About this book
<b>From V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of <i>The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue</i>: a new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger.</b><br /><br />This is a story about hunger.<br /><b>1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada.</b><br />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.<br /><br />This is a story about love.<br /><b>1827. London.</b><br />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.<br /><br />This is a story about rage.<br /><b>2019. Boston.</b><br />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.<br /><br /><i>
<b>This is a story about life—<br />how it ends, and how it starts.</b>
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