Lovely book...a bit long but what a world Wecker has created. I was fascinated by the folklore and the mysticism...and the notion of a woman made of clay...and a man made of fire...brought together by their seeming lack of humanity...and yet at times, they were more so than their human counterparts. Beautifully written, descriptive, evocative...clearly Wecker did a ton of research and she gets high marks for that, too.