Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Coldest Girl in Coldtown

by Holly Black

Synopsis:

Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator and prey. The only problem is, once you pass through Coldtown''s gates, you can never leave.

One morning, after a perfectly ordinary party, Tana wakes up surrounded by corpses. The only other survivors of this massacre are her exasperatingly endearing ex-boyfriend, infected and on the edge, and a mysterious boy burdened with a terrible secret. Shaken and determined, Tana enters a race against the clock to save the three of them the only way she knows how: by going straight to the wicked, opulent heart of Coldtown itself.

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown is a wholly original story of rage and revenge, of guilt and horror, and of love and loathing from bestselling and acclaimed author Holly Black.

My thoughts:

The vampires are no longer satisfied to live in the shadows; the government in an effort to stop the spread of vampirism set up Coldtowns where vampires, and their worshippers live behind a set of steel walls like celebrities - as well as humans that were trapped when the walls went up because leaving a Coldtown is almost impossible.  After a night of partying with friends, Tana wakes up surrounded by corpses; during the night someone foolishly opened a window and let the vampires in. As Tana hunts for her keys and shoes she discovers two other survivors; Aidan, her ex-boyfriend who has gone "cold" and will turn into a vampire if he gets the human blood he is craving, and a mysterious vampire locked in chains named Gavriel. As these three unlikely companions escape Tana is bitten and starts to go "cold" herself; Not wanting to risk her family as she tries to fight off the vampire disease (if she can survive 88 days without drinking human blood the disease will leave her body and she will be human again), Tana drives herself, Aidan, and Gavriel to the nearest Coldtown.  Black's novel, inspired by a short story of the same title, is a dark, and violent thriller.  Tana is a extremely resourceful girl with the courage and wit to stand off against monsters and do what's right. For those sick to death of vampire lit, Coldest Girl in Coldtown is a new and completely original take on the genre and vampire fans with not want to miss it.