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I have managed to read another book! Gods of Jade and Shadow, Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Dark-fairytale mythic fantasy set in Jazz Age Mexico. I liked this a lot - I loved the setting, we get to visit several places and they were well-described and honestly despite studying Mexican history in Spanish and History of the Americas I'd never really thought about what the 20s were like culturally, and Moreno-Garcia really brought it to life. (I want more books set in specific not-pre-industrial times in other countries like this!) The characters have some great moments - the plot isn't hugely surprising, it's a fairy tale/quest plot on sometimes literal rails (fantasy with trains! more of that too please!), but it really worked. I don't think this is going to beat Memory Called Empire for the Nebula but I like it being on the ballot.