With the recent unexpected death of the fourth eldest daughter Eulalie, the Thaumas family is in mourning.When news of the death travels across the island, people believes that the whole family is cursed and they try to avoid the girls like plague.

Three of her elder sisters had passed away by tragic accidents and deaths. The story follows Annaleigh Thaumas who’s one of the twelve daughters of the duke of the Salaan Islands. I think It would make a perfect Halloween read. I honestly didn’t expect it to be so dark. However, I really liked the world building. I think my major issue with this book was the slow pace which failed to build enough suspense in the story. So, I finally decided to give it a three point five rounded upto four. I was pretty much torn between giving it a three and four star rating because I usually rate differently when it comes to debut novels. Well, this book was overall an interesting read but it wasn’t as amazing as I thought it would be. It’s a dark retelling of twelve dancing princess with a gothic touch.

Craig’s stand-alone debut YA fantasy novel. When Annaleigh finds out that her sisters have been sneaking out to attend glittering midnight balls and dance until dawn, she’s not sure whether to stop them–or join them.Īnd when she begins to see a series of horrific, ghostly visions and more sisters die, she realizes she must solve the mystery–with the help of Cassius, a sea captain who knows much more about her than he should–and unravel the Thaumas curse before she descends into madness or. Whispers throughout the Highmoor estate say the girls have been cursed by the gods. Four of Annaleigh Thaumas’s eleven sisters have returned to the Salt, the brackish water that surrounds their lonely island home, their lives cut short, each more tragically than the last.

House of salt and sorrows book 2