Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil vs This Ravenous Fate: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Sapphic, Dark Romance, Lesbian, LGBTQ+, Queer, LGBT
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
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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…
This Ravenous Fate
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It's 1926 and reapers, the once-human vampires with a terrifying affliction, are on the rise in New York. But the Saint family's thriving reaper-hunting enterprise holds reign over the city, giving them more power than…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil has the widest readership — 371 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil | This Ravenous Fate | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.9 (371) | 3.7 (15) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (349) | 4.0 (12) |
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Reception
| Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil | This Ravenous Fate | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 371 | 15 |
| Editions | 5 | 5 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 6461 | — |
| Pages | 544 | 468 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil or This Ravenous Fate?
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil 4.0/5, This Ravenous Fate 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil or This Ravenous Fate?
This Ravenous Fate is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: This Ravenous Fate (468 pages, ≈ 8 h 40 m); Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil (544 pages, ≈ 10 h 04 m).
Which is harder to read: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil or This Ravenous Fate?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil: Moderate; This Ravenous Fate: Light.