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Today, I‘m sharing a book I ordered online from Books A Million on December 27, 2022. I‘ve never shopped with BAM before. I received this book in the mail yesterday. It has a beautiful front and back cover and beautiful artwork inside. I‘ve never read this book so I don‘t know if it has mermaids in it or not but the book cover is making me think that. I like mermaids.

This one was a soft pick for me. It started strong. Love the concept and characters, especially the narrator. However, the ending felt a little scrambled to me, and for a little more gruesome than I anticipated. Still, it was a solid read and I will definitely pick up the sequel due to be published this summer!! Great #LMPBC pick, and one that has been on my TBR for years!!
@mrsmarch @ozma.of.oz @persephone1408

Hey @persephone1408 I received this one in the mail yesterday at the same time that I was sending Raising the Horseman to @ozma.of.oz - it should be there on a few days!! #LMPBC
@mrsmarch

@Endowarrior21 @TheAromaofBooks your books are on the way. 🎄🎅 merry Christmas. I absolutely loved the tagged book. Great pick @mrsmarch

I have to write my little closing notes but then this is ready to mail to @persephone1408 ! It was a good retelling, Gothic, mysterious, and exciting! #lmpbc

Bookspin and double spin done, time for #LMPBC!

Was this book written by Steven King‘s next door neighbor‘s 15 year old daughter? Haha. They had me in the beginning though. Not my favorite book this year.

I liked this even more than Erin Craig's other book, Small Favors. A spooky, gothic, fantastically creepy fairytale retelling. Erin Craig is masterful at writing subtle, small details that are just so creepy and cause the hairs on the back of your neck to stand up. Perfect read for this time of year.

Started this book last night. I'm enjoying it so far. I read Small Favors earlier in the year and enjoyed it, so I thought I'd read the author's other book. A creepy retelling of the twelve dancing princesses sounds perfect for this time of year.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3.5/5)

“House of Salt and Sorrows” is a creepy and dark retelling of the “12 Dancing Princesses” set in a world that I found intriguing. There was a lot of death in this book, and the mystery within it was fast-paced. The romance was cute, but it was very insta-love for my taste. I wish the epilogue had more to it as there were questions left unanswered and this story definitely would have benefited with a book map.

A darker, more sinister, retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princess. All set by the sea 🌊 #fantasy #retellings #YA #youngadult #horror #mystery #romance #fiction #YAfantasy #fairytales #audiobook

Well that was mildly traumatizing. I like how I totally knew who the antagonist was by like chapter 2 but was actually coerced into believing I was wrong until the very end. What the actual hell.

I thought this was an excellent reimagining of The Twelve Dancing Princesses. It was atmospheric and has a gothic, watery setting, which I love.

#AlphabetGame #LetterH
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

A book you‘d recommend whose title starts with the featured letter.

“Nights like this were meant to be shared, remembered, and talked about for years. Skies like this were meant to be kissed under.”
#July2022

Apparently, this is a retelling of a fairy tale called “The Twelve Dancing Princesses” which I have never read, so I can‘t comment on how the story compares to the source material. This is a pretty entertaining mix of suspense, romance, with a dash of creepiness thrown in.

Hard to put down! Full of mystery and magic and downright creepy sometimes, this is a satisfying read. Annaleigh is trying to figure out why there are so many deaths in her family and is convinced at least one is a murder.

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs
Thanks for the tag @TheNeverendingTBR 🤟🏻😉

1. Here we are! It's little and it has no place for all of my books, but I like it 😂
2. Mmh... A little life by Hanya Yanagihara
3. It's from 2021 that I'm trying to read the tagged one, but I'm struggling a lot 😅😅

I tag @The_Penniless_Author @peanutnine @Mavey @damselsgotballs

https://travelswithboooks.wordpress.com/2022/03/18/house-of-salt-and-sorrows-by-...

From a Rio room in Las Vegas! Will be posting a personal blog later tonight or tomorrow about the end of the winter season and my trip to Phoenix.

This book was a wild time, and not in a good way. An author has to know when there are too many plot points in a book and I‘m sorry, but a Twelve Dancing Princesses murder mystery retelling set in a newly created fictional world with many murders and ghosts as well as new gods and a (maybe) love triangle with a Monday‘s Not Coming styled semi-twist at the end is too much. Way too much. 2.75⭐️

It took me a couple chapters to get into, but after that I was hooked and finished the book pretty quickly. Author does an awesome job depicting scenery and it felt like I was watching it as a movie in my head. I would recommend this read to anyone who loves dark fairy tales, mythology, and storyline with a slow burn romance laced throughout. 4.5/5 Stars. I loved it!

