Gods of Jade and Shadow - ComeLibros Club

Paperback, 384 pages

Published Feb. 18, 2020 by Del Rey, Del Rey Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-525-62077-8

(2 reviews)

The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather’s house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own.

Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather’s room. She opens it—and accidentally frees the spirit of the Mayan god of death, who requests her help in recovering his throne from his treacherous brother. Failure will mean Casiopea’s demise, but success could make her dreams come true.

In the company of the strangely alluring god and armed with her wits, Casiopea begins an adventure that will take her on a cross-country odyssey from the jungles of Yucatán to the bright lights of Mexico City—and deep into the …

The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather’s house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own.

Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather’s room. She opens it—and accidentally frees the spirit of the Mayan god of death, who requests her help in recovering his throne from his treacherous brother. Failure will mean Casiopea’s demise, but success could make her dreams come true.

In the company of the strangely alluring god and armed with her wits, Casiopea begins an adventure that will take her on a cross-country odyssey from the jungles of Yucatán to the bright lights of Mexico City—and deep into the darkness of the Mayan underworld.

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ShiraDestAntonia reviewed Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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4 stars

I found this a fascinating look at the Mayan underworld, which felt sort of like the idea of Aztec underworld is to Mayan Underworld as Greek mythology is to Roman mythology, in the way that they are similar but different. The story is very good, also, as it kept my interest the entire time, and I love how the protagonist is very heroic despite believing herself not to be a hero: she simply cannot disobey her conscience, and she has the courage of her convictions, to the bitter end. But then we get a really cool sort of Happily Every After, so this was a very well thought out and written story. With some biting social critiques, to boot.
Outstanding.

Atalante

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June 29, 2024

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