Gods of Jade and Shadow

I was really into the concept of this book. Mayan-inspired mythology set in jazz age Mexico? Sign me up! Reading it though, the execution just didn't grip me. I couldn't really get invested in the characters and the writing was a little too YA for me to really get into it. Look, I don't hate all YA, but many books intended for that audience are just... really intended for that audience and not for me. It reminded me a lot of Katherine Arden's “The Bear and the Nightingale,” another book using underutilized mythology in a cool way, but just not in a style I found engaging.