With some of the best-and eerie!-imagery I’ve ever read and an ending that left me both hopeful and heartbroken, this is a book I’ll be gushing over for a very long time. Casiopea leaps from the page, her hopes and dreams clashing with the life of servitude her power-hungry relatives have forced her into. This is both a classic fairy tale-the mysterious box, the alluring figure offering the promise of a new beginning-and a fresh, coming-of-age journey that lets Casiopea be at once fierce and frightened, larger-than-life yet human. Soon she finds herself on a death-defying adventure, and experiencing the equally terrifying prospect of first love. The story follows Casiopea Tun, who, in an attempt to escape her grandfather’s home, inadvertently links up with a Mayan god eager to take back his throne. Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of the novels Velvet Was the Night, Mexican Gothic, Gods of Jade and Shadow, and a bunch of other books.She has also edited several anthologies, including the World Fantasy Awardwinning She Walks in Shadows (a.k.a. Add in a stunning cover, hints of a rags-to-riches protagonist, and a journey to the Underworld? I was sold.īut this wondrously written book is so much more than that. I’ve always been a fan of historical fantasy, and there’s little I love more than seeing ancient figures thrown into a more modern world. From the moment I spotted the phrase “the Mayan god of death in the Jazz Age,” I knew I needed to get my hands on Gods of Jade and Shadow.
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