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Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

21 reviews

beccaand's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Violence, War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Classism, Abandonment, Animal death, Colonisation, and Sexism

Minor: Sexual content

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This was more a historical romance than a horror novel. The descriptions of the vampires was really creepy though, so I wish there was a lot more horror! Nena and Nestor have an interesting relationship, though it takes an exceedingly long time for the tension to ease after their falling out. It was also frustrating to see Nena try to hard to be obstinate about both her feelings and her understanding of Nestor’s experience. And she spent way too much time stringing him along while planning on returning to her duties back home, only to have it blow up in her face on both fronts. These characters felt more immature than their age as far as their relationship went, like they regressed once they saw each other again. I really liked the historical aspect of this book and the horror elements, but the romance was such a large part of the plot and yet not my favorite because it was so dramatic. I could get behind the relationship though, I could definitely see the chemistry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, Racism, War, Abandonment, Cursing, Alcohol, Animal death, Classism, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Infidelity, and Medical content

Moderate: Slavery and Sexual content

abby_can_read's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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This was amazing. I loved it. I totally get why this book is popular. I think Canada is an incredibly talented writer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Classism, and Colonisation

Minor: Sexual content

inky_blooms's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Colonisation, Blood, Violence, and War

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Sexual content

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Colonisation, Classism, and War

Moderate: Grief and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death and Sexual content

carbs666's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Ok before I get into I will say that I did genuinely enjoy this book! The way the vampires are positioned as tools of white colonizers is very effective, beasts of the land who have been enslaved for nefarious purposes. Loved that, along with Nena's character development throughout the book. The way she comes to understand that, despite her best efforts and intentions, she is still, to a great degree, spoiled and naive, and has to do a lot of work to understand why that is and how to change is excellent. The prose is also gorgeous, clearly written by someone in love with the land.

My chief complaint with this book was the love story (a shocker from me). There was SO much "will they or won't they" energy going on here it got a bit tired after a while. Additionally, the way that so much of the internal relied on these two just flatly refusing to talk and listen to each other became annoying. (Not to mention how hard it sometimes feels to root for Nena when she's, like, firmly in her 20s and still afraid to upset her parents - I know we've all felt that way but as a reader who wants to see the HEA happen it gets frustrating.) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

caseythereader's review

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Violence, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content

emily_journals's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Full disclosure on this book, the horror elements are not the main aspect of this story. Although this book is categorized as a horror novel, I would categorize it more as a historical romance with horror elements woven in.

That being said, I really loved this book. I got recommended this book, so I already knew that this was more of a romance than a horror and was fully prepared for that, which I think is what most people didn't love about it. This romance is so good. The yearning and the pining is done so perfectly and the introduction really builds a good foundation for this friendship to become more. I also think the horror elements were woven in really well. The horror elements in this book are really used to mirror the colonialism of Mexico and I thought the way the horror was used to amplify and mirror those themes was really expertly done. 

I don't think this book will be perfect for everyone, but it was perfect for me and hit the perfect level of every element to make me eat it up. I'm immediately going to go read this author's other works. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Sexism, War, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, Abandonment, and Animal death

Minor: Sexual content

bg_oseman_fan's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

The premise of this book really hooked me, and the setting was really engaging. however the romance angle and horror angle felt like reading two separate books rather than one whole book. it felt like one had nothing to do with the other. i also found myself distracted at time by the author rehashing the same scenes fro different pov without reply adding anything. the power of this story was diluted by extraneous elements and lack of cohesiveness.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, War, Gore, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content

openbookheartmind's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and War