All The Crooked Saints |
Beatriz Soria is not only fiercely intelligent, she can
also grant miracles. So can her cousins,
cool Joaquin and saintly Daniel. In
fact, all the Sorias have the power to grant miracles. In Bicho Raro, Colorado, miracles are
commonplace.
The Sorias are accustomed to “pilgrims” who come to them
in desperation and they are willing to help.
But there is a catch: no one knows what kind of ill effects a miracle
will produce. Miracles, it seems, are
simply a way to push people into dealing with their own problems, but some never do…
A Soria miracle could make you into a giant, as it did
for Tony, a radio DJ. Or it could make
rain follow you wherever you go, trapping the butterflies that you attract on
your dress, soggy and unable to fly away; this is what happened to Marisita. Or the
miracle could produce a giant snake that entwines you and your twin sister,
leaving you unable to leave her side, as it did with Robbie and Betsy.
The Sorias would like to help when a miracle leaves a
pilgrim in distress, but there are strict rules against this. But when Beatriz, Joaquin and Daniel, set up
a movable radio station in the back of a truck, they may find a miracle of
their own.
Maggie Steifvater’s All the Crooked Saints is strange
and beautiful. Steifvater’s magical
realism makes the high desert of Colorado, and its inhabitants, into a world
unto itself. In Steifvater’s world,
fantasy and reality intertwine to create a bewitching novel.
Highly recommended!
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