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    Certain Dark Things: A Novel
    Certain Dark Things: A Novel
    Certain Dark Things: A Novel
    Audiobook8 hours

    Certain Dark Things: A Novel

    Written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Narrated by Aida Reluzco

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    About this audiobook

    From 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.

    Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. 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. Atl, the descendant of Aztec blood drinkers, is smart, beautiful, and dangerous. Domingo is mesmerized.

    Atl needs to quickly escape the city, far from the rival narco-vampire clan relentlessly pursuing her. Her plan doesn’t include Domingo, but little by little, Atl finds herself warming up to the scrappy young man and his undeniable charm. As the trail of corpses stretches behind her, local cops and crime bosses both start closing in.

    Vampires, humans, cops, and criminals collide in the dark streets of Mexico City. Do Atl and Domingo even stand a chance of making it out alive? Or will the city devour them all?

    A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateSep 7, 2021
    ISBN9781250808271
    Author

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia was born and raised in Mexico. She moved to Canada several years ago and now lives in beautiful British Columbia with her family and two cats. She writes speculative fiction (from magic realism to horror). Her short stories have appeared in professional publications such as Fantasy Magazine and Shine: An Anthology of Optimistic Science Fiction. She is a member of SF Canada, SFWA and HWA. Silvia is the publisher of Innsmouth Free Press, a Canadian micro-publishing venture specializing in horror and dark speculative fiction. The Innsmouth Free Press website features daily non-fiction and tri-annual fiction issues. Innsmouth Free Press publishes several high-quality anthologies and novels during the year.

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    What our readers think

    Readers find this title to be a highly entertaining and original vampire novel set in a gritty, slightly futuristic Mexico City. The author creates a fascinating and compelling reality with multiple species of vampires, competing drug cartels, and sympathetic street kids. The setting and authentic voice add to the refreshing nature of the story. While some reviewers felt that the characters were contrived and not well developed, overall, readers enjoyed the book and found it to be a nice and enjoyable read.

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    • 4/5
      This is a great little vampire novel. I think my only gripe is that there are a lot of different points of video, and while I really liked the narrator, it was sometimes hard to tell which pov I was getting at the moment.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      It was really original, also nice to read about Latin American vampires, I enjoyed it very much.

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    • 5/5
      I love vampire books. This definitely didn’t disappoint! It also set the bar high for other vampire stories. I really hope they make this into a movie someday!!
    • 4/5
      Highly entertaining and I hope this will someday get a worthy show adaptation.
    • 5/5
      Excellent neon noir vampire novel! I loved the characters, the world building and the gritty, slightly futuristic Mexico City where most of the story takes place. It was very cool that the author portrayed multiple species of vampire, which only makes sense given how many kinds of vampires there are in world folklore. She created a fascinating, compelling and disturbing reality with competing vampiric drug cartels, sympathetic street kids, dirty cops, a worn out detective and a lot of action. There is a fair amount of blood and gore but it’s just right for the story.

      I thought the narrator did a great job.
    • 4/5
      I wasn't sure if I was going to like this book. I'm really over pseudo-scientific explanations for vampires, but this turned out to be quite a surprise. The vampires were interesting, as was this near future of an alternate history, and the setting refreshing. I also like the authentic voice about a story set in Mexico, or even dealing with subject matter such as poverty, crime, and government corruption, whether it's set in Del Jefe or not.
    • 3/5
      The story was contrived characters were not well developed I think I’m a little disappointed by this book. Felt like it was a Y a novel that was made to look more adults