers writers a simple but radical tool. The ability to ask what happens when the world operates under different assumptions?\\ \\ What happens when gender does not function the way our societies expect?\\ \\ What happens when colonial hierarchies collapse or never existed in the first place?\\ \\ What happens when family and community follow different structures?\\ \\ **Sapphic speculative fiction thrives in these questions.**\\ \\ What counts as speculative fiction?\\ \\ Speculative fiction serves as an umbrella term for stories that imagine worlds different from our own.\\ \\ Fantasy explores magic, mythology, and alternate societies.\\ \\ Science fiction looks at future technology, space exploration, and evolving social systems.\\ \\ Alternate history reimagines historical timelines.\\ \\ Dystopian and utopian fiction examine political systems taken to extreme outcomes.\\ \\ Magical realism blends ordinary life with elements that challenge reality.\\ \\ All of these genres share a common feature. They build worlds where the assumptions we treat as natural begin to shift.\\ \\ When those foundations move, storytelling changes.\\ \\ **Reimagining gender systems**\\ \\ Many speculative worlds question the rigid gender frameworks common in contemporary culture.\\ \\ Some settings include fluid understandings of gender. Others remove the strict gender hierarchy. Some societies organize identity through entirely different categories.\\ \\ When gender works differently, relationships evolve as well.\\ \\ Characters express attraction without the scripts that dominate many romance narratives. Partnerships develop around compatibility, trust, or shared goals rather than predetermined roles.\\ \\ For readers, this shift opens new ways of thinking about identity and connection.\\ \\ **Challenging colonial power structures**\\ \\ Speculative fiction often explores empire, conquest, and resistance.\\ \\ Many worlds center characters fighting against oppressive systems or rebuilding communities after political collapse. Some stories draw inspiration from Indigenous traditions or non-Western perspectives to imagine societies structured around different values.\\ \\ Within these settings, sapphic characters frequently appear as leaders, rebels, scholars, or explorers. Their relationships unfold inside larger struggles over power, survival, and cultural memory.\\ \\ Love does not exist in isolation. It grows alongside questions about justice, resistance, and the future of entire communities.\\ \\ **Rethinking family and community**\\ \\ Another striking feature of speculative fiction involves how stories approach family.\\ \\ The nuclear family model rarely stands as the only option. Characters often live within chosen families, cooperative communities, traveling crews, or political alliances.\\ \\ Romantic relationships exist inside these broader networks of care.\\ \\ Two people falling in love may also share responsibilities to their crew, their village, or their resistance movement. Partnership becomes part of a wider web of loyalty and support.\\ \\ For many readers, this structure feels both imaginative and deeply familiar.\\ \\ Common tropes in sapphic speculative fiction\\ \\ Speculative fiction combines romance with adventure and conflict. Certain narrative patterns recur.\\ \\ A princess guarded by a loyal warrior or knight who begins to question her duty.\\ \\ Rival soldiers from opposing factions are forced to work together.\\ \\ A scholar and a fighter navigating a dangerous quest.\\ \\ Political enemies are forming uneasy alliances during a rebellion.\\ \\ Explorers encounter unfamiliar worlds and build trust through survival.\\ \\ These tropes create tension, intimacy, and emotional growth while the larger story unfolds.\\ \\ **Why these stories expand the imagination**\\ \\ Speculative fiction does more than entertain. It shifts perspective.\\ \\ When readers step into worlds built on different assumptions, the systems shaping their own lives become visible. Gender roles, political hierarchies, and family structures reveal themselves as historical constructs rather than permanent truths.\\ \\ Sapphic speculative fiction takes this imaginative shift even further.\\ \\ Queer women appear not as side characters but as central figures in the story of the world itself. They lead revolutions. Build communities. Explore unknown territories. Fall in love while reshaping the societies around them.\\ \\ These stories ask readers to imagine something larger than representation.\\ \\ They ask us to imagine entirely different ways people live together.\\ \\ An invitation to explore\\ \\ If you have not spent time with sapphic speculative fiction, consider this an invitation.\\ \\ Explore fantasy worlds where magic reshapes power.\\ \\ Read science fiction that questions identity in future societies.