Nina would probably have lived an ordinary (if resentful life) as the wife of a don in northeastern Mexico if it hadn’t been for two things. One of those things was the American invasion that kicked off the Mexican-American War. The second, and more important, thing that changed her life was the vampire. Isabel Cañas drops us straight into Vampires of El Norte by having us follow a young Nina and her best friend, Néstor, as they venture into the darkness near Nina’s father’s rancho on the hunt for some lost Spanish gold. They never find the gold. Instead, a vampire finds them and attacks Nina. Néstor flees, fearing that his dearest friend is dead...

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