Blue Bloods

Oh, man. I am SO hooked on another series.

I started Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz yesterday, and finished it today. It's awesome. It has quite a few similarities to COB/COA, except Jack isn't as hot as Jace (yet, anyway), and in my opinion, Oliver is waaay hotter than Simon. If we're comparing characters. Which, they seem to take similar roles in the novel.

The books have the setting (NY, NY) in common, the nightclub opening, the close girl/boy friendship, the too-intimate sibling relationship, and similar ideas of Claves/conclaves - leaders who run the covens, really.

This book is much more vampire-y than COB/COA but has much less about other magical creatures (nothing, really). It's set in present-day Manhattan, but has a cool historical twist in that the Puritan arrival in Plymouth and the lost colony of Roanoke are weaved in. I don't want to say any more about that, though - I don't want to spoil anything.

I highly recommend you all read it - I want someone to discuss it with! Couple things of note - I didn't realize that it was a series. I now have Masquerade, the second book, on reserve at the library (though I might have to buy these), and the third book, Revelations, comes out in October. So at least we won't have to wait long!! YAY!!!

Also, I wish I would have known that the main character's, Schuyler, name was pronounced Skylar. I finally looked it up halfway through the book when Oliver kept calling her "Sky." I had been erroneously pronouncing it "Shooler" in my head. Like rhymes with "Bueller." Evidently Schuyler is the Dutch (original) spelling of the name. Which makes more sense, once you read the book and figure out all of the history and stuff.

Weirdest thing - the author keeps referencing Muse's "Time is Running Out" in the novel. Muse must really inspire vampire authors! ;-)

Anyway, I really enjoyed it. Thought I'd share!