Although the age of the story’s protagonists means that they attend school, their lifestyles and huge life experience (gained from their past lives) makes them seem older and allows this series to successfully appeal to both teenagers and older adult readers. Since there is a long-running story arc threaded through this series any reader new to the Blue Bloods world would do best to read the books in series order.Īimed at teen readers the series follows the coming of age adventures of a group of highly sophisticated and privileged Blue Blood vampires who start to come into their vampire powers in their teenaged years. The Van Alen Legacy is the fourth book in Melissa De La Cruz’s popular Blue Bloods series for young adults. And even cold-hearted Mimi seems to suffer from the ties that bind. She has forsaken Jack for Oliver, choosing human over vampire. Not to worry love is still in the air for the young vampires of the Upper East Side. Once left to live the glamorous life in New York City, the Blue Bloods now find themselves in an epic battle for survival. With the stunning revelation surrounding Bliss’s true identity comes the growing threat of the sinister Silver Bloods. Hope you enjoyed the sneak peek! More sneaks to come….Published 2009 369 pages Summary (from the book jacket) They were all sitting quietly in a motorbus taking them to the estate.

She hoped she looked identical in every way with the rest of the catering staff who had been hired for the evening. Her dark hair was pulled back in a simple ponytail and except for a hint of lipgloss she wore no make-up. She wore a pressed white shirt buttoned to the neck over slim black pants and flat black shoes with rubber soles. Like a mouse creeping into a hole, hoping not to be noticed. Tonight she would not enter its exclusive, exalted domain as an invited guest, but rather as a humble servant. She remembered staging imaginary productions inside the grand courtyard and throwing breadcrumbs to the geese from the terrace overlooking the Seine.

As a child she had played hide-and-seek in its formal gardens, where the conical-sculpted trees reminded her of figures on a chessboard. “Castle” was more like it, something out of a fairytale, its massive river walls and grey mansard roofs rising from the surrounding mist. At least, Schuyler Van Alen had always thought so. The Hotel Lambert in the Ile-St-Louis was the most beautiful house in the most beautiful city in the world. “I’ve been sleeping a thousand years it seems, got to open my eyes to everythingâ€¦” Supposedly you lose half your brain with each child. Two days late but hopefully not a story short!

The van alen legacy melissa de la cruz