\\ \\ Look for stories where love grows alongside resistance, exploration, and discovery.\\ \\ These books stretch the imagination in ways that linger long after the final page.\\ \\ I am especially interested in reading more sapphic speculative fiction this year.\\ \\ Which books expanded your worldview?\\ \\ Which stories stayed with you long after you finished them?\\ \\ Here is a list of books I've read and books on my TBR!\\ \\ \\ \\ Join for free or login](https://wanderlandreads.binderybooks.com/item/dC3Z6zlKg411NPzu2Wgr/) [Worlds Where Sapphic Stories Rewrite the Rules](https://wanderlandreads.binderybooks.com/item/dC3Z6zlKg411NPzu2Wgr/) * * * 26 books 3 [chronicallybookish\\ \\ Kaley\\ \\ • Feb 17](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/) [January Reading Wrap Up](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/9FBaE1QYJ0RSMSCH5YQp/) * * * 14 books [Littrilly Reads & Chats Club\\ \\ Tasj\\ \\ • Jan 26](https://littrillyliterature.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [My Top Books of 2025](https://littrillyliterature.binderybooks.com/item/VZnueQvClXBnE2QHZxQh/) 2025 READING WRAP UP! ✨ I could not give overall top ten for this year (because it was actually impossible 😆) so I decided to do top three for the genres I’ve read this year! #readingwrapup #topthree #bookrec #readersofinsta #readers best fiction books to read, best romance books to read, best sci fi books to read, best fantasy books to read * * * 11 books 1 [Alysha Fortune Reads\\ \\ Alysha\\ \\ • Jan 14](https://alyshafortunereads.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Women Fantasy Authors that arent romantasy](https://alyshafortunereads.binderybooks.com/item/1fiXh2irOJwX0ULvcZ7Y/) Here is my completed list of fantasy and scifi books written by women that aren’t Romantasy! #books #booktok #bookstagram #booksta #bookworm #fantasybooks #fantasy #scifi #Romantasy #womenauthors * * * 30 books 3 [Peppered Ink\\ \\ Mary\\ \\ • Jan 11](https://marysmanybooks.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [My Academic Journey](https://marysmanybooks.binderybooks.com/item/tBACafOcOC70k9iyYrS5/) The course of... well... coursework never did run smooth. * * * 18 books 3 [Written Reveries\\ \\ Krystal\\ \\ • Jan 1](https://writtenreveries.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Top 10 Reads of 2025 Part I](https://writtenreveries.binderybooks.com/item/628WMv9KN4R910KeZWCy/) Top 10 Reads of 2025 Part One * * * 6 books 1 [Fat Forward Books\\ \\ Samantha Puc\\ \\ • Dec 31 2025](https://fatfwdbooks.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [My Favorite Reads of 2025 🪩](https://fatfwdbooks.binderybooks.com/item/HCHj5U5MyoyBPcqxTYch/) I read so many books for my thesis and for work in 2025, and many of them made my list of favorite reads for the year. I also read a ton of fiction, continuing my horror streak from last year and deep-diving into new-to-me authors. Here’s to another year of book club meetings, listening to audiobooks on my commute to therapy, and staying up way too late reading comics in bed. 💛📚 #ReadIn2025 \[ID: A 6x6 grid of book covers set against a pink, orange, and yellow gradient. In black bubble font across the top of the graphic, it says, “Favorite Reads of 2025.” Black botanical sketches are in the background of the upper right and lower left corner. 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I've had a lazy day trying to recover from the holiday (and of course doing about a million dishes). I updated my bullet journal with all the details from the books I read last month, which was a RECORD for me. I've never managed to get through so many books in one month, it definitely helps that two of them were graphic novels I finished in one evening. \\ \\ **November Wrap-Up (17 books ✨)**\\ \\ A Fate So Cold - 4⭐\\ \\ I Love You S'more - 3.5⭐\\ \\ A Drop of Corruption - 4⭐\\ \\ Everything She Does Is Magic - 3.5⭐\\ \\ Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter - 5⭐\\ \\ An Academy for Liars - 3.5⭐\\ \\ Savage Blooms - 3⭐\\ \\ Gay the Pray Away - NR\\ \\ The Things Gods Break - 3⭐\\ \\ A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping - 4.5⭐\\ \\ Until the World Falls Down - DNF @ 10%\\ \\ Suitor Armor Vol. 2 - 3⭐\\ \\ Quicksilver - 3⭐\\ \\ Amelia, If Only - 4⭐\\ \\ Of Swamp & Sea, Vol. 1 - 4⭐\\ \\ Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore -4⭐\\ \\ Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil - 4⭐\\ \\ \\ \\ Join for free or login](https://amandathebookish.binderybooks.com/item/HfgRkSGSj2B5nMIPjBzO/) [November Reading Round-Up](https://amandathebookish.binderybooks.com/item/HfgRkSGSj2B5nMIPjBzO/) * * * 15 books 6 [1](https://amandathebookish.binderybooks.com/item/HfgRkSGSj2B5nMIPjBzO/#comments) [Sapph-Lit\\ \\ Nina\\ \\ • Nov 30 2025](https://sapphlit.