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Isabel Cañas' 'Vampires of El Norte' elegantly navigates a multiplicity of genres

In many ways — setting, historical elements, the mix of romance and horror, the use of Spanish — Vampires of El Norte is the spiritual sister of The Hacienda, and a perfect example of genre mixing.
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The lines between genres are now blurrier than ever, and that means writers who love to play with elements from different genres can mix them in any way they want.

Isabel Cañas' is a perfect example of this. At once romance, horror, historical fiction, and an adventure narrative about war, elegantly navigates a multiplicity of genres to deliver an engaging story that cements Cañas as one of the best new voices bridging the gap between romance and

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