*sigh* 

It started out so well and then completely lost me about halfway through. The final third was just painful. It's interesting how bland and boring this book was while simultaniously being about Mayan culture. 

Let's address the elephant in the room. HOW IS THIS NOT YA? I only found out because I read a review of another person saying it felt like YA even though it was an adult novel. I would never have guessed that. It felt like a typical YA story through and through. Sometimes I even thought to myself that it would have made a better book if she wrote it as middle grade. 

The characters were one-dimensional stereoytpes. Casopeia was like every YA girl ever. Humble, kind and plain. Even though she gets mistreated she never wishes bad things on other people. Please, give me a break. Hun-Kame had the personality of a wetwipe and his "romance" with Casopeia was laughable. Instead of authors always forcing a bad written love story down our throats they should either start writing believable ones or just not include romantic love. Do authors know that this is possible? All throughout the book I didn't feel an ounce of romance. Surprisingly Martín was the most interesting character even though he started out as a cartoonish villain. 

I don't even know what to say about the plot, because it just wasn't interesting to me. It moved at the same pace throughout the novel and I never felt any highs or lows. Casopeia was never in any real danger either.