House of Salt and Sorrows

Overall Rating:

Would I Recommend it?
No.

Thoughts?
I’m extremely puzzled by people who think this was scary. I’m only going to compare Erin to Erin and her book, Small Favors, had me scared, but this one? Just, no. Very boring on the scariness. Some gruesome birthing scenes which wonderfully further solidified my decision on never wanting to be pregnant and my imaginings didn’t even need to be this gruesome.

Some parts made me question this qualifying as a YA. Such as there is an incredibly casual, but rather R rated visual, of a mention of a threesome.

I don’t know the 12 princesses story, but I see many are outraged that this is a boring adaptation of it.

Author, Stephanie Garber, is quoted on the front of the book, “Step inside a fairy tale.” Hmmmm… a rather unimaginative praise and a faulty one as it didn’t feel much like one. 

It just fell flat for me. My hopes for it to be good were much higher as I liked Small Favors, a lot. And so many thought this one was better. I don’t see it. At all. Perhaps a spell has overcome me…

The descriptions in this book also had me bored to tears and my eyes would glaze over and I would keep reading the words until a scene would shake me back to life. Then I’d have to flip the page back and read it again realizing that apparently I missed a majorly (somewhat) important scene. 

It gets a 3 cause despite my lackluster review I still didn’t hate it. It doesn’t classify as a complete waste of my life. It just stirred zero emotions in me. Not scary nor romantic nor horrific. I would venture to read another book by Erin just wouldn’t put a future book of hers at the top of my TBR list.

Also, yet another author who wrote a book just as she had a baby. Is there like a blog somewhere where I could research authors whether they were pregnant or not while writing a book? Cause it really seems to affect their writing in a negative way. 

Quotable Quotes:
“Sheets stuck to my legs, twisting and pulling. I tried to flatten them with my foot, but it only tangled them more.”

“I woke up screaming and fighting to free myself from tangled sheets.”

I just loved these scenes. Had me laughing so much. I HATE sheets. Enjoyed sharing them with my husband that, “Seeeee! Other people hate sheets as much as I do.”