Tana
lives in a world where vampires are a horrific fact of life.
Vampirism has become an epidemic and the government has set up
Coldtowns, where vampires and those infected are quarantined. These
Coldtowns have used social media, and our fascination with reality
television, to their advantage, setting up live feeds of the glamorous
and horrific lifestyle of the undead and their followers.
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
opens with Tana waking up in a bathtub, having drank too much the
night before, and discovering that her and her ex-boyfriend Aidan are
the only survivors of a vampire massacre. Unfortunately, Aidan has
been infected and he and another vampire, Gavriel, are chained up.
Tana hastily decides to rescue them both and take them all to the
country's biggest, and most infamous, Coldtown. On the road trip to
Coldtown they pick up two vampire wannabes and the reader comes to
realize Gavriel has his own agenda.
Life
in this alternate reality is well crafted, leaving the reader feeling
uneasy about being out and about in a world with a species that is
higher on the food chain than you. Filled with evil vampires and those
who live in a moral gray area (at times very dark gray) makes for great
action and interesting characters.
Lisa
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