Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Can't Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday #269: House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig


"Waiting on Wednesday" is a weekly event which had been hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine where we spotlight upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating. I'm now linking up with "Can't-Wait Wednesday" hosted over at Wishful Endings

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Get swept away in Erin A. Craig's mesmerizing House of Salt and Sorrows. As one by one her beautiful sisters mysteriously die on their isolated island estate, Annaleigh must unravel the curse that haunts her family. Be careful who you dance with. . . .

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.
 


House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig is due to be released August 6th, 2019 from Delacorte.

Why am I waiting on this one? I enjoy retellings. This sounds like an interesting retelling based on "The Twelve Dancing Princesses."

What book are you waiting on this week? Share it or a link in the comments so we can check it out and maybe add it to our TBR lists. Thanks for coming by and Happy Reading!

3 comments:

  1. I'm really looking forward to this one too! I've not read a 12 Dancing Princesses retelling before.

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  2. I've only read short story retellings of it before. I'm interested to see what they will do with a novel length one.

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  3. This sounds so spooky but riveting enirely! I don't think I've ever seen a retelling of this story either,

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