All The Crooked Saints has Stiefvater's unique blend of magic, mystery, and family - or as Stiefvater likes to call it, "the intersection of spirituality and science" - that made The Raven Cycle series and her other books so popular.Īnd while Crooked Saints has a fantastical premise, the inspiration for the novel actually came from a real life journey Stiefvater experienced:Ī few years ago, while I was on tour for the Raven Cycle, I was driving between events late at night. Everyone in the Soria family has been warned that if a Soria helps a pilgrim beyond performing the miracle, their own darkness will suddenly manifest - and a Saint’s darkness is a terrible thing indeed." It’s often difficult for pilgrims to tackle their own darkness even once they know what it is, but they have to do it alone.
As Stiefvater explains, the Soria family can " pilgrims’ inner darkness visible so that they can find the means to vanquish it. "I wanted to explore the thoughts I’d had over the years about the dubious wisdom of asking obviously flawed people like myself for dubious life advice, and how giving advice changes the advice giver, and how changing yourself for the better sometimes can be done alone and sometimes requires other people."Īll The Crooked Saints follows the Soria family, who can perform strange miracles. "I tagged these posts #dubiouslifeadvice and after a while, readers started asking me for it by that name."Īnd it's that very concept - dubious advice - that helped shape Stiefvater's upcoming novel All The Crooked Saints, her first follow-up to her beloved Raven Cycle series. "For several years, readers sent me messages asking for life advice, and every so often I’d pick a question that felt universal and answer it," Stiefvater told Mashable. MashReads Podcast: Take a deep dive into YA with 'The Raven Boys'
0 kommentar(er)
