Casiopea’s overbearing life of the quotidian is no more, and the journey beautifully inserts gods, magicians, and monsters with varying degrees of enchantment, fearsomeness, and creative construction that you almost can’t believe were conjured by human brains. As Casiopea and Hun-Kamè go out and explore, the possibilities of the story expand. Just as Hun-Kamè gets a human to help him, so does Vucub-Kamè: that awful cousin Martín. Casiopea and Hun-Kamè join forces to depose the other Death God, the traitorous, odious Vucub-Kamè, from his throne in the Underworld. It becomes an epic quest–one with piquant flavoring. Like Cinderella, she is unshackled by magical forces, but instead of a perky fairy godmother coming to her aid, she frees and goes on a twisty, perilous quest with a vengeful Mayan Death God, Hun-Kamè (not a fairy, and more attractively low-key than perky).Īt that point, the similarities to Cinderella end. If you’re reminded of shades of Cinderella, you’re not wrong. She’s relegated to performing menial chores, hoping for something more, like a fairy tale protagonist waiting to bloom. The story starts out in 1920s Mexico, with our protagonist, Casiopea Tun, living with her domineering grandfather and belligerent cousin, Martín. 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.
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