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So far this seems like more of a children's book than I expected. That's on me, I think I mixed the author / series up with someone / something else.

This book weaves together a coming of age novel, a heroic myth, and Mayan and modern (in the flappers era sense of modern) Mexican cultural tidbits.

Train travel for the win.

So far so good. The Mayan gods walk in modern (post revolution) Mexico. The first couple of chapters remind me of many gothic novel setups (poor relation, cruel family), but with a bit more nuance.

For the first half of the book I was a bit confused, perhaps because it is really a sequel/continuation of Network Effect (and it's been a while since I read that). In the end I did enjoy it, particularly the middle part, where Murderbot does something completely unmurdery to save the day.

@sohkamyung@bookwyrm.social I only saw that they were both in the "Secret projects" series, so I guess at this point I know less than you do. At least from the description there is not an obvious connection between them.

1 in the series where "Frugal Wizard's guide..." is #2

This seems to divide reviewers, but it was on sale, so...