Certain Dark Things: A Novel Audiobook

Quotes

• “Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s gritty novel is steeped in the history of Mexico City and vampire lore and yet manages to deftly re-invent the bloodsucker ... Certain Dark Things packs a wallop.

  — Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts

• “With its vibrant prose and stellar world building, Certain Dark Things is one of the best books I’ve read in years.

  — V.E. Schwab, New York Times bestselling author

• Silvia Moreno-Garcia pulls zero punches, bares all the fangs, and goes for every throat in the room with Certain Dark Things. And then she walks out without looking back.

  — Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Only Good Indians

• Certain Dark Things is a delicious, elegant, gritty vampire noir. Moreno-Garcia has created a world that pulses with life and terror and honesty.

  — Daniel José Older, New York Times bestselling author

• One of my favorite books by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and one of my all-time favorite horror books...Certain Dark Things will make you think about vampires in a whole new way.

  — Charlie Jane Anders, Hugo Award-winning author of The City In the Middle of the Night

• A tense crime plot wrapped in grim, glittering vampire lore and perfectly delivered with Moreno-Garcia’s unflinching prose, Certain Dark Things is a bloody neon dream of a book.

  — Hannah Whitten, author of For the Wolf

• A fresh, stunning interpretation of vampire lore ... Silvia Moreno-Garcia's writing is unforgettable.

  — Christina Henry, author of Alice and The Ghost Tree

• Silvia Moreno-Garcia carves out the heart of Mexico City, and then eats it, in this riveting noir-punk reinvention of vampire lore. Certain Dark Things is exquisitely vicious and brutally beautiful.

  — Ann Aguirre, New York Times bestselling author

• "Certain Dark Things is dark, inimitable, and so very, very cool. Unmissable.

  — Lavie Tidhar, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Osama

• Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s novel lets us fall in love with many perspectives before she breaks our hearts and puts us back together again.

  — Fran Wilde, author of Updraft

• Certain Dark Things is arguably the vampire novel for the 21st century.”

  — New York Journal of Books

• Confirms that Moreno-Garcia is an author to watch.

  — Publisher’s Weekly

• The Mexican setting is a huge part of the allure of this new novel from Moreno-Garcia, as are the fascinating varieties of vampires she sets forth.

  — Library Journal, starred review

• All the characters in this book are as sharply realized as the city in which they live and fight... I love to see compelling new takes on vampires, and Certain Dark Things succeeds beautifully.... Smart, tender and insightful.

  — NPR.org

• With Certain Dark Things, Silvia Moreno-Garcia demonstrates that there is always more to be done with familiar figures such as the vampire, and that in the hands of a talented writer, the creatures can rise to new (un)life.

  — Locus

• Moreno-Garcia’s characters are vivid and compelling, as is her prose. As a novel, it’s fantastic: honest, wrenching, compassionate, and brutal.

  — Tor.com

• One hopes that return visits to this urban fantasy world are in the offing.

  — New York Times

• This is a new favorite.

  — Book Riot

• With dark and delicious elegance, Moreno-Garcia delivers a satisfyingly bloody vampire story with a tantalizing twist.

  — The Globe and Mail