Vampires Never Get Old by Zoraida Córdova

I won’t lie, I was most excited to start this anthology because the first story was Tessa’s and Tessa is one of my favorite authors of all time! I still really enjoyed this one, but it just wasn’t my favorite. ➽ Seven Nights for Dying by Tessa Gratton ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Like always for my anthology reviews, I have mini reviews for all the short stories where I talk about my thoughts and feelings!

Sadly, that was one of the only few things I did love about this collection. We have ownvoices Black rep, Latinx rep, Native rep, Indian rep, disability rep, fat rep, a whole lot of queer rep (both sexuality and gender)! This truly celebrates so many different voices, and I loved that aspect so very much. I will say that I love how diverse this anthology is, and how much ownvoices rep is within these stories. It was spooky, it was so atmospheric, it was diverse, and it was beautiful. It had everything that I wanted, and I can’t wait to read more by this author. My favorite story was easily In Kind by Kayla Whaley, and it was the only story that I gave a whole five stars too. There were a few gems throughout, but for the most part this was a very lackluster and forgettable anthology for me. In the way of the actual short story felt very pointless. Sadly, I felt like most of these stories just left you wanting more, but not in the good way. I feel like I might have had way too high of expectations going into this, based on the author list alone. Maybe vampires are getting old? I’m sorry, friends. ARC provided by the publisher via Edelweiss

Vampires Never Get Old by Zoraida Córdova