Blue Bloods by Melissa de la CruzMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Avg rating: 3.68
Goodreads Summary:
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 Blue Bloods 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. She prefers baggy, vintage clothes instead of the Prada and pearls worn by her classmates, and she lives with her reclusive grandmother in a dilapated mansion. Schuyler is a loner...and happy that way. 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 popular girl from her school is found dead... drained of all her blood. Schuyler doesn't know what to think, but she wants to find out the secrets the Blue Bloods are keeping. But is she herself in danger?
Actual Rating: 3.1
I know people say that all vampire books are the same but they really aren't. I was excited to read a new vampire series and see what quirks and twists this one had to offer.
I was a bit let down. It was a slow paced book with a lot of "history" to understand and think about.
It did pick up after the half way mark but it never got "page flipping" good where I couldn't put it down.
The names were terrible too! I hate reading a book where I have to continually pronounce stupid names in my head. It's a big deal!
Anyways, I've heard the others in the series are better so I might check them out sometime down the road. I obviously ship Schyeuler & Jack and Dylan and Bliss
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