Blue Bloods (Blue Bloods #1)

This is the first book in a long series of rich vampires. It was a new take on it, with the blue bloods and silver bloods. But, it just didn't hold my attention.

Reader reviewed by bria

now this book is no twilight, but good non the less. I like to read books with different discriptions of vampires and i like the ones in this book alot. The storyline is pretty good but if you really hate cliff hangers dont read this because the ending of this story is one of the biggest cliff hangers i have ever read in a book. what kept me reading wasnt the silver bloodpart of the story, but the wanting to know what was going to happen between jack and Schuyler.

Reader reviewed by stebat

I just finished reading the book "blue bloods", and it was wonderful, because it has a lot of suspense, and the author relates the story of diferrent characters of the book, so we can see each one of them's point of view. This book is about a girl "Schuyler" whose mom was in a coma, and she just founded out in her private school that she's one of the blue bloods, that she's an unvulnerable vampire, but she discovers that something stronger than them is coming back to haunt them and that he's probably disguising as one of them. Shuyler tries to discover what that creature is with the help of her best friend Oliver and one of the popular girls "Bliss".

Reader reviewed by TBTELLY

I was not too impressed with where this story led the reader. The characters were not exciting enough and the way the vampires were portrayed was too cynical and juvenile. I also was not captivated with the writing style but maybe it is because I was reading it at an older age and it did not relate to me. I recommend vampire reads like Twilight more so over this series. 

Reader reviewed by Lea

The first novel in a series, we meet Schuyler Van Alen. She's an outcast, and sticks to her friend Oliver. After turning fifteen, she notices the veins in her body are becoming more prominent. She is told that she is a vampire, and something very dark is trying to kill them all. Schuylers relationship with the characters, such as Jack, seems rushed, but effective. Mimi is, typically, upset at the competition for his attentions, and Bliss has some secrets that she's even keeping from herself...A great first novel, and start to a series.

Reader reviewed by Sab H. (Crystal Reviews)

I don't think there is a better word for this book than "fresh". It was
so refreshing reading about clothes and the fashion elite for a while.
I love Blue Bloods world. I would love to be a vampire like that! I
also love her writing. The fact that each chapter is extremely short
and shows a specific scene is so captivating. The chapters are so fast
read that you never seem to stop.

The characters are
interesting. I still don't know any of them very well, this is the
first book though. You seem to have the feeling that you suspect
everyone has secrets so it works with the plot. She could not have
ended the story any better. That was my favorite part-the last scene.

I
am not a big fan of the cover, I think it could have been so much
prettier or dark or mysterious but it does match the story. At any rate
I read the first chapter of the next book -it was at the end of my
book- and I am so desperate to start reading the next one that I will
stop writing this review NOW! Great Book!

Reader reviewed by Kelsey

I'm not sure what to make of this book. I liked it. It drew my attention and kept me reading for hours and hours. But Blue Bloods went downhill from the beginning.

It's a unique take on the popular vampire trend, and one I haven't read before. There were multiple plot lines throughout the book, and I think I will enjoy the rest of the series. It was a fast, quick-paced read, which I appreciated.

Even though I liked reading the first book in the Blue Bloods series, I feel Cruz could have done better.

Reader reviewed by Nina

I didn't really enjoy this book, partially because it just wasn't the type of thing I'd usually read but since I wasted a good two days of my life trying to get through it I feel entitled to review it.

Blue Bloods is about a group of upper class New York teenagers who are vampires. One of them is murdered early on in the book which has everybody worried because apparently you can't kill a vampire.  It is basically a combination of Twilight and Gossip Girl though it seems to lean more towards Gossip Girl.

One of the most annoying things about the book for me was the endless descriptions of designer clothes. I guess a more fashion savvy person would probably be able to understand the difference between Prada pearls and just regular pearls but I just found it stupid and irritating. Also the multi paragraph descriptions of what every character was wearing seemed to slow things down and kill a few of my brain cells in the process. I don't mind the occasional description of what a character is wearing but describing Mimi's outfit down down to her designer underwear is unnecessary. Do we really need to know what type of thong Mimi is wearing to enjoy the story?

The characters themselves seemed to be lacking, the author rotates through three different points of view. Just when you were getting a feel for what Schuyler might be like suddenly your hearing about Mimi's shopping spree or Bliss's fancy apartment. However the only really annoying character in the book is Mimi, the stuck up popular girl. Which is unusual for books like this, usually all the characters are popular and stuck up to a degree but Schuyler and Bliss were okay and you can relate to them somewhat. They're probably the only reason I gave this book two stars instead of one.

Then there is the plot which doesn't seem to really start until the very end of the book. Up until then you get a lot of vampire history and some backstory on Schuyler's family. Then as if the book wasn't fashion obsessed enough the author throws in a pointless modeling subplot, in which Bliss and Schuyler do a photoshoot. They discover that several famous supermodels are actually Blue Bloods. All in all it has nothing to do with the plot and seems to only have been put in the book so the author would have another opportunity to list off brand names. The book ends with a cliff hanger designed to make you buy the next book and there is minimal resolution.

I personally wouldn't reccomend this to someone whose actually interested in a story about vampires. A lot of what was good about the book was lost with the endless descriptions of designer clothing and flat characters. If you do want to read the book I'd check it out from the library before buying it.

Reader reviewed by Rachel Connell

Schuyler attends a private school called New York Duchesne School. Viewed as an outcast she hangouts with her friend Oliver who is secretly crushing on her and living with her grandmother at their fixer-upper Mansion. Schuyler gets an invatation into the Blue Bloods club where she learns that they are all reincarnated fallen angels who have the crazings for Blood including her coma induced mother.
I did not like this book. Everything was boring and unoriginal. Unless you like a book that has no substance and the same "I want this guy even though he keeps messing me over and I can't see what I have beside me" book then I wouldn't suggest this.