Blue Bloods - Melissa de la Cruz - 336 pages.

this book is about vampires. it's interesting because throughout the book they have only mentioned the word 'vampire's 3 times! (not including the blurb) i counted. it's actually because they use the word 'blue blood' instead of 'vampire' which i think is more effective because it is like a new species that i am keen to find out about. when you hear the word vampire the thought people usually think first is Twilight or Bloodsucker. i also personally like the book because the vampires that they mention and describe are different, and i like it more.

in this book, the vampires have blue blood instead of red and their blood have a mind of it's own and usually start to show and come out when you are 15, so it doesn't show at birth. it creates an incarnate pattern on the surface of our skin, usually on the hands. also here, the vampires are reborn. they are immortal,yes, but they have cycles. their human physical shell dies like a normal person, but their soul, in which this case is their blood is kept and (i dont know how) kept for the next cycle. there are vampires that choose to keep their physical shell forever.

the history of how they became a vampire is that they fell from heaven and are forced to live on earth forever as a vampire or 'vam-py-re'.

the story sets in Manhattan, New york. Schuyler Van Alen has never fit in to the exclusive school she goes to. her father died when she was young and her mother has been stuck in a coma shortly after giving birth to her until now, so she has no choice but to live with her grandma in their family mansion. the Van Alen used to be one of the most powerful family in New York. now there are only her and her grandma left...

Schuyler finds out she is a blue blood. they are known to be the city's most powerful and immortal people, like the major and senator. but they're being murdered. and now she is determined to find who is behind it and how she's going to defeat it before it kills more.

-P