Helpful Score: 4
The blurb in this site is somewhat misleading: "Suddenly she is allergic to the sun, craves raw food, and if she cuts herself, her blood is blue. Schuyler has no idea what is happening to her". Nope, didn't happen that way. Her character isn't suddenly allergic to the sun and craves raw food or cuts herself to check the color of her blood. Also there is no confronting family and friends to find out what she is.
Schuyler is a loner and feels very different from others, but has a couple of friends who are outcasts like herself. She and her friends all go to Duchesne School - a very exclusive school in New York City, where most kids are from rich, old money families. Everyone knows everyone at this school. One day a popular girl from her class is found dead under very mysterious circumstances. Soon afterwards Schuyler gets a special invite to a charitable society - The Committee. Then Schuyler learns about her origins and what a lot of other kids at her school are too - Blue Bloods. But there is danger lurking in the shadows and there are still unanswered questions about her past that Schuyler needs to know about. Coupled with this is her crush on a popular boy - Jack Force, her best friend's disapproval, sneers from the high school Queen Bee (Jack's twin sister Mimi), and the usual teenage angst. This looks to be a start to a series. Like another De La Cruz book I've read, the author loves to pepper her work with references to fashion labels and trends, most characters belong in elite society, and the reading is fast paced. In my opinion the book is OK, the premise is promising, but there is something lacking in the writing.
Schuyler is a loner and feels very different from others, but has a couple of friends who are outcasts like herself. She and her friends all go to Duchesne School - a very exclusive school in New York City, where most kids are from rich, old money families. Everyone knows everyone at this school. One day a popular girl from her class is found dead under very mysterious circumstances. Soon afterwards Schuyler gets a special invite to a charitable society - The Committee. Then Schuyler learns about her origins and what a lot of other kids at her school are too - Blue Bloods. But there is danger lurking in the shadows and there are still unanswered questions about her past that Schuyler needs to know about. Coupled with this is her crush on a popular boy - Jack Force, her best friend's disapproval, sneers from the high school Queen Bee (Jack's twin sister Mimi), and the usual teenage angst. This looks to be a start to a series. Like another De La Cruz book I've read, the author loves to pepper her work with references to fashion labels and trends, most characters belong in elite society, and the reading is fast paced. In my opinion the book is OK, the premise is promising, but there is something lacking in the writing.
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