Just starting House of Salt and Sorrows. I picked it up because of the cover art and, after peeping reviews, have found out it's supposed to be a retell to Grimm's fairy tale of The Twelve Dancing Princesses.

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@Eggs
#Beginswith Salt

Day 19

Every Sunday, we share our book hunting expeditions at GatheringBooks. Fats shared her book haul that includes a book that #BeginsWith #Salt Day 19. Here is her full post: https://wp.me/pDlzr-kSM

Thanks @BookwormAHN for my #JolabokaflodSwap package! I'm definitely enjoying the chocolate already haha
Thanks for hosting @MaleficentBookDragon

Loved the atmosphere and the almost gothic quality to the book. The sisters‘ relationship was sweet. The romance was lackluster and the mystery, not very mysterious.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

Tagged by @The_Penniless_Author 😊🧡

1. Not yet, but I'm pretty close
2. All the books that I'm currently reading

Morning reading with Dobby 📚❤

My reading companions for this book. It is a good, spooky read. It has not gone as I expected but still good. Happy Fall Y‘all! 🎃

If you love fairy tales with a dark twist then this book is for you. It was absolutely eerie and outstandingly written. I could not put it down!

The twelve dancing princesses with meets murder mystery. I loved this book so much. It is a new favorite, I could not put it down.

For my full thoughts see: https://heartandsoulbooks.blogspot.com/2021/09/twelve-dancing-princesses-retold....

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1. Twelve Dancing Princesses (which is why I really need to pick up the tagged book soon).

2. Once upon a time I was a little girl who lived in the library of my favorite books and was just curious about the fact that she died when she was just about to start to spiral into the world.

🤔😳😬

Loved the sisterly relationships and the atmosphere, didn't enjoy the instalove between Annaleigh and Cassius or the occasional purple prose. #yafantasy

Holy moly! I absolutely loved this book. It was full of twists and turns, romance, mystery, and thrills. I loved the slight fantasy element, it had me wondering what was real and imagined. The author did an amazing job keeping my attention the whole time. The ending had me holding my breath. A great read to end July with. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Between a pick and so so. It was really compelling and I couldn‘t stop but also I had my mouth hanging open at parts. Felt really immersive this dark damp feeling the entire time I read. I didn‘t love it but I also couldn‘t stop thinking about it, so I don‘t know ha! 🤔😂
#bookspinbingo

I was tempted by the premise of this book being a retelling of the The Twelve Dancing Princesses, one of my favorite fairy tales. That part was done well, and I appreciated how it fit into the story. I did not, however, care for the main character nor the antagonist/s. Some of them felt like they were pulled out of thin air just to keep the story going, but had no real meaning in the bigger scheme of things. Worldbuilding > characters here.

⭐: 3

YouTube providing added ambience as I read.

#fairytalereadingchallenge
I keep having issues getting the books off wait-list during the correct months. I'm going to continue reading them as they come.

3 More Alice books : Allison in Underland series
12 Dancing Princesses : House of Salt & Sorrow

Not a great weekend for reading. I only managed to get four hours of reading done. Finished almost the first half of House of Salt and Sorrows.

#20in4 #Readathon #FairytaleReadingChallenge

A brilliant book! Read for the May #Buzzwordathon - House/Home 4.5/5

80 of 2021. A good retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses. I really enjoyed it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#fairytalereadingchallenge

I'm not terribly familiar with the tale of the The Twelve Dancing Princesses, so I wasn't too sure what to expect. But it was not a YA/horror/fantasy story. I was into it though. #FairytaleReadingChallenge @Charityann

Starting next.
My May pick for the #FairytaleReadingChallenge.

#NutsInMay #Readathon #TheTwelveDancingPrincesses

Literally slow clap 👏 leading into an absolute crescendo of noise. I loved every second of this book and the twisty wavy roads it took me both emotionally and imaginary. That‘s it that‘s all you need to go read this book today

This book took so many twists and turns and I loved it!!

I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it. Some will be old, some will be new - don't judge me, I have a lot of books.

Day 23th

Join the fun if you want!

#tbrpile

The cover of this got me right away! I saw it posted a few times and knew I had to get it!
I‘m trying to reacquaint myself with my TBR while on a book buying ban for the month!
#marchinthetitle21 #houseinthetitle

This book was ambitious. I loved the eerie tone that is used throughout the novel and the sisterly bonds we see with the character's interactions. I do admit that I would have loved a map of the chosen setting since it was composed of many islands and information sheets about all the religions and gods used in the story. I still believe that if you share a soft spot for the tale of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, you should give this a shot.