Moody and genre blurring! I don't really have the words to express what I feel about this book. Set in a fictional world where gods are real, as are monsters, and civilization falls and remakes itself again and again, the story is intriguing to say the least. Several lives intertwined, from Arcadia, who has already received one miracle, but is set to receive more, Lilac, grieving and desperate for an end to the land's suffering, Cecil, the alcoholic who may be more than he seems, and Alex, who seemingly figures everything out before everyone else and has the heart to put the world before his own interests. I was at turns saddened, excited, hopeful, and scared with this book. It's definitely a hard one to pin down.