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“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
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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A fresh, stunning interpretation of vampire lore ... Silvia Moreno-Garcia's writing is unforgettable.
— Christina Henry, author of Alice and The Ghost Tree
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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
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"Certain Dark Things is dark, inimitable, and so very, very cool. Unmissable.
— Lavie Tidhar, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Osama
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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
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Certain Dark Things is arguably the vampire novel for the 21st century.”
— New York Journal of Books
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Confirms that Moreno-Garcia is an author to watch.
— Publisher’s Weekly
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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
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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
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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
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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
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One hopes that return visits to this urban fantasy world are in the offing.
— New York Times
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This is a new favorite.
— Book Riot
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With dark and delicious elegance, Moreno-Garcia delivers a satisfyingly bloody vampire story with a tantalizing twist.
— The Globe and Mail