hardcover, 272 pages
Published June 1, 2021 by Tordotcom.
Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society—she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She’s also queer, Asian, adopted, and treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her.
But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how.
It's an interesting rendition of Gatsby.
The "mystical" elements make it "fresh" and the story moves at an ok pace.
But overall the storytelling feels disconnected, I felt like I was being tumble from place to place and time to time without a purpose.
It wasn't a dreadful read. But I wouldn't go over it again.
Vo does an incredible job of complementing the feeling and tone of Great Gatsby while adding magical flourishes and giving Jordan a unique backstory and voice of her own.
