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House of Salt and Sorrow by Erin A. Craig gives a haunting gothic twist to the Twelve Dancing Princesses fairy tale. The fairy tale is all magic and wonder, making the reader feel a childlike wonder. This tale turns it upside down and brings forth a sinister element with danger and intrigue. The true Brother's Grimm's stories are very dark and scary, so it is lovely to see an author embrace that dangerous side and run with it.
The back of this edition has a quote that says, âOnce there were twelve of us,â and I could not think of anything to sum it up more perfectly. This poor family has seen more tragedy in their lifetime than anyone should ever have to endure. What should be a magical storybook life living as a princess would and not a care in the world is not the life that the Thawmas sisters get to live. They lose their mother, and then tragedy strikes when it seems like a curse starts taking the sisters one after another. Craig does a fabulous job of building a world that engulfs the reader in this salty seaside world where these sisters escape their daily lives searching for something new. Unfortunately, not everything is always better on the other side. And everything is not what it seems.
I found myself falling in love with this family and their struggles. They make you want to root for them, and at times I found myself arguing with the characters. That is how you know you have great storytelling when the reader is so entangled that they are emotionally involved.
House of Salt and Sorrow has all the salt from my tears of sorrow throughout this journey, but it was worth the pain in the end.
The back of this edition has a quote that says, âOnce there were twelve of us,â and I could not think of anything to sum it up more perfectly. This poor family has seen more tragedy in their lifetime than anyone should ever have to endure. What should be a magical storybook life living as a princess would and not a care in the world is not the life that the Thawmas sisters get to live. They lose their mother, and then tragedy strikes when it seems like a curse starts taking the sisters one after another. Craig does a fabulous job of building a world that engulfs the reader in this salty seaside world where these sisters escape their daily lives searching for something new. Unfortunately, not everything is always better on the other side. And everything is not what it seems.
I found myself falling in love with this family and their struggles. They make you want to root for them, and at times I found myself arguing with the characters. That is how you know you have great storytelling when the reader is so entangled that they are emotionally involved.
House of Salt and Sorrow has all the salt from my tears of sorrow throughout this journey, but it was worth the pain in the end.
