Gods of Jade and Shadow

Gods of Jade and Shadow reminded me very much of American Gods, only with a gentler touch and more romantic overtones.

It's not classified as a YA book but I think that audience would enjoy it. It's about a young woman who has been dealt a bad hand but is suddenly touched by fate. She has to leave the home she knows, explore a new world, learn the rules, make choices and learn consequences, etc.

I knew very little about Mayan mythology so this was a nice little mini-exposure to it. The Mayan Gods provided the supernatural elements and gave the story a fairy-tale-like feel.