I know some people dont like magical realism so this may not be the book for them. But the miracles of Bicho Raro are never quite what you expect. Weird in the sense that it involves magical realism but still manages to keep grounded with the plot and characters. The Sorias have been performing miracles for pilgrims for centuries, and they continue. The book centers on the Soria family living in a ramshackle desert village known as Bicho Raro (or weird animal). And at the heart of this family are three cousins longing to change its future: Beatriz, the girl without feelings, who wants only to be free to examine her thoughts Daniel, the Saint of Bicho Raro, who performs miracles for everyone but himself and Joaquin, who spends his nights running a renegade radio station under the name Diablo Diablo. All the Crooked Saints, by Maggie Stiefvater, is a miraculous narrative set in the dry Colorado desert in 1962. It encompasses the woes of a family of saints, ordinary people who can do extraordinary things, called miracles, for other people but only in accordance with what the souls of the other people really need, and at the cost of their darkness and it being exposed to others.

Here is a thing everyone fears: What it takes to get one.Īny visitor to Bicho Raro, Colorado is likely to find a landscape of dark saints, forbidden love, scientific dreams, miracle-mad owls, estranged affections, one or two orphans, and a sky full of watchful desert stars.Īt the heart of this place you will find the Soria family, who all have the ability to perform unusual miracles. With All the Crooked Saints, she gives us the extraordinary story of an extraordinary family, a masterful tale of love, fear, darkness, and redemption. Here is a thing everyone wants: A miracle. From bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater, a gripping tale of darkness, miracles, and family.

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