House of Salt and Sorrows
core novel 2019 Sisters of the Salt
Record
| First published | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.89 (116,219 ratings, collected 2026-08-24) |
| Page count | 403 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781984831934 |
Synopsis
Annaleigh and her surviving sisters live in Highmoor, an isolated seaside manor, where four of the twelve Thaumas daughters have already died under tragic and increasingly strange circumstances, feeding whispers among the household staff and townsfolk of a curse on the family. Grieving and restless under their father's strict mourning rules, the sisters begin secretly slipping away at night to attend a mysterious series of enchanted midnight balls held by a stranger who seems to know exactly what each of them wants. As the deaths continue and the balls grow more entrancing, Annaleigh starts to suspect that her sisters' fates were no accident, and sets out to learn what, or who, is truly responsible before the family loses anyone else.
Where it sits
- Universe: Sisters of the Salt
- Series: Sisters of the Salt core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Erin A. Craig
Notes
- From the series record (Sisters of the Salt): A gothic-horror-tinged fantasy series loosely inspired by 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses', following the twelve Thaumas sisters.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Sisters of the Salt: position 1 of 2: next House of Roots and Ruin (2025)
Sources
- Penguin Random House product page: House of Salt and Sorrows
- Series bibliography listing: Sisters of the Salt
- https://www.erinacraig.com/house-of-salt-and-sorrows
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