House of Salt and Sorrows Published by Delacorte by Erin A. Craig
on August 6, 2019
Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, YA, Retellings, Horror
Pages: 403
Source: Borrowed, Libby
Format: eBook
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ISBN: 1984831925
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In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed.
Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor, a manor by the sea, with her sisters, their father, and stepmother. Once they were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls' lives have been cut short. Each death was more tragic than the last—the plague, a plummeting fall, a drowning, a slippery plunge—and there are whispers throughout the surrounding villages that the family is cursed by the gods.
Disturbed by a series of ghostly visions, Annaleigh becomes increasingly suspicious that the deaths were no accidents. Her sisters have been sneaking out every night to attend glittering balls, dancing until dawn in silk gowns and shimmering slippers, and Annaleigh isn't sure whether to try to stop them or to join their forbidden trysts. Because who—or what—are they really dancing with?
When Annaleigh's involvement with a mysterious stranger who has secrets of his own intensifies, it's a race to unravel the darkness that has fallen over her family—before it claims her next.
I honestly can’t remember where I got the idea to read this book. All I can recall is that it was a recommendation from somewhere.
The whole feel of this story is just–macabre, thrilling…and, yeah, romantic. It’s so Poe, that I couldn’t help but love this.
The story is a tale of sisters who appear to be cursed. So many bad things keep happening to this family, that Annaleigh starts to wonder why. What is it that is after this family?
With an emotionally distant father, new pregnant step-mother, and ghosts that seem to be haunting their home, Annaleigh is wrapped up in the mystery of what is happening to her family–most importantly, her sisters.
I wasn’t expecting the gruesomeness in this one. I wasn’t expecting the horror that the characters experience. But, it really just added to the story.
Annaleigh was a fabulously strong heroine who went through so much by the end of the story. And the slight bit of romance made this story all the more beautiful.
About Erin A. Craig
After getting her B.F.A. from the University of Michigan, in Theatre Design and Production, she stage managed tragic operas with hunchbacks, séances, and murderous clowns, then decided she wanted to write books that were just as spooky.
An avid reader, decent embroiderer, rabid basketball fan, and collector of typewriters, Erin makes her home in West Michigan with her husband and daughter.
She is represented by Sarah Landis at Sterling Lord Literistic.
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I read this a while ago and Poe is a very on-point comparison!
I’m glad I’m not the only one who saw it! 🙂