Aidan was a total douche, all I’m-gonna-smirk-my-way-out-of-the-consequences-of-my-actions. And the only time I was annoyed was when it came to the side characters, who were mostly shitty people.
In fact, they’re my one complaint with the book.
And unhinged, but I don’t have a problem with that. And Holly Black is so good at those.Īs for the characters, I loved Tana, who was so strong but also a mess, who was a very believable teenager without ever being unlikable because the author made sure we understood her. Those are the things that make the world feel real. It’s about little things like the impact on pop culture and the blogs full of teens who want to become vampires. Because world building isn’t just about the big things like wars and fights. Because it’s in books like this one and White Cat that I think the author’s skills really shine. Sure, everyone’s obsessed with her Cruel Princeseries but they’re missing out if those are the only books they pay attention to. Holly Black’s world building, in my opinion, is highly underrated. But I will talk about both the world building and the characters. But she attended a party which… ended on an unpleasant note and now she, her infected ex, and a vampire (they’re not all evil) must head to the nearest Coldtown before Aidan, the ex, goes rabid and tries to eat her or someone else.Īnd that’s all I want to say about the plot because it’ll be better if you uncover everything as you go along. Tana lives on the outside and is not of the vampirism-is-my-destiny type. They are either ones who were already in the city when the walls were constructed or ones who write who write gothic poetry about eternal life and romanticize vampirism to death-no pun intended.
There are also humans in these Coldtowns. Then Coldtowns were construed, which are basically entire cities that have been walled in to contain the vampires and those who are infected, via vamp bite. Set in a bloodier version of our world in which the vampires came out of hiding and the world descended into chaos. Add in the fact that it’s a book written by Holly Black, who I also love, and it’s shocking, though maybe not, that I’ve been wanting to read it for two years and simply never got around to it.
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