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The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

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Pages: 419 pages

Publication Date: September 3rd 2013 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

ISBN: 0316213101 (ISBN13: 9780316213103)

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.

Now, What I Thought:

Guys. I own this book in 3 versions. Paperback, ibooks, and Kindle. Thats how good it is. I need it everywhere I can access it. I find myself coming back to this one a lot. I'll re read it every couple of months just because I need to remind myself of this amazing story!

Now, you might recognize Holly Black's name from her other amazing novels, Spiderwick Chronicles, The Iron Trial, Curse Workers, etc. So you can only imagine how great this stand-alone novel could be, especially with those books under her belt.

Just like the synopsis says, this world we're set in, has already been introduced to vampires. They're feared of but what make it different than any random vampire book, is that they actually don't run free in this world. Coldtowns. A homey, comfortable, welcoming.. cage. For vampires and vampire-lovers. LOOL. This immediately intrigued me! Its really interesting how Black described these towns made for monsters and humans that got a little too friendly with monsters. You can't ever leave once you step in, BUT there is a loophole. And it's crucial for Tana, our protagonist, in the novel to use that loophole, or so we think ;)

This book takes a turn for the worse, for poor Tana. I do feel bad for her, she did wake up and find all of her classmates and friends dead. Yet, LUCKILY, her annoying ass ex boyfriend managed to to 'survive'. How convenient.

In this book, you get to see how kickass Tana is, and her little group of misfits. On the romantic side, its pretty limited but our thirst's are quenched (That sounded less weirder in my head, yikes). I actually enjoyed the fact that this wasn't a star-crossed lover book, like most vampire novels are. It kept it at bay while really focusing on the action filled plot line. The ending is intense and I absolutely loved every minute I spent reading it. And reading it again, and again and so forth.

**** UPDATE*****

I JUST READ ON HOLLY BLACK'S GOODREADS PAGE THAT SHE WAS THINKING OF A SEQUEL!!! SHE HAS AN IDEA BUT NEEDS TO RUN IT BY HER EDITOR. HALLELUJAH MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED!!! FINGERS CROSSED!!

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