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Myth & Legend FictionFae & Fairy Fiction

Gods of Jade and Shadow

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  • 2019 first published
  • 352 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (3 ratings)
  • 8 editions
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Published in 2019, Gods of Jade and Shadow is a mythic fiction and fae fiction novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. The story is set in México and Yucatán Peninsula, in the 1920s. Key subjects include young women, maya gods, maya mythology and mexican Fables.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 33 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 8 editions.

It runs to roughly 352 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Gods of Jade and Shadow

**The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore.** 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.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • México
  • Yucatán Peninsula
  • Mexico City, Mexico

Era

Subjects

  • Young women
  • Maya gods
  • Maya mythology
  • Quests, Expeditions
  • Mexican Fables
  • Nineteen twenties
  • Death, Personification
  • FICTION / Fantasy / Historical
  • FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

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Quick answers

Who wrote Gods of Jade and Shadow?

Gods of Jade and Shadow was written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and first published in 2019.

What genre is Gods of Jade and Shadow?

It is usually shelved as Myth & Legend Fiction and Fae & Fairy Fiction.

How long is Gods of Jade and Shadow?

The median edition has 352 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Gods of Jade and Shadow?

Readers who like it often enjoy Norse Mythology, Percy Jackson's Greek Gods and Circe.

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