About this title: Schuyler Van Alen begins to wonder if the legends of vampires are really true. When she turns 15, she starts to crave raw food and is having flashbacks to ancient times. After a classmate is found dead--and bloodless--Schuyler doesn't know what to think. Hyperion Books for Children
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Description: Fair. 142310126X Unread book with dj tear, bump or corner crease. This is a new book that received the wear during its handling. Has remainder mark. read more
Description: Very Good. 142310126X light shelf wear / edge wear cover / pages very good condition//"Buy with Confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Customer Service Makes All the Difference. " read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781423101260ISBN:142310126X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 336 p. Blue Blood Novels (Paperback), 1. Audience: General/trade; Children/juvenile. read more
Edition: Fifth Printing
Binding: S Trade Paperback
Publisher: Hyperion Paperbacks, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781423101260ISBN:142310126X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hyperion
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781423101260ISBN:142310126X
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Hyperion
Date Published: 2007-04-01
ISBN-13:9781423101260ISBN:142310126X
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780786838929ISBN:0786838922
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Their ancestors sailed on the Mayflower. They are wealthy and powerful, and called the Blue Bloods. They are vampires. The dust jacket has one small tear repaired by clear scotch tape. The book has one small red mark on top pages. 302 pages. read more
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781423101260ISBN:142310126X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 336 p. Blue Blood Novels (Paperback), 1. Audience: General/trade; Children/juvenile. Fast reliable shipper read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781423101260ISBN:142310126X
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781423101260ISBN:142310126X
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Description: Very Good. 142310126X paperback in very good condition. Pages are clean, binding is tight. Cover has slight shelf wear. Appears gently read. Satisfaction Guaranteed. read more
"Overall, I liked this book and I am excited to read the next in the series. I thought the beginning started off really well and the book progressed nicely, but then end was a little head spinning. It wasn't confusing but there was a lot of back and forth and new information and it seemed like a lot for not many pages.
One of the things I did love was the setting. I really liked the concept of Blue Bloods and the wealthy and this particular vampire story.
**Spoilers** It seemed like in the midst of all the new info, some of the questions I had weren't being answered. The main one being, during the time Aggie died, Dylan was with Bliss. And yet he killed Aggie? That doesn't make sense. I guess it could turn out that Bliss was lying or talking to one of the other silver bloods who are supposed to be shape shifters but why didn't Schuyler ask this question?"
"I read all three of these books in a day apiece. They're badly written, ludicrous candy. Seriously, rich NYC socialite vampires? Who are also ANGELS? And models, apparently? And are almost 100% undeveloped as characters?
Don't get me started on how "Croatan" actually refers to one of the native American tribes in the barrier islands of NC, and was probably meant to serve as a direction for the rest of the Roanaoke colonists when they came back from England. I mean, yes, the whole subject of the Roanoake colony's disappearance is a fascinating mystery, but there is no way "Croatan" meant "super-vampires are hunting the regular vampires in the original colonies help help!""
"Oh, my silly love of teen vampire books. Melissa de la Cruz makes a fun world, easy to read, with characters that you love and hate. Full of all the angst and envy of a proper high school novel, but with the added bite of the supernatural.
I'm charmed by Schuyler, the accidentally beautiful protagonist. She is endearing in her inability to fit in, which is something I'm sure many of us can relate to.
The Force Twins. How can you help but love to hate Mimi Force? A girl who has everything, and knows that she really has been queen of the world.
It's a fun, light read. It took me all of 4 or 5 hours, after which I promptly bought the next two books, which also took that long to read. Not as deep or detailed as they could have been, as I really, really wanted them to be. My Robert Jordan-primed brain wanted the two-page scenes to stretch out for chapters. Unfortunately, this is teen fiction, not overdrawn adult fantasy.
"I guess I got caught up with all of the vampire folklore because of the Twilight saga, and I was looking for a substitute. Blue Bloods is a light and to a small degree entertaining read. It kept me interested barely enough to want to finish the book, but it definitely was not captivating. I feel the author had an opportunity to develop her plot, which was extremely original. However, the entire novel lacked some sort of cohesive concept or stimulating event to give the storyline some needed spark. This book seemed to be more about fashion, cliques, partying and drinking than about vampire mythology. I bought the second and third book before I finished reading Blue Bloods, and I kind of wish I would have held off. I'm not jumping to the sequel; it's still sitting there on my shelf waiting to be read, however I'm just not that fascinated with the story. I'm sure I'll get around to it when I've exhausted my other options."
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