Young Adult Fiction / Romance / Paranormal.Young Adult Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Adaptations.Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy.A memorably built world populated with a hauntingly doomed family."- Booklist "This moody maritime retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses blends elements of suspense and horror for a gothic twist on a familiar tale. "Equal parts gothic fairy tale and romance. "The novel’s vivid, evocative atmosphere will please fans of the gothic. a richly conceived story that blends mythic and Gothic storytelling." -PW “Evocative details and lyrical, moody prose. Weymouth, author of The Light Between Worlds "An eerie, lovely Twelve Dancing Princesses retelling full of ghosts and gods and a fascinating waterfront world and I'm reading it from behind my fingers."-Melissa Albert, New York Times bestselling author of The Hazel Wood "It’s a fairy tale, a young-adult romance (though gothic enough for adult readers) and a whodunit too." -The Wall Street Journal House of Salt and Sorrows is a spellbinding novel filled with magic and the rustle of gossamer skirts down long, dark hallways. Be careful who you dance with.Īnd don't miss Erin Craig's Small Favors, a mesmerizing and chilling novel about dark wishes and even darker dreams. 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. 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.
"Step inside a fairy tale." -Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Caraval This dark and atmospheric fairy tale inspired story is perfect for fans of Yellowjackets. Get swept away by this “haunting” ( Bustle) YA novel about twelve beautiful sisters living on an isolated island estate who begin to mysteriously die one by one.
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