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[close] I devoured Blue Bloods in one sleep-deprived, fevered night of reading. It isn't the best book I've read all year, but it was definitely appealing and enjoyable -- even if it was a bit familiar.
In Blue Bloods, vampires are entrenched in upper class Manhatten old money. The teens in this book are richer than rich, as illustrated by the authors grating use of designer name after designer name throughout the novel (my least-favorite part of the book). The story follows Schuyler, a 15-year-old who coexists with her trend-setting socialite classmates, but isn't truly one of them. Her only solace is her best friend Oliver -- until big-man-on-campus Jack Force unexpectedly takes an interest in her. Schuyer begins to get drawn into the world of the Blue Bloods, and finds herself changing in strange and unexpected ways.
If that weren't enough to stress out a high schooler, one of her classmates was found murdered in the alley of a club -- and she's not the only unexpected death among the upper crust movers and shakers....
Yadda yadda yadda....
The set up for the book isn't very original. The characters aren't very original. However, the premise behind the Blue Bloods and the history of how they arrived in the New World from the Old Country is good stuff. I've always had an interest in the lost colony of Roanoke, and the author's use of this history as part of a supernatural story set up is inspired. I also enjoyed the writing - de la Cruz uses words with passion and is very descriptive, effectively drawing readers into a story that might have otherwise been just another Twilight knock-off. Instead, Blue Bloods ends up as the first of a series that I will definitely seek out subsequent novels from in the future.
In Blue Bloods, vampires are entrenched in upper class Manhatten old money. The teens in this book are richer than rich, as illustrated by the authors grating use of designer name after designer name throughout the novel (my least-favorite part of the book). The story follows Schuyler, a 15-year-old who coexists with her trend-setting socialite classmates, but isn't truly one of them. Her only solace is her best friend Oliver -- until big-man-on-campus Jack Force unexpectedly takes an interest in her. Schuyer begins to get drawn into the world of the Blue Bloods, and finds herself changing in strange and unexpected ways.
If that weren't enough to stress out a high schooler, one of her classmates was found murdered in the alley of a club -- and she's not the only unexpected death among the upper crust movers and shakers....
Yadda yadda yadda....
The set up for the book isn't very original. The characters aren't very original. However, the premise behind the Blue Bloods and the history of how they arrived in the New World from the Old Country is good stuff. I've always had an interest in the lost colony of Roanoke, and the author's use of this history as part of a supernatural story set up is inspired. I also enjoyed the writing - de la Cruz uses words with passion and is very descriptive, effectively drawing readers into a story that might have otherwise been just another Twilight knock-off. Instead, Blue Bloods ends up as the first of a series that I will definitely seek out subsequent novels from in the future.
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