So this is a magical realism novel that takes place in the 1960s following a Latin American family of Saints as they perform miracles and the teen cousins running an illegal radio station. The people who come to the family to have a miracle performed on them are called pilgrims, and they rarely leave. Why? Because the miracle makes physical the emotional darkness inside of them and turns them into something you'd see on doctor who. One pilgrim can only say sentences that have been said to her, another has a coyote head, you get the gist. So that's the weird part. At first I didn't even realize that Stiefvater actually meant a coyote head, or constant rain overtop of someone, so it was a little confusing. But then I realized that she meant someone literally had a coyote head and it took me a second to piece it all together again.
It mainly follows Beatriz, Daniel, and Joaquin but it also follows the pilgrims who've had miracles performed on them and now live in their darknesses, it follows Beatriz's parents, and it follows Pete and Tony - Pete, who's come to the family for a truck, and Tony who's come to them for a miracle. So really it's all these characters and how their lives intertwine.
Beatriz, Daniel, and Joaquin have started an illegal radio show and I was really hoping the novel would concentrate on that because I'm really interested in the 60s and it's music. But it more focused on the characters. Not in a way you'd think though, because this novel is mostly narration and storytelling, and not a whole lot of character interaction.
This is definitely not one of my favourite novels. And I can't even really say that you'll like this if you liked Stiefvater's other novels because it's just weird and different. You don't even really have a chance to get to know and like the characters. And their development felt really sudden, too - not progressive.
I'll say you'll like this if you like different and unique novels.
2.5/5 stars.

edit Oct 10th, 2017 - the more I think about this book, the more I don't like it. So I've changed the physical stars from 3 to 2 and my "official" rating to 2/5