The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

I wanted to like this book a lot, but something about it just didn't connect with me. I think it had magic realism ambitions in a commercial fantasy, and I wish it would have taken more risks and done less explaining. I enjoyed the actual story a lot (though the final villain reveal didn't necessarily feel earned to me), but I had trouble feeling very deeply for anyone except perhaps young Orchidea. It's not a bad book by any means, but I think the prose fell just shy of being a really great book.