The Last Days, By Scott Westerfeld

Westerfeld, S. (2006). The Last Days. New York, New York: Razorbill.

The Last Days is the sequel to the highly acclaimed and apocalyptic vampire story started in Peeps. Set against the same parasite-ridden streets in New York, Westerfeld gives a group of five teens that form a rock band whose musical triumphs escalade while the dark happenings of the peep problems do too. As a Fender Stratocaster is being thrown to its doom out of a window, Moz and Pearl, strangers until this moment, work together to save it. From here readers will rock their way through this hardcore, parasite positive end of days as the band with its vampire lead singer create a playlist for the end of days. Maybe rock and roll will save the world as it does so many teenagers everyday. Or maybe it will bring it on.
A gritty ode to rock and the way it can be a catalyst for teens to express their discomfort and rage, each chapter is named after bands. This book reads better if you have read Peeps first.