Gods of Jade and September

Hello again! We are ON TOP OF THINGS now that we are students again!

Actually, Chrissy’s classes got pushed back because of Hurricane Dorian, so she’s really bored this week. She’s already planned out our social media content for the next month. Yikes.

NOW FOR THE CONTENT YOU CAME FOR: Our September Book is Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia! We’re excited to have a fantasy book on our roster at last (well, really, Jacquie is excited) and we can’t wait to dive in! We’ll both be starting this week while our classes are suspended due to Hurricane Dorian. Here’s your regular little snippet!

Description: The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark, 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.

– Description Courtesy of Goodreads