Revelations Blue Bloods Book 3 Review

Revelations is the third book in the Blue Bloods Series by Melissa De La Cruz. The first two reviews Blue Bloods and Masquerade can be found by clicking on the links. I liked this book much better than the last one. There was quite a bit of action toward the end of the book and as promised some surprising revelations.

The story line is coming together nicely in this book. You learn so much more about the characters and the developments are amazing. So by the end of the book you know who many of the silver bloods are and who some of the blue bloods that are on the wrong side of the game are.

I am still having a hard time buying this whole vampire angel thing but in this book I started to forget about it. I usually don't have a hard time shutting off my reality meter when reading fiction but until this book I just was not buying the theory. I am not sure I ever will but it is getting good enough that I can just go with the flow. I am giving this book a 4 out of 5 stars because I really do want to know what happens next.

In this book you get to see Schuyler develop as a young woman in love as well as a very powerful blue blood. You get to see her grow up a little and make some tough choices and you get to see her realize some of her power. Under the guidance of her grandfather she and many of the other blue bloods are preparing for war. They once lax council is no longer protecting the innocence of the young vampires but teaching them to wield their power when needed. Schuyler has been sent to live with the Force family but she is still learning a great deal as her grandfather has taken over the council.

Schuyler is on stage for a big fashion event and she senses a great evil and she just runs off stage right to her grandfather. He gives her a pep talk and shortly thereafter is summoned away. This is where the story gets really good and you really need to read the book to find out more.

Along the way I really started to fall in love with Oliver, Schuyler best friend and human conduit as well as her human familiar. He is a great guy any way you look at it and I can see a future of great pain for him. I can also see me crying my eyes out when he gets hurt because I tend to like him too much.

In this book you also get to see Dylan again and learn a great deal about what made him crazy. You learn more about Bliss and her sister and the plot twists here are amazing. I had my suspicions from the last book but what happens will really blow you away.


All in all I am glad I read the first two books to get to this one. The plot that they were hinting at in the first few books really comes together nicely in this one. You have two types of vampires that are going to go to war. They were almost all fallen angels and a few that came to fight of their own free will. The blue bloods were those who chose not to follow Lucifer and the silver bloods are those who follow him. There are those who have changed sides and those who are still on the fence but you will soon learn more.

Happy reading!

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Masquerade by Melissa De La Cruz Book Review

Masquerade is the second book in the Blue Bloods Series by Melissa De La Cruz. You can find the review for the first book here. I can say I don't regret reading this book because it was entertaining. It helped me get through my first overnight shift once I could no longer read work related material and stay awake.

That being said I couldn't say I really loved the book either. The entire book felt like a set up for the next book. Since the book is short that may very well be what it was.

In review there are these vampire like beings that are actually angels...or rather fallen angels. They call themselves blue bloods. Schuyler is the only half blood among them as her mother took a human mate. There is some crazy thing going on where they are all come back after death into a new cycle and are forbidden to change anything. They are even supposed to keep the same mates unless one dies. So what her mother did was forbidden and now she is in a place of stasis. Schuyler is in love with a vampire that is has a mate and that is a great little side story.

There are also a band of really evil fallen angels that are called the silver bloods. There leader is Lucifer and they are a real nasty bunch. They feed off of their own kind and they are...well you don't learn much more about them in this book. You really don't learn that much about anyone in this book.

You find out little bits and pieces about Schuyler her and her friends Oliver and Bliss but you just get small juicy bits that lead your mind down a new path. I can't tell you or it will spoil you reading experience. You do not get much as far as romance goes in this book and you get very little action. You learn how far Mimi Force will go to get Schuyler out of the way but that is about all there is to this book.

My advice is that if you liked the first book just think of the second book as a transitional book that you need to read to understand the third book. While it was entertaining it was not really a great book. I wouldn't call it a waste of time but I am rather disappointed. I am only giving this book 2 of 5 stars . I just finished the third book and I will have a review for that soon.

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Blue Blood By Melissa De La Cruz -- Book Review

First let me say I really liked this book, but I found it hard to follow at first. They include letters from the first colonies to arrive in America and some little history lessons, and they seem out of place in present day New York.


Near the end of the book they do come together but I found myself having to search out and read some of them again. The task was easy because they are written on pages that look like a photo copy of an old letter. They didn’t fit very well for a while and I have a bad memory especially when things don’t make sense. This won’t bother too many people and was a minimal nuisance to me once the pieces fit together. I thought I would warn those out there like me with memory issues.



This story drew me in very quickly it is a different take on vampires and pretty interesting at that. This book is also written in the third person which took some adjusting for me. I am used to books written in first person but the author did a magnificent job of shifting characters without confusion.



In this book you follow several high schools students through their change into Blue Bloods. They are turning into vampires, the change starts in their early teens. Some of the children know about the change but some are unaware and unprepared.


Teens in the area start dying and they are all Blue Bloods in their changing (vulnerable) state. Shuyler, one of the main characters is determined to find out the truth and runs into all kinds of trouble along the way.



The book is short but I would recommend it as a very entertaining book. Not one of my favorites but I did like it enough to get the next two books. This book is a bit on the teeny side and as I update this review I find it being one of the last books on my list for finishing the series, of course that could be because I have 26 books waiting to be read. The books are collecting dust right now. I would give this book a 3.5 our of 5 stars.

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