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 Review:
This was definitely the most unique take on the vampire genre I’ve read in a long time. There were a few things about the book that I had a hard time with. For example, a lot of the characters were really great, but they’re kind of just used on and off, and not given enough ‘screentime.’ But that comes back to a positive. I LOVED the characters. Tana was a heroine that I didn’t get bored with/sick of, etc. I could’ve done without Midnight and Winter who ANNOYED THE CRAP out of me, but otherwise I really loved everyone.
I am really hoping that Black writes a sequel (which most likely won’t happen) because I’d love to spend more time with these characters in this world. With that being said, the book needed to end where it did. It really gave just enough to keep it enticing and delicious.
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