This was even better than Blue Bloods! I love the intricacies of this series.

Too slow in the beginning/middle. Need more of the Silver blood mystery throughout rather than just at the end! Still pretty interesting, excited to see what happens next :)

Aghhhhh that ending though! So, this is a pretty damn good vampire series so far but I am so ready for something to happen to Allegra already! Wake up! We also see a bit of what happened to begin with, but obviously there is more to that story. It did get a bit exhausting with the explosion and finding out who has responsible but it is interesting to know that Schuyler inherited some of her mother's abilities. I still don't like Mimi and for some reason I like Bliss even less? Maybe it has somet...

Blue Bloods are the highest level of elite modern New York society. The teen Blue Bloods attend Duchesne School, enjoy the most fabulous parties and share a dark secret. Blue Bloods are vampires; they literally bleed blue blood and sprout fangs when hungry. But that doesn't stop them from partying in this second installment of Melissa de la Cruz's fantasy/horror series, which has even more mysterious secrets and action than its predecessor. Schuyler Van Alen and her destined human assistant, Oli...

This wasn't as good as the first one. I actually went back, and flipped through the first one to make sure I wasn't imagining things. de la Cruz's writing style gets much more stilted and awkward in this book, and her exposition gets much more awkward. The first ten pages are full of INFORMATION BEING THROWN AT YOUR HEAD, HEY GUYS REMEMBER FROM THE LAST BOOK?!?Maybe I was on less cold medicine this time around, but I wasn't as enthralled. The story is still interesting (I like how de la Cruz wor...

I really enjoyed this book much more than I enjoyed the first book, Blue Bloods. There were some things that I thought were annoying but the rest of the book was really great. It ended with a cliff hanger, which I hate, and the thing with the Silver Bloods is starting to annoy me. Schuyler:Schuyler, in my opinion, was a better character in this book than in Blue Bloods. I really want to know how it goes with her and Jack, but now with Oliver, she just got into one big mess. But I am curious how

I liked book 2 a lot better than book 1 but what a cliffhanger! Sometimes I am very thankful I collect whole series before I even start to read them. The back story for these characters is really interested and there was less mentioning of clothing in this one. I mean, it was still there but not as overly abundant as book 1. Which is probably what made this one more enjoyable. I will definitely continue on with this series.

This second "Blue Bloods" book has one major improvement - the number of pages dedicated to describing various pieces of clothing is reduced from about 150 pages in the first book to about 50. The rest of the book is of the same quality - same flat characters, same obsession with parties, expensive things and good looks, same absence of noticeable climax, and, sadly, same plot (or lack of it).What goes for these books however is a very intriguing new take on vampire lore. It is obvious this lore...

I think the covers on the books of this series are so pretty. I enjoyed Masquerade and honestly I was unsure if I wanted Mimi to be “saved” so to speak because she is really not likeable so far in this series. I am starting book three right after lunch and plan to read through this series during this coming week but I really hope they move a bit faster on the romance and revelations. I think they will since the sizes of the books are smallish. The ending with Dylan’s words will make readers grab...

"Masquerade" is the second installment In De La Cruz's "Blue Bloods" series. It continues where "Blue Bloods" left off, when Schuyler's grandmother was reprocessed through the vampire cycle, where she would eventually be reborn, after an interrupted attack by a Silver Blood. She (along with her Conduit Oliver) goes on a mission in Venice to find her grandfather, Lawrence Van Alen. Her grandmother's last plea was that Schuyler find her grandfather so that he could save the Blue Bloods from the Cr...

Melissa dela Cruz, this is a filler right?Come on, nothing really happen in this book. I guess I just have to read the next one since many of my friends considered Book 3 as the best out of the series .I just don't like that majority of the book was all about partying and hooking up (meh that's pretty much it).I really also don't have a favorite character atm so to speak. None of them really strike me as interesting enough to held my interest. And I just felt that the character are very similar

While the vampire lore was pretty much all that kept me going while reading Blue Bloods, I found a little more to appreciate while reading its sequel, Masquerade. Granted, this book isn't perfect, but it is a slight step up.One big thing I noticed was the minimal designer name-dropping. It worked against the previous novel, basically since it made the characters even more distant and unrelatable (except the fact that they're, you know, vampires and all), since I don't think any reader had any id...

Reviewed by Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen for TeensReadToo.comWhen we last left off with Schuyler Van Alen, she was just getting used to the news of being a Blue Blood, or what we normally label them as, a vampire. She gets invited into the New York Blood Bank Committee and, before she knows it, Schuyler is swept away into the unknown world of the Blue Bloods. Unfortunately, it seems like Schuyler discovered her true self at the wrong time, since three Blue Blood teens have been murdered....

I bought this book yesterday and finished yesterday too.Urgh. I was too intrigued by the first book's whole IDEA to let this one go by without a read. I buy books out of habit, one I should VERY much stop until I have read it before since this one too was a waste of my money.Urgh again! More blandness. I want to punch Charles force in the face, slap Mimi and the whole Kingsley thing was random and just .... what was the fracking point? Also, Mimi said in the first book that she couldn't remember...

What would you do if you could bring the dead back to life? I didn't like Masquerade, I loved it beacuse it will leave you with so many questions that you will have to read the next book. Schulyer Van Alen goes on an adventure to figure out the truth. Even things seems to be going fine as she connects with long lost faminly members. Unfortunately, her world is turned upside down when a explosion goes off in the most secure place for a Blue Bloods. And when people start making assumtions about wh...

Again, a whole barrage of info dumping and more telling the story than showing it. I really dislike stories being told that way. I also don’t see what’s so necessary about name dropping every single fashion designer brand. I also feel uncomfortable that the twins are long lost lovers and in this shell they’re supposedly brother and sister. This series would have probably intrigued me when I was younger, but now? Not at all.. I’m sorry that I have to donate all these books that are signed but at