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Blue Bloods 3-Book Boxed Set

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This is a fun and engagin series for readers who are fans of Stephenie Meyer and Cecily von Ziegaser.

Blue Bloods

Something weird is happening to Schuyler Van Allen and some of the students at the elite Duchesne School...they start to experience blackouts, strange and terrifying nightmares, and mystifying feelings of deja vu. Blue lines appear on their skin where their veins should be. Their parents and some of their friends seem to know what is going on, but remain tight-lipped. It takes the death of a fellow student for them to learn the truth--they are Blue Bloods, a race of ancient vampires who are reincarnated into a new body every generation.

Though Schuyler is new to the vampire world, she and her friends Oliver, Dylan, and fellow Blue Blood Bliss are able to see what the mature vampires refuse to acknowledge--something is after the supposedly immortal Blue Bloods, something that is bent on killing them. The only problem is, can Schuyler and her friends get everyone to see the truth before it's too late?

Melissa de la Cruz has combined history, religious elements, supernatural intrigue, and a taste of the upper class to create a modern, sharp, and wholly unique take on the tired vampire story that will compel and intrigue readers. Her characters are varied and grounded, and even as vampires they are not so glittering and unreachable that readers cannot empathize with them.

For the most part, the multitudes of tiny details that comes with many main characters, flash backs, and an ever changing point of view are kept in check, but some minor explanations slip through the cracks, leaving you wondering about such things as when Schuyler found the time to learn the Sacred Language, and other finer points of being a Blue Blood. However, de la Cruz packs the pages full of engaging social dynamics, lively bits of history, and some practical solutions to the world's mysteries, such as the true fate of the missing Roanoke colony and how so many models really stay skinny. The wonderfully innovative ideas and plot twists in Blue Bloods mightily overshadow minor flaws and will capture the imagination.

Masquerade

Everyone in the Blue Blood community is shaken by the attack on Cordelia Van Allen, and the deaths of young Blue Bloods across the city. Schuyler knows that the Silver Bloods are behind it, but no one will tell her anything about them--the adults either refuse to acknowledge their existence, or are too frightened to. So she sets off to Venice with Oliver to search for her grandfather, Lawrence Van Allen, who supposedly has the answers she seeks. Meanwhile, back in New York, Bliss is devastated at Dylan's death and refuses to accept the fact that he is dead, and Mimi is slowly realizing that Jack might not be hers for very long unless she does something. And that something may involve conspiring with the one person who is determined to obliterate them all.

Breathtaking action and suspense dominates Melissa de la Cruz's second book in the Blue Bloods trilogy. The plot steers away from the rich and luxurious lifestyle slightly, and focuses a bit more on the silent war between the Blue Bloods and Silver Bloods, and dark secrets that have been kept among the Blue Bloods, making for a more convoluted and fascinating plot. More information is given on Blue Blood powers and weaknesses, and it seems that just as de la Cruz cleverly ties up one mystery, she open up two more. Schuyler and Bliss's characters are more fully realized in masquerade, especially as they begin to mature as Blue Bloods. Schuyler is also forced to deal with her feelings for both Oliver and Jack, leaving readers even more torn than ever. All of these many elements combined will only further draw readers into the glitzy and edgy Blue Blood world, and invoke some strong feelings of anticipation for the solutions to many puzzling mysteries. This highly creative and absorbing book will thrill readers.

Revelations

Life has been busy for the Blue Bloods: Schuyler Van Allen has been condemned to live in the Force household where she is highly unwelcome, and even accused of being a Silver Blood. Mimi Force is planning her "wedding" to Jack, her true love and Schuyler's secret crush. Bliss has been struggling to find a solution to keep Dylan at her side, despite his erratic and threatening behavior. And in the midst of it all, something is happening in Rio de Janeiro: sinister powers are restless, and the Blue Bloods fear the worst. But even the most powerful among them are surprised at just how costly the battle between with the Silver Bloods is, and just how many of their own are among them...