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [TODAY 🧛🏻‍♀️💗✨ Sapph-Lit in Conversation with V.E. Schwab, author of BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL](https://sapphlit.binderybooks.com/item/BXdc9voY22MLZIL6Xow7/) SO excited to chat with the one and only @veschwab TODAY all about our October book pick: BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL <3 Drop any questions you have for them in the comments! xx * * * 1 book 3 [Read Rant Review\\ \\ Kaylee\\ \\ • Nov 28 2025](https://readrantreview.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [**Howdy lil freakies!** \\ \\ Here's my roll-up of everything I read this month. Full spoilers and deep dive reviews can be found on my YouTube channel, but you guys get to see what I read behind the scenes!\\ \\ Below is a roll-up of books with unprofessional summaries and reasoning for the rating.\\ \\ **An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks ⭐/5** \\ \\ A woman in her 20s crashes a local university's psychology study. The professor running the study is sketchy af, and the book follows the dynamic between these two. I feel like everyone's motives were weird/nonsensical. There was no real reason for any of it, and it ended on such an oddly hollow note.\\ \\ **Never Lie by Freida McFadden ⭐⭐/5** \\ \\ Okay, genuinely, I'm becoming a certified fan (derogatory) of Freida. The writing sucks, the plots are nonsensical but it's genuinely so entertaining. I don't get tired of these weird weird books lol. This one was about a woman and her boyfriend who get trapped in a snowstorm. Trapped where, you ask? In a famous psychologsit's house... who went missing a few months ago. And from the jump, everyone is acting sketchy and lying to eachother.\\ \\ **The Guest List by Lucy Foley ⭐⭐⭐/5** \\ \\ This one will be my first December upload on the channel! There's a wedding being held on a creepy island. The book follows the POV of various guests and talks about their relationships and how they got to this point in their lives. Everything seems like rich people messy problems, until someone comes across a dead body. The premise was awesome. Only critique was that it was a sloooooow build and in general the pacing was a little off. Other issues are spoilers, so watch the video if you want more.\\ \\ **We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer ⭐⭐⭐/5** \\ \\ Eve and her girlfriend buy a house to flip. One day Eve is there alone and this off-putting family knocks on the door, says that they used to live there and would love to take a look around. AND SHE LETS THEM INSIDE. Someone on Goodreads said this book was r/NoSleep coded, and I couldn't say it better. It was interesting, and then we went off the rails in a way that felt like a Jordan Peele movie, but without the right set up.\\ \\ **Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman ⭐⭐/5** \\ \\ Speaking of Jordan Peele... 8 year old girl tells us about her daddy, mommy and other mommy. My stomach dropped reading the description and there were a few other moments in the book that gave me that feeling, however, they were over shadowed by repetitiveness and just odd narrative choice. It's from an 8 year old, but she talked/thought like she was much younger and then her parents talked to her like she was an adult. And also the tension of WHAT other mommy is and what she looks like is immediately ruined and she wasn't scary anymore, just a weird creepy vibes rommate instead of a monster under the bed. Ya know? I don't think monsters should be described directly or in detail, that almost always kills the vibe.\\ \\ **When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5** \\ \\ Little boy's dad turns into a wolf monster when he gets mad. One day he runs from home and runs into a woman. She takes him in and tries to protect him. It's an absolute batshit ride from there. SUCH a unique premise, fast paced, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I really enjoyed this one. The ending was a little meh, but great otherwise.\\ \\ **Bury Our Bones in Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab ⭐⭐/5** \\ \\ Getting away from thriller and horror genre binge, I read this fantasy/historical fiction/toxic saphhic vampire book. That premise? Wild. Love. Sign me up. The execution? ahhhhhhh. The ending pissed me off enough to go down an entire star. But, it was a multiple timeline story that eventually interconnects and boy howdy do I eat that up lmao. The timeline, premise and general vibes really carried this book. The characters felt shallow, the pacing wasn't the best and that ending made get up and go for a walk because I was so mad and made me feel like I wasted my time.\\ \\ **Other News** \\ \\ I'll be doing a 2025 Q&A video in a few weeks. 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