Gods of Jade and Shadow

Title: Gods of Jade and Shadow
Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Genre: Historical fantasy
Published in: 2019
Age suggestion: Young adult and up
Spice-o-meter: No spice
My rating: 3.5 out of 5

My thoughts:

I'm not going to lie, I picked up this book from my local library because I thought the cover was pretty. The colors made this book jump off the shelf at me. I enjoyed this book. I read it very quickly because it was a fast read. It was told in the third person perspective, and it was strange because it is almost like it read similar to a history book, as if the story was being told like folk lore (which I believe is the point since it is fiction based on actual Mexican folk lore). Since I don't know much about Mexican culture and folk lore, I can't comment on the accuracy of the book to what the Mexican culture says, but I found this book enjoyable. I would have loved to see this told in the first person perspective though; I think it would've been really interesting.

In this novel, a young woman named Casiopea in 1920s Mexico who dreamed of adventure, but was stuck working as a servant in her grandfather's household. In an act of rebellion, she awakens the Mayan god of Death, who had been locked away from his kingdom by his brother. This god, Hun-Kamé, is bound to Casiopea, and she must take him on a journey all across Mexico and into the United States to restore his rightful place as king of the underworld.

This book may be for you if you like:

Historical fantasy fiction
Fiction from other cultures
Mexican folk lore

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