Revelations, the third book in Melissa de la Cruz's Blue Bloods series, is enticing and shocking. Covered up secrets and many characters' quests for unanswered questions propel the otherwise slow moving plot. Revelations is mainly comprised of drama caused by the Mimi-Jack-Schuyler-Oliver love quadrangle, and Bliss's past, but the "revelations" towards the end speed the slow story up and make it all worth the reading. De la Cruz's closing is surprising, exciting, and maybe just a bit frustrating in the sense that it will leave readers chomping at the bit for more. Nonetheless, many will be able to overlook the uneven storytelling and the fact that all it consists of is the characters struggling to make decisions in light of the new plot twists and drama, and if anything, Revelations will only cause the Blue Bloods series to gain popularity and eagerly anticipate the fourth novel, The Van Allen Legacy.

Initially when I purchased this box of 3, I thought it was risky as some books don't deliver the thrills in reading. Blue Blood is amazing. I can never stop reading it. In just merely 4 days, I had completed the 4 volumes of the blue blood series and I am craving for more. Its a good investment and I'm loving it.

Excellent series. Better than Twilight....edgier not so sweet. Boxed set is best deal as you'll want to read one after the other.

The Blue Bloods series had made a profound impact on me. I too am a writer, and the series inspired me. I love the merging of vampires and fallen angels, those are my favorites. The innocence and curiosity of Schuyler, the beauty and conflicts of Jack, the arrogance and narcissism of Mimi, the mystery occult within the coma of Gabriel and the threat and danger of the Silver Bloods make of it a delicious treat! The forbidden love between Schuyler and Jack gives it a romantic touch, but the action of the Silver Bloods gives the story an edge. Plus, the whole concept about vampires being the angels that fell along with Lucifer makes it very interesting. The author tried to portrait the story in a very "plausible" way, she tried for it to "make sense". So she mixes real events, manipulating them so they can fit into the story, and uses them as a sort of background.

The story is captivating, exciting and addictive. The first book,though, is a little boring at the beginning; I even considered stop reading it, but I kept reading and the story reached its excitement. After that, I was completely engrossed. I could not put it down, for it captured my imagination and took it for a thrilling ride. I've read the books multiple times, just so I can go for the ride again and again;and I don't accustom to read books for a second time. Yet I believe the series is not for everyone who doesn't have this particular taste within their range of preferences. Nevertheless, the magic of the books is there for our personal enjoyment, one just has to know if it suits our personal taste.

was first suspicious of buying this set because the first book and how it started was not so interesting. However, when you get past the descriptive part of the first book then the plot and the characters started to reveal and it was more interesting. It is not like a twilight story but similar.
This writer is obviously expert in high society, latest fashion and culinary expert of five-start-restaurants. She can describe the world of a high class teenagers and adults believably and you get a clear image of their rich lives and what money can buy.
It also describes the ruthlessness of the rich and powerful vampires, immortals, and how they look down on their human red blood companions. Not all of them, of course, but many.

As usual, there are good and evil fighting, and teenage romance in the air.
Maybe the most intersting twist in this series is that these vampires are being hunted and killed even if they are rich and powerful and this 'hunt' has happened before, many times in fact, but it does not happen all the time. It has made the vampires believe that maybe the hunters are gone for ever, until it happens again.

I would recommend this series for someone who likes fashion, culinary tidbits, a bit of a vampire and teenage romance.

I purchased the Blue Blood book set (along with Book 4 which isn't part of this set) for my daughter for Christmas and she read through all books in a matter of a couple of weeks. She's a huge Twilight fan, so I figured she would like this story. She said that it's a completely different take on vampires, so she couldn't compare Twilight to the Blue Bloods. The story line is really interesting and the characters are complex. My daughter loves to read, but she's pretty picky about what she likes. This story kept her engaged...it was hard for her to put them down!

SHE KEEPS MAKING ME COME BACK TO FIND BOOKS FOR HER TO READ AND LOVES THIS PLACE

`Blue Bloods' is a nice series. The author is skilled in twisting and weaving the characters and the tangled web of events. The love interest in the series is an intriguing forbidden love relationship, but weak in detail and lacks enough interaction between the two characters. The end of book four leads the reader to believe this relationship will be the focus of the coming book and I'm looking forward in hope.
If you're looking for a vampire series this is a great one, but if you're like me and love the supernatural romance this series is probably not the one to go with.

i can not say enough for this trilogy
my middle school students loved this , and they really wrote great summaries

The Blue Bloods is an absolutely visionary book series. From its Biblical references and parallels to its down right originality, it's sure to please any reader. I've read them once, and plan to read them many more times. :]