![]() ![]() ![]() Is there any chance for love – or survival? Moreno-Garcia’s critical perspective on romance narratives and her love of noir keep the story balanced on a knife edge between hope and horror. ![]() But Atl is no innocent victim and, even if she starts to care about her new friend, vampires are predators and humans are their prey. A fan of vampire comics and films, Domingo is thrilled. She is Atl, one of the few remaining Tlāhuihpochtin, the only vampire species native to Mexico, and she’s on the run from some Necros (another species, originally from Europe) who want to kill her. Domingo is a street kid attracted by the beautiful young woman he sees on the subway. She has created her own taxonomy of vampires (there are at least 10 subspecies) and then grounded them in the world of violent criminal gangs and the hard, grubby realities of urban life. In Certain Dark Things(Jo Fletcher, £16.99) she reworks the vampire romance as a sleek and brutal noir thriller set in Mexico City. Silvia Moreno-Garcia continues to impress with her ability to make familiar generic materials fresh. ![]()
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