The Book that I just finished reading is called Blue Bloods. For a change this book is written in third person view. This means that it’s not a diary of thoughts like a lot of books that I read previously are but a description of events using “he” or “she”.
The point of view jumps from person to person, and a couple of times I wondered how many more characters were going to be introduced to take over the point of view. Even after getting a bit over whelmed by the constant change of view, each character has a great impact on the story.
The author of this book-Melissa De La Cruz grew up in Manila and moved to San Francisco with her family. She majored in art history and English at Columbia University. Even though she was a huge horror and sci fi fantasy reader when she was young, she never expected to become a fantasy/vampire writer. She always thought she would be a farcical kind of writer and also a poet.
The book occurs in New York City. Schuyler Van Allen, the protagonist is a sophomore at a prestigious private school where she is an outcast at her school with only one friend- Oliver. Her family used to be one of the wealthiest in the city, but not anymore. She doesn't know her father, her mother has been in a coma in the hospital for most of her life, and she lives with her grandmother, that doesn’t even treat her like family.
Suddenly, when she turns fifteen, there is a mosaic of blue veins visible on her arm. She starts to crave raw food, and she is having flashbacks to ancient times. Then a girl from her school is found dead, drained of all her blood. Schuyler doesn’t know what to think. When the most popular guy in school shows interest, her world turns into a new reality where she learns that most of New York’s wealthiest people are actually vampires. They don't really die; they come back in the future generations as someone else with the same soul. Now an ancient group of extremely powerful vampires called Silver Bloods is after all the Blue Bloods alive on earth. They were considered a fairytale but now due to all the mysterious deaths everyone realizes that they are not immortal to the Silver Bloods. They must find a way to stop them, before anyone else gets hurt.
Melissa de la Cruz makes a fun world, easy to read, with characters that you love and hate.
Melissa’s writing style and tone isn’t exactly what you call expressive. Her style is written
informally because it’s a teenage story, and it’s meant for young adults. It has many details and descriptions, making it an easy task to visualize the book’s setting and characters in my head and the book pacing is well set.
She uses biblical mythology for the backstory of the characters. In her interview she said “I'd always loved the story of Paradise Lost and Lucifer's Fall, and in my book, I really wanted an explanation for why vampires are in the world. It just seemed so natural - of course! Vampires were cursed to live on Earth with Lucifer when he fell from grace. There's a lot of great stuff in the Bible, and I grew up in a very strict Catholic tradition.”
The theme of this book is Action/Mystery/Romance/Social.
Romance- because throughout the book a love triangle is created. Action/Mystery- Silver Bloods have come back, and we have to find out who they are. Social- main characters are in High School, so there are cliques, enemies, and friends.
Personally I really enjoyed reading this book. It wasn’t the typical twilight based vampire book but an original story where all the characters are unique and interesting in their own way.
The point of view jumps from person to person, and a couple of times I wondered how many more characters were going to be introduced to take over the point of view. Even after getting a bit over whelmed by the constant change of view, each character has a great impact on the story.
The author of this book-Melissa De La Cruz grew up in Manila and moved to San Francisco with her family. She majored in art history and English at Columbia University. Even though she was a huge horror and sci fi fantasy reader when she was young, she never expected to become a fantasy/vampire writer. She always thought she would be a farcical kind of writer and also a poet.
The book occurs in New York City. Schuyler Van Allen, the protagonist is a sophomore at a prestigious private school where she is an outcast at her school with only one friend- Oliver. Her family used to be one of the wealthiest in the city, but not anymore. She doesn't know her father, her mother has been in a coma in the hospital for most of her life, and she lives with her grandmother, that doesn’t even treat her like family.
Suddenly, when she turns fifteen, there is a mosaic of blue veins visible on her arm. She starts to crave raw food, and she is having flashbacks to ancient times. Then a girl from her school is found dead, drained of all her blood. Schuyler doesn’t know what to think. When the most popular guy in school shows interest, her world turns into a new reality where she learns that most of New York’s wealthiest people are actually vampires. They don't really die; they come back in the future generations as someone else with the same soul. Now an ancient group of extremely powerful vampires called Silver Bloods is after all the Blue Bloods alive on earth. They were considered a fairytale but now due to all the mysterious deaths everyone realizes that they are not immortal to the Silver Bloods. They must find a way to stop them, before anyone else gets hurt.
Melissa de la Cruz makes a fun world, easy to read, with characters that you love and hate.
Melissa’s writing style and tone isn’t exactly what you call expressive. Her style is written
informally because it’s a teenage story, and it’s meant for young adults. It has many details and descriptions, making it an easy task to visualize the book’s setting and characters in my head and the book pacing is well set.
She uses biblical mythology for the backstory of the characters. In her interview she said “I'd always loved the story of Paradise Lost and Lucifer's Fall, and in my book, I really wanted an explanation for why vampires are in the world. It just seemed so natural - of course! Vampires were cursed to live on Earth with Lucifer when he fell from grace. There's a lot of great stuff in the Bible, and I grew up in a very strict Catholic tradition.”
The theme of this book is Action/Mystery/Romance/Social.
Romance- because throughout the book a love triangle is created. Action/Mystery- Silver Bloods have come back, and we have to find out who they are. Social- main characters are in High School, so there are cliques, enemies, and friends.
Personally I really enjoyed reading this book. It wasn’t the typical twilight based vampire book but an original story where all the characters are unique and interesting in their own way.
