false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255609215m/106081.jpg 872333 9 When the Mayflower set sail in 1620, it carried on board the men and women who would shape America: Miles Standish; John Alden; Constance Hopkins. But some among the Pilgrims were not pure of heart; they were not escaping religious persecution. Indeed, they were not even human. They were vampires.The vampires assimilated quickly into the New World. Rising to levels of enormous power, wealth, and influence, they were the celebrated blue bloods of American society. The <i>Blue Bloods</i> vowed that their immortal status would remain a closely guarded secret. And they kept that secret for centuries. But now, in New York City, the secret is seeping out. Schuyler Van Alen is a sophomore at a prestigious private school. Suddenly, when she turns fifteen, there is a visible mosaic of blue veins on her arm. She starts to crave raw food and she is having flashbacks to ancient times. Then a girl from her school is found dead... drained of all her blood. Schuyler doesn't know what to think. Could those vampire legends really be true? Steeped in vampire lore and set against the heady backdrop of the rich, young, and powerful in the heart of New York City, <i>Blue Bloods</i> will be devoured by <i>Melissa de la Cruz's</i> legion fans. 857698 book 1 5 2006 Blue Bloods (Blue Bloods, #1) total:6317|5:1999|4:2021|3:1559|2:556|1:182| 6317 24050 9477 1033 3 12 false true Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 08:49:30 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 16:17:21 -0800 2008 spite of the trashiness (because a small part of me finds the constant detailed descriptions of everyone's outfit deeply entertaining - hi, Laurell K Hamilton for the Gossip Girl set!), but if you dig beyond the uneven pacing, the telling instead o...more...]]> 1 14 false false Mon Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 05:26:05 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 10:24:34 -0700 2008
unfortunately, it was terrible. One gets the impression that La Cruz either rushed thr...more...]]> 1 12 false false Thu Jan 08 19:25:27 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 19:38:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 6 false false Fri Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 15:05:19 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 13 19:02:21 -0800 2009
First of all, the story was not believable. Not because it include...more...]]> 3 4 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 23 01:51:25 -0800 2009 Thu Jul 30 11:03:39 -0700 2009
I felt com...more...]]> 0 3 false false Tue Sep 16 08:10:51 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 08:10:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 3 true false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 16:48:53 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 16:56:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 5 false false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 12:43:04 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 12:51:55 -0800 2009
I'm charmed by Schuyler, the accidentally beautif...more...]]> 2 4 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 06:01:29 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 06:09:49 -0800 2009
Don't get me started on how "Croatan" actually refers...more...]]> 2 2 false false Fri Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 15:12:40 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 18 20:13:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jul 21 08:13:11 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 10 19:29:09 -0800 2009
Okay, the good: Melissa de la Cruz, in Blue Bloods, has created a whole new sort of vampire. All the old Buffy rules are out. It involves a REALLY complicated bunch of lore, but by the end, I un...more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 23:04:06 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 23:13:36 -0800 2008
Reading this book was like living a divine ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 30 12:19:45 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 05 11:42:01 -0800 2008 Twilight and its sequels, and I'm pretty sure it has been in most reviews, and probably not favorably. It certainly lacks the addictive factor (that I have yet to fully identify) that Twilight has, but I still read Blue Bloods in one sitting. The writing is...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 28 10:29:39 -0800 2009 Fri May 08 23:32:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false true Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 10:40:40 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 19:30:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 20 20:32:21 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 02 19:53:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 06:40:33 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 06:46:38 -0700 2009
I am not a reader of vampire fiction that often and I have a high pedestal thanks to Twilight and Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. So, ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 08 10:01:32 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 10:16:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 17 05:23:19 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 05:23:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 10:18:20 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 10:33:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=106081