The Coldest Girl in Cold Town
Holly Black
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 978031621310
eISBN 9780316213110
I have yet to read a book or short story by Holly Black that I have not enjoyed, in fact he books almost always end up in my Top ten List for the quarter or the year. But this book blew me away. It takes the original short story by the same name and expands upon it in such an amazing way. It is a story of revenge, of survivors' guilt, of hope and of love. It is a vampire story that asks lots of questions and leaves many things open to interpretation.
Coldtowns is the American response to a worldwide vampire epidemic. Vampires, and those infected are isolated into walled cities. Humans can enter but you can only get out with a token earned by turning in a vampire. Coldtowns have life feeds to the internet making them look like a part every night. But the reality is darker, bloodier and a mix of prey and predator.
Tana is a teenage but not typical. Her mother had become a vampire and attached her. She constantly deals with the guilt of that event. One morning she wakes up in a house full of corpses after a party, her and her overly charming and conniving ex-boyfriend are the only two left alive. Chained in the room with her ex is a vampire. Tana decides to tray and save them both. In order to try and save them she must race to the heart of the nearest coldtown but like so much in life not all is as it appears.
This story was gripping and compelling. I did not want to put it down. The story with take you through a range of emotions, from anger to sympathy, to angst to hope. But of all emotions hope is the most dangerous. This book will take you for a ride, and leave you wanting more.
Other Books by Holly Black:
The Poison Eaters and Other Stories (2010)
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown (2013)
Doll Bones (2013)
The Modern Faerie Tales
Tithe (2002)
Valiant (2005)
Ironside (2007)
The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Field Guide (2003)
The Seeing Stone (2003)
Lucinda's Secret (2003)
The Ironwood Tree (2004)
The Wrath of Mulgarath (2004)
Arthur Spiderwick's Notebook of Fantastical Observations (2005)
Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You (2005)
Care and Feeding of Sprites (2006)
Beyond Spiderwick
The Nixie's Song (2007)
A Giant Problem (2008)
The Wyrm King (2009)
The Good Neighbors
Kin (2008)
Kith (2009)
Kind (2010)
The Curse Workers
White Cat (2010)
Red Glove (2011)
Black Heart (2012)
Anthologies
Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd (2009)
Zombies vs. Unicorns (2010)
Welcome to Bordertown (2011)
Sorrow's Knot
Erin Bow
Arthur A. Levine Books
an imprint of Scholastic
ISBN 9780545166669
Erin Bow is a local author and though I have yet to meet her in person with each of her books I read I have a greater appreciation for her skill and talent as a written, from her poetry published as Erin Noteboom. This book was a very compelling read, once started it was always hard to put down. And I found that for days afterword's the story and characters kept coming back to mind. Sometimes remembering the events from the story and sometimes wondering what happened later.
Sorrow's Know is set in what could be comparably a Native agrarian socity. But it is a world haunted and living things are hunted and always need to be vigilant for every patch of darkness or shadow can contain the shadow beings that will enter you and consume you. Most people live in the plains away from trees, forests, hills, and there shadows. But some carve out an uneasy living in the forest, living in towns protected by wards made from magically knotted cords. Each young woman is chose to train or apprentice under another so that the community will always have the skills it needs to survive. Otter believe her mother will chose her to train as a binder under her as she becomes a woman and takes he place in society. She is devastated when Willow does not pick her and it is just the beginning of things becoming untied.
With a great darkness rising and an attack coming can the untrained and unprepared Otter figure out what needs to be done to save not only her friends but her whole village? This is an incredibly well written book give it a try!
Books By Erin Bow:
Plain Kate
Sorrow's Knot
Prisoners of Peace:
The Scorpion Rules
The Swan Riders
As Erin Noteboom:
Ghost Maps: Poems for Carl Hruska
Seal up the Thunder
The Mongoose Diaries
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The Wolverine
Sherlock - Series 3
Sherlock - Series 3
That Awkward Moment
RoboCop - 2013
The Wolverine
X-Men Origins Wolverine
X-Men 3 The Last Stand
X-Men 2 X2
X-Men
X-Men First Class
The Wolverine
Tinkerbell - The Pirate Fairy
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Iron Man I
Captain America The First Avenger
Iron Man II
Thor
The Avengers
Iron Man III
Spy Kids I
Spy Kids II Island of Lost Dreams
Spy Kids III 3-D Game Over
Spy Kids IV All The Time in The World
Smurfs 2
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Season 1
Edge of Tomorrow
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Captain America
Dead Man Down
The Avengers
Iron Man I
Iron Man II
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
I, Frankenstein
Lucy
I' Frankenstein
Iron Man III
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Captain America The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
Snow White and the Huntsman
Divergent
The Giver
John Carter of Mars
The Wolverine
The Game Stands Tall
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Incredible Hulk - 2008
The Hulk - 2003
How To Train Your Dragon 2
Rio 2
Barbie and the Secret Door
X-Men Days of Future Past
Transformsers Age of Extinction
Red 2
The Black List - Season 1
The November Man
Ray Donovan - Season 1
Star Trek - 2009
The Avengers
The Equalizer - 2014
The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe - BBC
Prince Caspian
Intersteller
Hank Zipzer World's Greatest Underachiever -
Series 1
Big Hero 6
Dracula Untold
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Fed Up - 2014
Fat Sick and Nearly Dead 2
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