Bicho Raro houses the Soria family who happen to be born saints and are the ones who grant miracles. The story takes place in Colorado 1962 in a desert-like Hispanic town, Bicho Raro (rare bug), where people travel for miracles. While I had a few annoyances, the book still transported me to a new world for a while-I felt as if my culture was being celebrated in a genre that rarely depicts it. There are some powerful moments in the novel, but there are other moments where I was not enthralled by descriptions concerning love. When I finally finished the novel I was, in short, pleased. Stiefvater’s excitement over her book on social media was contagious, so much so that I was disappointed to not have time to read it until now. A Fantasy story featuring Mexican Culture.Īfter reading the Shiver series and The Raven Cycle, I couldn’t wait to read Maggie Stiefvater’s newest release, All the Crooked Saints.
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