The townsfolk are starting to believe that the sisters are cursed. However, being a good person doesn’t always mean that life is good to you in return.Ī rumor starts to spread after the death of Eulalie, the fourth sister to die under mysterious circumstances. She has seen pain and sorrow in her young life, but she isn’t vindictive or jaded. It’s refreshing to have a main character who is simply good. Annaleigh is such a kind and caring person. However, she tries to be a source of strength for her older sister Camille and her six younger sisters.

She is now the second oldest sister after recent deaths in the family and is understandably heartbroken at the loss of yet another family member. Our main character in House of Salt and Sorrows is Annaleigh. They win the grand prize for best recommendation. I wish I could remember who told me about it because I’d like to send them a gift basket. Thank you bookstagram for leading the right person to me who recommended House of Salt and Sorrows. I tried The Hunting Party and The Lost Village, but neither one had the spook factor I was looking for. I have been craving something spooky for months now, and nothing has quite hit the spot. Be careful who you dance with…Īny book that starts with a funeral is practically perfection.Įspecially a somewhat creepy one where the coffin is put into a vault to eventually be broken down by ocean water which then carries the body out to sea. House of Salt and Sorrows is a spellbinding novel filled with magic and the rustle of gossamer skirts down long, dark hallways. 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. Because who–or what–are they really dancing with? The girls 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. 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.ĭisturbed by a series of ghostly visions, Annaleigh becomes increasingly suspicious that her sister’s deaths were no accidents.

Once there were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls’ lives have been cut short. Synopsis: In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed.Īnnaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor with her sisters and their father and stepmother.

House of salt and sorrows erin a craig