Book of The Month discussion

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.

through page 130 / (stopped after Alice but before the next Sabine)

I am loving this one. I got my hardcopy book from BOTM but then realized that the audio had a full cast! So I'm doing the audio!

Maria / Sabine (view spoiler)[what a tough life Maria was in - her husband was just selfish and gross
but wow! to kill Sabine and then take her name!! I wonder how this husband is going to handle this change. And his family. And can she really keep her thirst under control? (hide spoiler)]

Lottie / Alice (view spoiler)[ and Alice. Was it Lottie? Did she bite her? I don't remember her flipping her, yikes! but she ate that gross guy, right? holy moly this took a huge turn! love it! (hide spoiler)]

through 270 pages / 52%

Maria / Sabine (view spoiler)[ I love that she found a family - twice - only to lose them again. it was so sad when they outlived the lover
but I did like how they survived and the games she learned.
but did she just meet Lottie? (hide spoiler)]

Lottie / Alice (view spoiler)[ Sabine's timeframe definitely made it seem like making someone without telling them how things worked is a really bad idea. What was Lottie thinking - turning her but leaving her without helping. . .I hope she's able to find the club Lottie might be at and demand she help her! (hide spoiler)]

through 385 / 70%

(view spoiler)[
wow, Sabine. so we're getting Lottie's story. She was young and swept up in the times she wasn't allowed to be with her true love and the thought of freedom and escape.

But Sabine seems the type to be jealous - and she pretty coldly left the other 2 behind when she wasn't the center of their world.

I wonder what's happened that Sabine is now stalking behind Lottie and turning people she just spends a night with AND doesn't help the new vampires know what they are.

And how many times has she done this? (hide spoiler)]

and done

this one was So good

(view spoiler)[ I loved Alice's anger, in the end
I don't blame her - for being mad

and wow! Sabine had really lost it - but so had Lottie (or at least that's what I got in the end) That Lottie had lived too long and she had really lost her sense on humanity and was letting Sabine do whatever after she was done with a girl.

and the story about Alice's sister was so sad. it broke my heart that, in the end, she wasn't that far from home. (hide spoiler)]