Corey reviewed Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Review of 'Certain Dark Things' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
In terms of its worldbuilding, CDT easily earns complimentary comparisons to Justin Cronin’s Passage trilogy and Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles (before the series devolved into gothic self-parody [Atlantis? Really?]). This is a Mexico City that lives and breathes, and a vampire mythology that demands further inspection. In one of the novel’s many smart moves, Moreno-Garcia grafts Aztec mythology onto her monsters, giving each subspecies their own specific traits and flaws, allowing the story to organically expand its world. Aside from the Tlāhuihpochli and Necros, we also learn of Revenants, Nachzehrers, and others, all distinct subspecies within the genus. (As a sidenote: in CDT‘s glossary is the suggestion that the mythological Wendigo is a subspecies native to Canada. More, please!) Moreno-Garcia lays her world out with subtle grace, leaving crumbs of information around, trusting the reader to intuit how this world functions.
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