Main Character: Schuyler Van Alen
Series: Blue Bloods, Book 3
Have you ever wondered what secrets lurk behind the closed doors of New York City’s wealthiest families? They’re powerful, they’re famous… they’re undead.
Schuyler Van Alen’s blood legacy has just been called into question – is the young vampire in fact a Blue Blood, or is it the sinister Silver Blood that runs through her veins? As controversy swirls, Schuyler is left stranded in the Force household, trapped under the same roof as her cunning nemesis, Mimi Force, and her forbidden crush, Jack Force.
When one of the Gates of Hell is breached by Silver Bloods in Rio de Janeiro, however, the Blue Bloods will need Schuyler on their side. The stakes are high; the battle is bloody; and through it all, Carnavale rages on. And in the end, one vampire’s secret identity will be exposed in a revelation that shocks everyone.
Melissa De La Cruz has done it again! I can’t believe how fast it took me to read this book. I’m not going to tell you about all of the drama that I went through to read this book. Oh well, okay I’ll tell you…I finished Masquerade at work and so I came home and watched the Laker game (I couldn’t miss the Laker game even for Jack Force) and then after the Laker game, I went over to my shelf to look for Revelations. It’s not there. Not a big deal, it must be on my shelves upstairs.
Only, it’s not.
Ugh.
I tear my house looking for it but it’s nowhere to be found. By now, it’s after 11pm and you’d think I’d give up but I’m on a mission. I go outside to my car and search through my car and still I find nothing. I walk back into my house, frustrated beyond relief and it’s now almost 11:30pm and I’m pouting because the bookstore is closed and I can’t go get another copy. I’m texting my friend Theresa to see if maybe I didn’t take the book from her house like I thought I did but she doesn’t have it and then just before I’m about to give up, I remember that my other friend B Nice read the book. So at 11:36pm, I texted her.
And at11:42pm, I jump into my car and drive to B Nice’s house to pick up the book just so that I can read it.
I got home a little after midnight and read until almost 3:30am. I went to bed that night, one happy camper. And yes, Theresa created a monster. I know this.
Anyway, on with the review. This book was a trip because there was so many things going on. Lawrence lost custody of Schuyler because Charles Force is a bitter old fart. So she’s got to move in with the Forces. She’s got to live with the girl who almost tried to kill her and her forbidden crush. It couldn’t have been easy for her, to be uprooted from all that she knew and dropped into the one place that she would never want to go to. She couldn’t talk to her best friend and she never felt more alone than she did.
Watching Schuyler deal with everything that was thrown at her was at sometimes hard to get through. I felt bad for her but then she would do things that would get on my nerves as well. I can’t stand the whole Oliver/Schuyler/Jack because I really love Oliver. For most of the entire series, I’ve loved Oliver more because he was SO good to Schuyler. He was fiercely loyal to her and passionately in love with her. I hate that he kept getting the short end of the stick.
Every time Schuyler would say that she didn’t want to hurt Oliver, I would say, “Then don’t.” But her indecisiveness got on my nerves but because there was so many other things popping off, I didn’t dwell too much on the whole love triangle thing.
This book sure did pack a massive adventure between the two covers and for the most part, I enjoyed it. The way that everything connects to everyone made me trip out because talk about small world. The vampires put small world into a whole other catagory but seeing everything come together in this book was interesting.
I still hate the ever living daylights out of Mimi but I’m softening toward Jack even though I can’t really tell you why. I love the hell out of Kingsley and I’m starting to become indifferent to Bliss. I still love Ollie to pieces too. Awww Ollie.
If you haven’t tried this series out, you should. It’s a great way to spend a few hours, getting to know these characters, falling into this world. It’s a good time, kudos to De La Cruz for creating a world that I don’t mind falling into every chance I get.
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I loved this book and everything just keeps getting better and better. Well Bliss shes something else, but Schuyler and Jack and ollie they are a handful as well. Kingsley I didn’t like in the beginning but you will see that he’s a good guy and lets just say i got teary eyed in the end for him.
Poor Ollie is just that friend that every girl would want, I know would love a friend like Ollie but I would fall hard for him, not like Schuyler..But anyways glad you’re enjoying the books.
I finished the Van Alen Legacy and whoa. Wasn’t expecting all of that to happen but I’m not mad about it.
Not at all.
I can’t wait for more! My heart hurts for Ollie!
I’ve been wanting to check out this series. I’ve heard it is kind of like Gossip Girl with vampires.
stopped by via the hop!
OMG wena wasn’t it goo. Definitely alot of things that happened which were not expected. Did you end up liking Kingsley? He pretty much died for her and I hope he comes back in another book. Schuyler that lucky girl, gets what she wants and poor Ollie being the awesome friend that he is, lets her go..Dayum, what a friend!
I enjoyed the series very much and anyone who hasn’t read it yet, give it a shot..you’ll enjoy it!
TMotD,
It’s EXACTLY like Gossip Girl with vamps but a little less sleazy.
BNice,
I ended up LOVING Kingsley. I feel so bad for Ollie, he needs his own girl.