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Vampires of El Norte

Vampires of El Norte

Book · Horror books · 11 mentions · 2 subreddits · discussed in r/horrorlit, r/Fantasy

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Pros

  • Looking back on it almost a year later, I still think it was a great book that I'd definitely read again, but it also felt a little like it was toeing the line between being geared towards an adult audience but also being kind of teen fi...
  • I really enjoyed this book, but I also think it had a lot of potential to be an extra amazing read if it had just a little more of everything. ... I loved the yearning love story, and I appreciated getting both the woman’s and the man’s...
  • Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
  • The writing was very lyrical and conjured very clean images of what the landscape looked like, the romance was central to the story and with the slow-build it wasn't over the top the way some other are, or shoved in in a weird way that d...

Cons

  • Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas has been criticized here for being heavy on the romance and lighter on the horror.
  • But overall I liked both characters and they're both competent. The horror was a bit light but that's fine
  • overall I liked both characters and they're both competent. The horror was a bit light but that's fine
  • Vampires of El Norte is a sort of horror flavoured romance set in the US Mexican war. ... I'd say *Vampires* has the most local flavour, but it's barely horror.
  • Yeah, it's a good romance with vampires, it's not a good vampire book. I feel like whoever was in charge of marketing for it didn't really read it. I also felt like the colonizing American soldiers being the true evil here was kind of he...

Sentiment

4 positive (36%) · 7 mixed (64%) · 0 negative (0%)

Trust + time weighted score: +34% · raw score 36%

What redditors said (10 of 11)

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas has been criticized here for being heavy on the romance and lighter on the horror.
mixed · u/o****a · r/horrorlit · comment · Dec 10, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Looking back on it almost a year later, I still think it was a great book that I'd definitely read again, but it also felt a little like it was toeing the line between being geared towards an adult audience but also being kind of teen fiction?
positive · u/k****7 · r/horrorlit · comment · Dec 23, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I really enjoyed this book, but I also think it had a lot of potential to be an extra amazing read if it had just a little more of everything. ... I loved the yearning love story, and I appreciated getting both the woman’s and the man’s POV. It kept me hooked from the start.
positive · u/G****6 · r/horrorlit · comment · Dec 23, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
positive · u/b****2 · r/horrorlit · comment · Dec 21, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
But overall I liked both characters and they're both competent. The horror was a bit light but that's fine
mixed · u/S****r · r/Fantasy · Dec 6, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
overall I liked both characters and they're both competent. The horror was a bit light but that's fine
mixed · u/S****r · r/Fantasy · Dec 6, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Vampires of El Norte is a sort of horror flavoured romance set in the US Mexican war. ... I'd say *Vampires* has the most local flavour, but it's barely horror.
mixed · u/v****s · r/horrorlit · comment · Jan 7, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Yeah, it's a good romance with vampires, it's not a good vampire book. I feel like whoever was in charge of marketing for it didn't really read it. I also felt like the colonizing American soldiers being the true evil here was kind of heavy handed. Not subtle.
mixed · u/R****5 · r/horrorlit · comment · Jan 5, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Yeah I definitely wanted the vampires to be scarier, or at least more detailed about how they acted. ... I still enjoyed it, but kept waiting until the horror happened until I was like "oh this is a romance" haha.
mixed · u/k****7 · r/horrorlit · comment · Jan 5, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I read it. I felt it was misleading to call it horror. 95% of it was a romance novel, with hardly any monsters or scary stuff at all. I agree it was well-written, but not what I was looking for.
mixed · u/e****i · r/horrorlit · comment · Jan 5, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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