Tana lives in a world where a Cold Infection turns humans into vampires, forcing the government to quarantine the infected in walled cities known as Coldtowns. After a party ends in a massacre, Tana wakes up in a bathtub to find her ex-boyfriend infected and a mysterious, ancient vampire named Gavriel chained nearby. To save them, she drives into the heart of the Las Vegas Coldtown, a place of permanent midnight broadcasted to the world as a glamorous nightmare. Inside the walls, she navigates a hierarchy of predators and fame-hungry humans while struggling to keep her own blood uninfected.
Readers of dark urban fantasy choose this book for its visceral, gritty approach to vampire mythology. It attracts those interested in the intersections of social media fame and mortality, as the story depicts how people romanticize their own destruction. One walks away with a grim perspective on the cost of immortality and a subversion of typical paranormal romance tropes. It serves anyone who prefers internal psychological tension and physical gore over sanitized supernatural fiction, providing a definitive look at how civilization reacts to an incurable, predatory plague.
Escapist; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Curious Generalist. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
