"Masquerade" is the second installment In De La Cruz's "Blue Bloods" series. It continues where "Blue Bloods" left off, when Schuyler's grandmother was reprocessed through the vampire cycle, where she would eventually be reborn, after an interrupted attack by a Silver Blood. She (along with her Conduit Oliver) goes on a mission in Venice to find her grandfather, Lawrence Van Alen. Her grandmother's last plea was that Schuyler find her grandfather so that he could save the Blue Bloods from the Cr More...

Reviewed by Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen for TeensReadToo.com

When we last left off with Schuyler Van Alen, she was just getting used to the news of being a Blue Blood, or what we normally label them as, a vampire. She gets invited into the New York Blood Bank Committee and, before she knows it, Schuyler is swept away into the unknown world of the Blue Bloods. Unfortunately, it seems like Schuyler discovered her true self at the wrong time, since three Blue Blood teens have been murdered. More...

Melissa dela Cruz, this is a filler right?

Come on, nothing really happen in this book. I guess I just have to read the next one since many of my friends considered Book 3 as the best out of the series .

I just don't like that majority of the book was all about partying and hooking up (meh that's pretty much it).

I really also don't have a favorite character atm so to speak. None of them really strike me as interesting enough to held my interest. And I just felt that the character are very similar More...

I bought this book yesterday and finished yesterday too.

Urgh. I was too intrigued by the first book's whole IDEA to let this one go by without a read. I buy books out of habit, one I should VERY much stop until I have read it before since this one too was a waste of my money.

Urgh again! More blandness. I want to punch Charles force in the face, slap Mimi and the whole Kingsley thing was random and just .... what was the fracking point? Also, Mimi said in the first book that she couldn't remember More...

While the vampire lore was pretty much all that kept me going while reading Blue Bloods, I found a little more to appreciate while reading its sequel, Masquerade. Granted, this book isn't perfect, but it is a slight step up.

One big thing I noticed was the minimal designer name-dropping. It worked against the previous novel, basically since it made the characters even more distant and unrelatable (except the fact that they're, you know, vampires and all), since I don't think any reader had any id More...

What would you do if you could bring the dead back to life? I didn't like Masquerade, I loved it beacuse it will leave you with so many questions that you will have to read the next book. Schulyer Van Alen goes on an adventure to figure out the truth. Even things seems to be going fine as she connects with long lost faminly members. Unfortunately, her world is turned upside down when a explosion goes off in the most secure place for a Blue Bloods. And when people start making assumtions about wh More...

This second "Blue Bloods" book has one major improvement - the number of pages dedicated to describing various pieces of clothing is reduced from about 150 pages in the first book to about 50. The rest of the book is of the same quality - same flat characters, same obsession with parties, expensive things and good looks, same absence of noticeable climax, and, sadly, same plot (or lack of it).

What goes for these books however is a very intriguing new take on vampire lore. It is obvious this lore More...

This wasn't as good as the first one. I actually went back, and flipped through the first one to make sure I wasn't imagining things. de la Cruz's writing style gets much more stilted and awkward in this book, and her exposition gets much more awkward. The first ten pages are full of INFORMATION BEING THROWN AT YOUR HEAD, HEY GUYS REMEMBER FROM THE LAST BOOK?!?

Maybe I was on less cold medicine this time around, but I wasn't as enthralled. The story is still interesting (I like how de la Cruz wor More...

Masquerade by Melissa De La Cruz is the second book of the Blue Bloods saga. Masquerade continues with the fight between the blue blooded vampires and the silver blood vampires where the Blue Blooded vampires carry on to finding who were the Silver Blood vampires that where uncontrollably consuming the Red Blooded humans and Blue Blooded vampires. This book is told through mainly three perspectives (through the perspective the protagonist, Schuyler, the antagonist, Mimi and Schuyler’s friend, Bl More...

I am usually not one for vampire books, but ever since I've read the first Blue Bloods novel I was hooked. I love the way they show the vampires having problems and having to go to school even though they all have a photographic memory. Bliss and Dylan's connection is amazing, especially because the whole time Dylan has been dead, she senses him still being there. I'd recommend this book to anyone with a desire to know how a vampire has to live, because it has all the little details of the thing More...

