So I don’t really remember the story about the Twelve Dancing Princesses.

It’s kind of hard not to agree, when you have to watch your sisters die around you and have no way to stop it. Because four out of twelve of the Thaumas daughters have died one after the other – almost exactly a year apart it seems – everyone in Salann believes that they are cursed. Her death was a terrible one, and Annaleigh doesn’t think that it was an accident like everyone claims. We begin our story at the funeral for Eulalie. Even before they really got to know one another. She can’t stop thinking about wanting to feel his touch, his kiss. Fisher is her childhood friend and Cassius is the new stranger in town that seems to capture her attention from the moment she sees him. It’s with the death of Eulalie that Annaleigh starts to wonder if they are being hunted.įisher and Cassius are seen as love interests for Annaleigh. Each one having died in some tragic way before the start of the book. These are the ones alive at the start of the novel.Īva, Octavia, Eulalie, and Elizabeth are the sisters we don’t get to meet. The rest of the sisters ( Camille, the triplets – Rosalie, Ligeia, Lenore – and the Graces – Mercy, Honor, Verity) are more supporting cast, but they each have their own personalities and are very important to Annaleigh. She seems to have a smarter head on her shoulders than the rest of her sisters, and also seems to see things that nobody else can. Literally, that’s what she wanted and she didn’t even get that in the beginning. Her dream was to work in Old Maude, the lighthouse on their island and take care of it to make sure the ships and boats travel safely. She has never wanted to inherit her family’s estate or land or anything, and honestly she never thought about it because she was never next in line.

Annaleigh is the second oldest sister (alive) and our MC in this story.

House of salt and sorrows book 2