Series: Blue Bloods, Book One
Publisher: Atom
Format: Paperback
Published: 22nd February 2010
Number of Pages: 336
Book: Bought
Genre: Paranormal, Supernatural, Urban Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Thriller,
Suspense, Action Adventure, YA, YA-Adult Crossover
Recommended
Age: 14+
Contains: Violence, Death, Swearing, Smoking, Alcohol, Drug and Sexual
References
Author's
Site: Melissa de la Cruz
Blurb From Amazon:
They're Young, Fabulous and Fanged…
And
they rule Manhattan from the trendy uptown clubs to the downtown boutiques.
Fifteen-year-old Schuyler Van Alen has never quite fit in at her exclusive prep
school - she's more of a vintage than a Versace girl - but all that's about to
change…
Because
Schuyler has just found out she's a Blue Blood. The Blue Bloods are the city's
glamorous - and secret - vampire elite. They're young, beautiful and powerful.
But now they're being murdered. And Schuyler must find out who - or what - is
behind it before she's next.
Review:
“You
are the newest Blue Bloods. Today is your induction into your secret
history. Welcome to your new life…"
Schuyler Van Alen goes to the prestigious
Duchesne School – a school full of socialites and the ridiculously wealthy.
But even though the Van Alen family is so deeply intertwined with
Manhattan history the two are indistinguishable, Schuyler has always felt like
an outsider in her society.
But, as it turns out, she's part of a group
of outsiders. A group of gorgeous, rich and powerful vampire elitists.
Schuyler is a Blue Blood – a vampire.
She's immortal – she will never die. Understandably, it's a lot to
take in.
Taking it all in gets a lot harder when the
fellow Blue Blood and super-rich-and-popular Jack Force reveals that Blue
Bloods – who, according to The Committee, cannot be killed; by anyone or
anything – are being murdered. Forever. With no returning.
Something is hunting the Blue Bloods – an
old and ancient foe that no one, especially The Committee, want to admit
exists. And it's hunting Schuyler now.
Nothing is as it first seems. No one
are how they first seem to be. And no Blue Blood is safe...
Man, I love this book! I don't know
what it is – it is just totally addictive! And so original! I
absolutely adored the vampire lore – and my taste of
high-society-American-life. And all the mystery: damn, it was hooking!
Blue Bloods was like Gossip Girl meets Vampire Diaries meets CSI.
Awesome!
And damn do I want to be a Blue Blood! It’s just all so very cool! Well, aside from crazies stalking them and
blood lust and whatever... And the weird twinny-thingy. Still.
Minor technicalities…
Onto Schuyler... I liked Sky.
She was weird, unique and wonderfully odd – oh, and funny, sweet and
brave, too. But mostly awesomely weird. I like weird. And I like
a girl who always, always sticks to her guns – and Sky never backed down, not
ever. She was awesome.
Oh, and her best friend Oliver was
brilliant too – he was such a
sweetie. But what is it with best friends crushing on other best friends
who don't return their crush? Seriously, people: what's with that?!
Even so, I loved Oliver.
I loved Jack too. He was... yum. Sure, he was very very easily manipulated (damn, his twin
was evil!) but I still liked him a lot – he was so... noble, almost. I
guess that's what immortality does to you. I'm intrigued about where he’ll
go next. But that bond with his sister? Freaky with a capital F… It also didn't help that I
really wasn't overly keen on Mimi. I just didn't like the girl – she was
too reckless, too cold, too... Mimi.
But now I just have to gush about this
world! I mean, the vampire lore is some of the coolest and most original
I've ever come across – I just gobbled it up! And I so wanna be a Blue Blood! The
mythology is all so rich and detailed and wonderfully built up: I loved it and
totally believed everything. But onto the more... upper-class-ish side of
the world building...
Now, as a total fashion bimbo, I must say
that I don't get all the designer brand stuff. So I will admit that the
extensive name dropping and clothes description wasn't my favourite part of the
story. But then I was like, ‘Hey.
This is a book about the one-percenters and to them, this stuff is every
day.’ The lavishness of everything just added to the high society atmosphere
and made me feel, for a bit anyways, like a hot, fanged, rich-rich-rich girl
with designer everything and immortality to boot!
Seriously, can I be a Blue Blood?
I found de la Cruz's writing irresistible.
It was so gorgeous and so utterly hooking. I liked how we got to
see from lots of people's perspectives, even if sometimes I wasn't overly sure
whose head I was in at the time (it jumped occasionally within sections, which
threw me a bit at times). But even so: so utterly gorgeous.
And as for the whole mystery, plot-line
side: hot damn, it was awesome! It was a little slow to begin with, but
the suspense... Well, it just built from the word go. I was tugged
right into the heart of the mystery, totally hooked and absorbed. I could
not stop reading – not for anything. And if anyone had tried to
take my book away whilst I was reading... Well, I would've ripped their
arm off to get it back: I simply had to
continue reading and I just had to
know how everything ended. And I must say, I was surprised by a lot of
the twists. Not all of them, but some.
So, if you haven't read Blue Bloods and are looking for an
utterly different and unique take of vampires, this is for you. But
here's a little warning: you will not be able to put this book down no matter
how hard you try, so don't expect to get much else done the day you read it.
God knows I didn't. But don't say I didn't warn you guys: you will want to read it in one sitting and
you will be dying to pick up Masquerade the second you put Blue Bloods down.
Speaking of, where the heck have I put my
copy of Masquerade? I simply must know what happens next! I
gots to know, people!
What can I say? I'm utterly hooked.
Star Rating:
4 Out of 5
4 Out of 5
Read this
book if you liked:
Vampire Academy by Richelle
Mead
Angel by L.A. Weatherly
Rephaim by Paula Weston
The Mortal Instruments by
Cassandra Clare
Happy Reading
Megan
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