Spellbook Saturday: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

It’s pretty much guaranteed now that I’ll enjoy anything from the author of this week’s #spellbooksaturday…

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
[Content warnings: violence, ritual sacrifice, animal death, etc.]

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.
[source: bookshop.org]

So far I have really enjoyed everything I’ve read by Moreno-Garcia, and while this doesn’t reach the heights of Silver Nitrate or The Bewitching, it’s a deeply enjoyable modern fairy tale, and I would love to see this adapted into a limited series.

Have you read Gods of Jade and Shadow? What were your thoughts? Share in the comments!

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