Libro Blue Bloods. 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? Libro Blue Bloods.
Carly –
This book was a massive mental battle for me, between the decent parts of the plot (notice I say PLOT, not book) and the horrendousness of the rest of the book. Okay, let me put this bluntly: «Blue Bloods» stunk.
First of all, the story was not believable. Not because it included a pack of civilized vampires that were conveniently all wealthy and living in New York City. Because the characters’ reactions were so obviously fabricated that I rolled my eyes more than once while reading. Schuyler, for one. Her character is ridiculously predictable. Introducing, the average main character in these crappy chick-lit mysteries: A young girl, who dresses «like a street urchin» but is still stunningly beautiful. Uh huh. Riiiiight. Because you see those all over the place. Her tragic situation: parents dead and gone. That’s only been done in EVERY FAIRY TALE EVER WRITTEN SINCE THE GRIMM BROTHERS. I mean, come ON, people!