Review: The Van Alen Legacy by Melissa De La Cruz

Posted June 21, 2010 by Rowena in Reviews | 4 Comments

Main Character: Schuyler Van Alen
Series: Blue Bloods, Book 4

With the stunning revelation surrounding Bliss’s true identity comes the growing threat of the sinister Silver Bloods. Once left to live the glamorous life in New York City, the Blue Bloods now find themselves in an epic battle for survival. Not to worry; love is still in the air for the young vampires of the Upper East Side. Or is it? Schuyler has made her choice. She has forsaken Jack for Oliver, choosing human over vampire. But old loves die hard…And even coldhearted Mimi seems to suffer from the ties that bind.

Young vampires unite in this highly anticipated fourth installment of the New York Times best-selling series.

This is the latest installment of the Blue Bloods series and like the other books, I enjoyed it.

There was a whole lot of action, a whole lot of OMGWTH? kind of things popping off in this book and it made for one heck of an enjoyable ride.

In this book, everything with Bliss comes to light and we see Schuyler on the run from the vamps in New York with Oliver. She’s been gone for a year and her and Oliver are hard at work trying to clear her name. She’s all alone in the world now except for Oliver. Her grandma and grandpa are gone, her mother is still in a coma but she’s got Oliver.

She doesn’t have Jack though and while she is still madly in love with him, she doesn’t have him anymore because she ended it and Jack is going to bond with Mimi.

Her life is in shambles and she doesn’t think it can get any worse…but they do because the Silver Bloods are now on the hunt for some Schuyler and they want her gone because like Grandpa Lawrence said, Schuyler was going to be the salvation of the Blue Bloods. Or, she was going to be the one to rid the earth of all of those no good Silver Bloods so it’s no wonder they want her dead and gone.

It’s been a year since she’s been on the run going from one place to another, never settling in for too long. Always on the move and the toll its taken on her and on Oliver is starting to wear thin. Oliver has been the ever faithful best friend, always there for her is just too bleeping sweet. I heart Ollie.

They’ve got one final chance to clear Schuyler’s name but before they can meet with the leader, Jack pops back into the picture and throws Schuyler’s entire world off its rocker. They’re battling the Silver Bloods together and Schuyler finds herself back in New York and things are even more crazy than ever.

The emotions are high in this book, I was happy, excited, sad and hurt for most of the characters. Everything from Schuyler and Oliver and then Schuyler and Jack, Mimi and Kingsley (whoa buddy did this one come out of the wood works but it was still good stuff) and then Bliss and Dylan. Reading this book was like riding a roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain. It took you up, down and round and round. I enjoyed it a lot!

Jack is back and he’s different. Things between him and Schuyler are still as crazy as ever. They still love the hell out of each other even though it’s been a whole year since they’ve seen each other and with Oliver in the picture, it was hard for Schuyler to do anything about her feelings for Jack because she doesn’t want to hurt Oliver. It was just one big ol’ pot of ugly. My heart went out to Oliver and I found myself softening toward Jack for some unexplainable reason. In the first few books, I liked Jack but I didn’t exactly love him.

In this book, I liked him a great deal but part of my heart still belongs to Oliver. Schuyler and her indecisiveness made me want to choke her out but in the end, I got over it.

If you’re a fan of this series then you’re going to enjoy this book. It answers a lot of questions but also rises some new ones. You won’t want to miss out.

Final Grade: B