Her investigation leads her to a mysterious man named Cassius who is determined to help her find the truth. And so she begins her own investigation, questioning the men at the docks who may have seen what really happened when Eulalie “fell” to her death from the cliffs. She’s convinced that someone is killing off her sisters, even though the deaths all appear to be accidental. The family has been in a constant state of mourning due to all the recent deaths, but the Thaumas triplets-Rosalie, Ligeoa and Lenore-are about to turn sixteen, and so they convince their father to let the sisters come out of mourning in order to celebrate their birthdays with an extravagant ball.īut Annaleigh is not in the mood to celebrate. Her sister Camille is the eldest, and because of that she is first in line to inherit the family estate of Highmoor. The story is told from the perspective of Annaleigh.

There used to be twelve daughters, but a string of bad luck has befallen the family and now there are only eight left. The Thaumas family is mourning the death of Eulalie, the fourth daughter to die in a matter of months. I knew that four of the twelve daughters are already dead when the story starts, but it gets worse (sorry, minor spoiler).

I was expecting more of a fantasy, fairy tale vibe, but folks, this book falls more in the “horror” genre than fantasy. Unfortunately, even though there is a lot to love about this book, as a whole there was something missing for me. I had read some glowing reviews of The House of Salt and Sorrow, so I jumped into this with rather high expectations. The nitty-gritty: Evocative world-building combined with an overstuffed plot left me with mixed feelings about this YA fantasy debut. Published by Delacorte Press on August 6 2019

This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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