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Book Review: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown By Holly Black
Genre: YA Fiction
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (September 3, 2013)
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Synopsis from amazon.com: 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. Amazon.com
Review:
I absolutely loved this book. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown is probably one of my favorites that I have read in a while. Holly Black has such a unique and very refreshing way of writing. I have read some of her other books, and while they all have the same sort of mood and feel to them, I never get tired of her writing and her unique ideas and stories.
This novel showed a darker take on the whole “vampire romance” category. It was dark and emotional, very well written, and I never got bored while reading it. It grabbed me from the first page and was captivating from cover to cover.
There is a lot of action, as well as a bit of romance, and I liked how the plot wrapped itself together nicely.It wasn’t fluffy or overly romantic, and the characters and the world in this story felt real. Tana, the protagonist, is very bad-ass and a protagonist worth rooting for. There were a couple interesting and surprising plot twists and character identity revelations, ensuring there was never a dull moment in this book.
I liked how the characters and their relationships were revealed and established, although I would have appreciated a bit more development into the relationship between Tana and Gavriel.
The ending left hope for the characters, and it was a happy ending of sorts, while still sticking to the feel and authenticity of the story. I rather appreciated the ending, because it wrapped up loose ends while still leaving an air of mystery.
Even though this topic of vampires in YA fiction has been beaten dead, this book was different, refreshing. It had the same basic topic as many before it (vampires and vampire romance) but had a different take and view that it made it unique and enjoyable. I would definitely recommend this book.
I give this book 4 out of 5 stars for excellent writing, an excitingly unique plot and believable characters.
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I'd like to thank Holly Black for finally proving that if you want to write a romance between a human teenage girl and an immortal magic man properly, the girl has to be feral. None of this "she's an angel, she's his morality" nonsense, she has to be unhinged and ready to kill a man. Otherwise it's just creepy and weird.