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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab: Review, Book Club Questions, Books Like It and Ending Explained

A Scottish student, a girl she meets at a party, and a creature who has been hunting across five hundred years. Hailey reviews V. E. Schwab's Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil spoiler-free, shares twelve book club questions and six books to read next, then, after a spoiler warning, explains the ending. Content note: explicit scenes, violence, death and grief.

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Books mentioned in this episode
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Chapters
0:00 Cold Open
0:25 Welcome
1:06 The Review
4:45 Book Club Guide
7:10 What To Read Next
9:20 Spoiler Warning
9:44 The Ending Explained
13:47 Outro

Scores, the full written review and the videos

Narrated by Hailey, the Book Explained host voice (AI-generated with Kokoro TTS).

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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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