Vampires of El Norte
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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.
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?
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.
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
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 heavy handed. Not subtle.
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.
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.
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