Cold and Hot

Audiobook on Audible 

I got this during a $5 sale audible was having. After reading the description and saw it had vampires I could not resist purchasing. 

Holly Black is not an author I had heard of before. The world she created is a dystopian apocalyptic setting. A massive worldwide virus outbreak. (Sounds similar to this past year.) However, this virus is one that turn you into a vampire. There are not glittering in the sun vampires here. These vampires cannot go into sunlight or they start to burn. There is no vaccine they can take to cure themselves. However, once infected you can wait X amount of time to allow the virus to run it's course and you'll remain human. The only issue is the hunger that vexes you to get blood at any cost. 

When our female lead goes to a barn party and wakes up the next day with everyone cold. She has to wonder what in the world is going on. Then she finds a vampire chained in a room and her ex has been infected. Luckily the government came up with containment areas that they call Cold Towns.  After her own personal history with the virus, she refuses to put her family or anyone else as risk in case she has also been infected. In case of possible infection you can report to the closest Cold Town to turn yourself in. 

This turns into one interesting journey to do the right thing. If her ex is infected can he resist wanting to bite her? Who is this mysterious vampire that was locked up? How old is he? Is she truly infected? So many twists and turns! 

The narrator Christine Lakin does a great job with both the male and female voices. She's even able to put a sexy accent on our unknown vampire friend. 

It is a clean novel with action, adventure, and romance within a paranormal realm.