Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Black, Holly. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown. 2013. 419p. ISBN 0-316-21310-1. FIC BLA on the shelves of the library.

Tana wakes up from an all-night party and finds herself in the bathroom with a huge hangover headache. She doesn’t even remember passing out here. But when she steps out of the bathroom, she realizes that it’s late in the day, and, to her horror, the other teens who attended the party have been slaughtered by vampires. All except her ex-boyfriend Aidan, who is now infected and tied to a bed, and a vampire who has been chained to a radiator just far enough so he can’t reach Aidan.

Tana recovers her wits enough to free Aidan and Gavriel as the sun begins to fade and the vampires still in the house begin to stir. Knowing that Aidan is infected and will turn into a vampire if he bites another human, and aware that no humans have enough self-control to resist the attraction, Tana drives Aidan and Gavriel to the nearest Coldtown, a walled city where vampires, infected, and human groupies co-exist.

As they ride there, Tana tries to figure out who Gavriel is, and why other vampires had him chained. They meet Midnight and her twin brother Winter along the way, and they manage to enter Coldtown. But those that go in don’t come out, and even with her freedom marker obtained for turning in a vampire, Tana is not sure she will ever be able to leave.

A creepy story set in a dysfunctional society, Tana must fight vampires and wannabes as well as her own fears and personal history to save those she loves, including herself. Will she manage to survive Coldtown and retain her humanity?