Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz

Yes, this is another vampire story, but it takes place in the elite social circle of New York City not in the wild setting of Forks, Washington. The main characters are all of the upper crust of society, with the riches and gossip that goes along with it. The vampires are immortal and be killed by fire or having all of their blood sucked out. Some one is killing the young vampires. Okay, the vampires choose to life in cycles. They are “born” to new parents and grow up until they choose to die only to restart the cycle in a few years. All of the vampires, in modern day New York, where vampires who arrived in America on the Mayflower and other ships. A “Silver Blood” destroyed the settlement of Roanoke Virginia. The “Silver Bloods” are vampires who choose not the follow the codes that where created so that the vampires could prove that they where good. It seems that the Vampires are really the fallen angels that where cast out of heaven with Lucifer. So, Blue Bloods is nothing like Twilight. Nevertheless, it is worth reading and very enjoyable.

I like the fact that Cruz uses incidents in history to explain some of the happenings in modern day society. The author also uses the biblical story of Lucifer and the angles to help build the suspense in the book. I would encourage people to read this book. It would appeal to young women more so then the guys. After finishing the first book of the series, I went out and got the next two books, Masquerade and Revelations. The next book is being released in October of this year. I will be reading it.
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Posted by Helen in Book Reviews on June 8th, 2009 |