I loved this book. It was sooo good I read it in one day. It is probably better for girls because it is written from a girl's point of view, but I think anyone would enjoy it. It was one of the best books I have ever read.
This book was about Schuyler, a girl who is a blue blood, or a vampire. But the vampires peacefully live among humans. There are alot of twists to this story, making for a great mystery. It is about teens who are learning how to live with the powers of being a vampire. However More...

After reading the first book in the series and being dissapointed by it, I wasn't expecting a lot from this one. Well, I was definitely most pleasantly surprised! After reading this installment, which I find to be infinitely superior to the first, I cannot wait to continue the series. Things definitely become much more interesting in this book since all the ground work is laid out for the series and all the main characters fully developed. If you're unsure after reading the first one, definitely More...

This was just as good as the first. Perhaps even better!

I really liked how the nightmares with Bliss Llewelyn are still a mystery and I can't believe that she's also the daughter of Allegra!!!! I'm so glad that her and Schuyler have band together and i think that their friendship will thrive. It's a guess but I think that Bliss is the missing Maggie but that is just me. I wonder how she got back.

Anyway the writing was great and I'm glad this time Cruz didn't get into the fashion aspect too muc More...

even more drama! schulyer and oliver's relationship takes a twist, lost relatives return, and the monster in bliss' dreams is still around. mimi gets what's coming to her, in a sense, and then, strangely, charles force wants schulyer.

this installment was more action-filled and assumed from the beginning that we knew the characters and the setting. there was no baby-sitter's club-type intro, which i appreciated. (i always ended up skipping that part of the book - i knew claudia dressed funky, ok More...

Όταν διάβασα το 1ο βιβλίο των "Γαλαζοαίματων", μια σκέψη πέρασε από το μυαλό μου. Πως αν η Carrie του "Sex And The City" διάβαζε ποτέ αυτή τη σειρά, θα πάθαινε overdose fashion style. Ναι... πιστέψετε με... ακόμα και η απόλυτα Νεουορκέζα, θεά της μόδας και του στυλ, δεν θα άντεχε τόσες πληροφορίες και λάμψη. Ίσως μάλιστα να σκεφτόταν και το ενδεχόμενο μιας λοβοτομής. Τελοσπάντων... αρκετή κακία για Κυριακή πρωί οπότε, μπορώ να περάσω στο προκείμενο που δεν είναι άλλο από την συνέχεια του προαναφ More...

So, let me get this straight. Half of the book's plot consists in the vampires attending a DIRTY ROTTEN FILTHY STINKING RICH SNOBS PARTY?!

This is one of the truly rare occasions in which you should judge a book exactly by it's cover. Seriously. The cover reflects the contents of the pages crystally clear. If you took a look at the cover, you'd pretty much read the entire book. It truly deserves it's title, too.

Another filler book. Joy. Did I mention how much I hate filler books in a series? I t More...

Wow! I read this book in 3.5 hours from start to finish! I had not intended to read it in one sitting but started and just continued reading and suddenly I was done! :-)

Like the first book in there series, Blue Bloods, this one is excellent! I am still unsure why I like this series. I am having a hard time explaining or describing my feelings. They are not your typical "slurpy blood sucky" vampire books. There is not a ton of sex, which frankly I find refreshing since that is what I find most of More...

Wow! I read this book in 3.5 hours from start to finish! I had not intended to read it in one sitting but started and just continued reading and suddenly I was done! :-)

Like the first book in there series, Blue Bloods, this one is excellent! I am still unsure why I like this series. I am having a hard time explaining or describing my feelings. They are not your typical "slurpy blood sucky" vampire books. There is not a ton of sex, which frankly I find refreshing since that is what I find most of More...

"Masquerade" is the second installment In De La Cruz's "Blue Bloods" series. It continues where "Blue Bloods" left off, when Schuyler's grandmother was reprocessed through the vampire cycle, where she would eventually be reborn, after an interrupted attack by a Silver Blood. She (along with her Conduit Oliver) goes on a mission in Venice to find her grandfather, Lawrence Van Alen. Her grandmother's last plea was that Schuyler find her grandfather so that he could save the Blue Bloods from the Cr More...

