And the diversity of the vampires allows for the motifs conveyed to be more issue based, as most of Moreno-Garcia’s stories end up having some elements of racism and colonialism, and other social issues embedded in them. I knew a bit about vampire mythos on which Moreno-Garcia builds her narrative, but I love the incorporation of the various different species of vampires, with their different origins and characteristics. One of the things I adored was the way it adds new facets to vampire lore. And now, with the trend for vampires and horror coming back around, it’s only appropriate that this hidden gem gets to come back from the dead, now that Moreno-Garcia is a more established author. All opinions are my own.Ĭertain Dark Things is a revamped (haha!) novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, published back in 2016, but suffered from setbacks in the market back then, leading it to go out of print. I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley and am voluntarily posting a review. Do Atl and Domingo even stand a chance of making it out alive? Or will the city devour them all? Vampires, humans, cops, and criminals collide in the dark streets of Mexico City. As the trail of corpses stretches behind her, local cops and crime bosses both start closing in. Her plan doesn’t include Domingo, but little by little, Atl finds herself warming up to the scrappy young man and his undeniable charm.

Domingo is mesmerized.Ītl needs to quickly escape the city, far from the rival narco-vampire clan relentlessly pursuing her. Atl, the descendant of Aztec blood drinkers, is smart, beautiful, and dangerous. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive its heavily policed streets when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life. Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. ISBN-13: 978-1250785589 | $17.99 USD | 272 pages | Fantasy/Horrorįrom Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic, comes Certain Dark Things, a pulse-pounding neo-noir that reimagines vampire lore.

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