![]() no biggie, right? He can just, remove the shard, and then he can go back to Xibalba to dethrone his brother, and then Casiopea can pretend none of this ever happened, right? What’s in the trunk? oh, only the bones and soul of Hun-Kame, Lord of Xibalba, and one of his bone shards gets lodged in Casiopea’s hand. One day, when the family is on an outing, having left Caseopea at home, as a punishment, she takes special notice of an old trunk in her grandfather’s bedroom. this is starting out very fairy tale-ish, yes? She dreams of a way out of this life, but can’t see one. She cooks, cleans, goes to the market, runs errands for her awful cousin (is he that awful? really? actually YES), and takes care of her angry, bitter grandfather. She and her Mom live with their extended family, but Casiopea is treated like a servant. AND THEN.īecause reasons, Casiopea Tun has a bit of Cinderella situation going on. ![]() ![]() and for the first half of the book, that sorta is, what is happening. Yes, I admit, when I first started reading Gods of Jade and Shadow, I was like “this is super cool, 1920s Mexico, we’ve got a fun adventure starting, looks like there could be some cute romance happening here”. What started out as a cute little adventure story, turned into the most wonderful hero(ine)’s journey!! ![]()
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