About the Book:
In the second book of the Blue Bloods series, the vampires are planning their exclusive Four Hundred ball. However, Mimi Force has plans to have an after party: a masquerade that ends up involving kisses behind masks and causing wonderment in the romance department. Our heroines have more to worry about than just crushes and love though. Bliss swears she has seen Dylan around, even though he should be dead. Schuyler is needing to find a human familiar before she slips into a coma, More...

I hate pretty much hate all the characters cause they have all these clues on the silver blood but they just can't but the pieces together fast enough for my likings. And the thing that I ABSOLUTELY HATE is the characters HUGE change of feelings for each other. And I'm not talking about you dislike someone, they do something nice, then you're friends, OH NO, it's like giving someone candy then say oh yah, i forgot i hated your guts then taking it back. ARGGGG! Hate it! That is one biggest reason More...

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Now, off of that negative note, the book itself was SUPERB. There was a cliffhanger that had you begging for more. It was just perfect! I love how Melissa de la Cruz wove Lucifer and angels and everything with vampires. It does not fail to amaze me. For this reason, I am probably going to rate every book five stars.


Now, here are some character I just want to kick in the butt(they pertain specifically to the Force family). Mim More...

My favorite part of all time: page #121-123
"Don't you like parties?" he asked, when he noticed her sitting by herself on a ruined stone bench.
Schuyler laughed, "I hate them, actually."
"Me too."
"I never know what to say, or what to do."
"Well, it looks like dancing is involved. And drinking. Of all kinds."
He was a vampire, then, Schuyler wondered who he was, and why he was bothering to speak to her.
"Undoubtedly," she agreed.
"But you choose not to choose."
"I'm a rebel," she said sarcastically.
"I d More...

Masquerade is the second novel in Melissa De La Cruz’s Blue Bloods series. Written for a Young Adult audience the Blue Bloods books follow the (mostly social) adventures of a group of rich and beautiful teens living a life of privilege in Manhattan. However, its worth noting that although this series is targeted at Young Adult readers there is plenty of cross-over appeal for older adult readers too. In addition to being good-looking and wealthy these teens are also Blue Blood vampires and are in More...

I read the first book in the series, Blue Bloods, last year and I remember it just being OK.
I picked up this book on a whim and was really intrigued by it. I still don't *love* the characters but the whole vampire/fallen angel mythology is really interesting and finding more information about the Silver Bloods and their infiltration into the Blue Bloods society kept me reading. I finished the book in just three hours.

The book begins with Schuyler and Oliver in Italy looking for her grandfather. More...

This is actually a 2 1/2 star review, but since you can't do half stars...

I consumed this sequel in just under four hours. Which would be impressive, although it should be noted that these books are not densely written and about a third of it consists of descriptions of what people are wearing and the names of fashion designers, which I am quite glad to skip.

That said, if you liked the first one, you're almost guaranteed to enjoy the second because the author doesn't really mess with the formu More...

Gabrielle - In this second book of the series, you get a little bit of a mystery, as Schuyler and her best friend, Oliver, travel to Venice to find her grandfather. But it’s hard to find someone who does not want to be found. Meanwhile, Mimi is help plan the Four Hundred Ball that is exclusively only for Blue Bloods. She also has planned a secret masquerade after party for the young bloods. Bliss, on the other hand, is experiencing blackouts and finding herself in places she can’t remember going More...

In Masquerade the second installment in the blue blood series, identities are revealed, and past lives explored. Schuyler travels looking for her long lost grandfather Lawrence Van Allen the only person alive at this moment who can give her answers about the Silver Bloods. Schuyler also finds out more about herself being a blue blood and realizes that she must pick a familiar. There is one obvious choice- but with that choice come dire consequences.Bliss, the Blue Blood who moved from Houston wi More...

As promised, I'm back with remarks about the second novel in Melissa de la Cruz's Blue Bloods Series - Masquerade. It picks up soon after where the previous book ended with Schuyler and her human conduit and best friend, Oliver, in Venice, seeking out her reclusive grandfather. She feels as though, if she's going to fight back and win against the Silver Bloods, she's going to need her grandfather - Lawrence Van Alen's - guidance and knowledge. Formerly influential and still extremely intellectua More...