Reviews

Dawn of the Jaguar by J.C. Cervantes

bevanst28's review against another edition

I haven’t read the first book and didn’t realize this is the second one so I’m coming back to it when I’m done reading the first book

evamadera1's review against another edition

4.0

I should have refreshed my memory on the first book because it took longer than I expected to get back into the plot. That aside, I really appreciated how Cervantes explored how the two sides of Ren's heritage, Mayan and Aztec. This shows how Mesoamerica had a long and varied history long before Europeans came and mucked everything up. The plot felt a bit formulaic but that's pretty much par for the course with these books, especially when one has read so many of them.

breezyjean's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

knitnread's review

funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

alexa_mariee's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

andrealage's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

jasonlaw77's review

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

vernip's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Renata Santiago has always been a favorite of mine in this universe.
She is optimistic, she is upbeat despite her physical problems, and even when faced with the fantasy worlds & peoples of myth, she still wants to believe in aliens.
So to see her go through SO DAMN MUCH in this book alone was a bit heartbreaking, but in the end, I'm glad those things happened to her cuz now she's probably even a bigger hero in my headcanon than Zane Obispo. He might have stopped a godly civil war, gone through hells, and helped start their own universe's version of Hogwarts/Camp Half-blood, but Ren is now charged with keeping secrets bigger than even the gods.
Plus, her ACTUAL superpowers beyond the implanted shadow powers just appeal to me; less superpowered dark side, more awesome natural abilities.

As usual, the story takes our protagonist through so many places, meet so many people, and unsurprisingly, make deals with a good chunk of them (good & bad deals that make you wonder how she'll get out of em unscathed), save a bunch of her fellow godborns, and stop the upstart Aztec gods by making them turn on each other. And in a refreshing twist, story gives ship teases but doesn't explicitly say relationship happens so kudos to that! 

station12reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

ahoward1512's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75