#certain dark things

Shout out to my friend for treating me to what is probably the best thrift store book haul I've ever had! I picked up:

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou*

The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg**

Curious Wine by Katherine V. Forrest

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia* (I've never yanked a book of the shelf faster.)

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig*

Why Fathers Cry at Night by Kwame Alexander*

* books that were already on my tbr

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno Garcia

There had been vampires in America long before the Aztecs rose to power, and they had interacted with humans, of course. But the Tlahuelpocmimi had blended so seamlessly into Aztec culture it was difficult to determine who had influenced whom, whether the emphasis on blood and sacrifice had come from exposure to the vampires or whether the vampires had gravitated toward this tribe because it meshed with their worldviews.

“The face of all earthly things at one point is sacrifice,” Atl continued. “The codices show noblemen and -women piercing their tongues, lips, and genitals. Drawing blood with bits of bone and maguey thorns, because we offer ourselves to the universe and to others. We can only pay our debts with blood. The ultimate gift is always blood.”

Round 1