Library book: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown Holly Black

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 8/12/2014

Pages: 448

Genre: Teen, paranormal, fantasy

Review: library book

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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.

I didn't like the ending. I wanted to know how Tana ended up. Just going to throw that out there. 

Cold towns, wow, can you just imagine if that was real. As much as people like vampires, I could see that being a problem. 

Tana, one of our main characters, knows what it is like to be attacked by a vampire and has the scars to prove it. She isn't looking to turn cold, but she isn't helping her case out by not running away when she has a chance. Partying with her friends and ex-boyfriend turns into a tragic night. When Tana comes to, it looks like a bloodbath has occurred, and instead of following the rules of letting the authorities know, she does what she isn't supposed to do. She frees a vampire and her ex-boyfriend, who seems to have been bitten. As our story unfolds, it looks like they are headed to Coldtown for a reason. Once in Coldtown, you can not leave unless you have a I don't want to call it a coin, but that comes to mind. The vampire Tana rescued has a plan in Coldtown, and it isn't all fun and games.

I didn't fully understand how Tana acted, as I felt she could have put herself in better situations. 

There is blood, death, and, of course, crushes developing. I will say that I didn't agree with the way she seemed to have portrayed the followers of vampires. They seemed to be gothic and not just normal sorta of people. 

 

Holly Black is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over thirty fantasy novels for kids and teens. She has been a finalist for an Eisner Award and the Lodestar Award, and the recipient of the Mythopoeic Award, a Nebula, and a Newbery Honor. Her books have been translated into 32 languages worldwide and adapted for film. She currently lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret library.