This book has a sense of I am legend (which I'm still trying to finish reading), Daybreakers and The Hunger Games. I loved it, even if it had a few weird suggestions about the people that were closely described as vampires. Basically the book is set in a world run by 'people' who are killed by sunlight, can run faster than cheetahs, and devour humans (not just the blood) and the main character is a human - called a heper - who is trying to blend in with the people at school. Whilst trying to not draw attention to himself, he wins the 'lottery' of the decade; where people are given the chance to hunt down some of the last hepers. The majority of the book then goes on about how he survives trying to hide his human side as the vamp-people don't sweat, don't grow hair anywhere but their head, and don't need water.
One of my favourite chapters of the book is where the vamp-people smell a heper/human in the building - which turns out to be the main character, Gene - and try chasing it alongside Gene they don't know is a human, who tries losing them but ends up being followed by them continuously.Confusing I know, but really good.
I've just read through this and have probably confused you all. Sorry about that. Anyway, it's a must read, is very well written, and as Alyson Noel has described it, it has a "razor-sharp prose, a genius plot and a searing pace."
