The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown actually brings fear, death and, most of all, blood back into the vampire genre.  There are no "twinkle in the sunshine" vamps in this book.  Vampirism has spread through the world like the long forgotten bubonic plague.  In response, the government has set up "Coldtowns".  These Coldtowns house the nation's vampires and along with them, those who have been recently infected and those that hope to become immortal. 
  Tana ends up on her way to a Coldtown by pure accident.  After a night of heavy drinking, she wakes in the shower, and as she makes her way out of the bathroom, finds that all of her friends have been brutally slaughtered by a pack of vampires.  Vampires, who more than likely, are still lurking in the basement of the house.  She hears cries from a back bedroom and finds her ex-boyfriend and a very scary vampire bound.  While deciding what to do, the pack of vampires starts to break down the door.  What Tana does next changes her life forever.
  The Coldest Girl in Coldtown is well written, fast paced, and exciting.  Holly Black does a great job bringing the creepy back to YA supernatural fiction - just in time for Halloween.