I'm completely enamored of fairy tale retellings, especially when they are done with a sinister twist. After all, original fairy tales tend to be darker and deeper than the Disney-fied versions that they have become. If you don't know the story of The Twelve Dancing Princesses, essentially a King had 12 daughters. Each night, they were locked into their bedroom. Yet, in the morning, their shoes were completely worn out. The King promised the choice of his daughter's hand in marriage to the man who could figure out the mystery. The House of Salt and Sorrows takes this and gives it a wonderfully creepy gothic flourish.

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