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Schuyler, che ama più gli abiti vintage di quelli firmatissimi delle sue amiche di scuola, ha sempre faticato a integrarsi nell'ambiente che è costretta a frequentare, e dopo la morte della sua compagna arriva a sconvolgerla anche l'improvviso interesse che mostra nei suoi confronti il ragazzo più bello della scuola, Jack Porce. Grazie a lui viene introdotta nel circolo più esclusivo di Manhattan, i cui membri, scoprirà presto, sono i potenti vampiri di Sangue blu, la setta più antica della città, da secoli invincibile. E la sua amica scomparsa era una di loro. Ma ora qualcosa o qualcuno sta perseguitando quel gruppo elitario, e Schuyler vuole scoprire chi si cela dietro i crimini efferati che colpiscono i Sangue blu, capendo così di non essere debole quanto pensava.… (altro)
I liked it, but holy crap, is it ever twitchy and jumpy. Like, we're talking meth addict who just chugged a Red Bull and down 5 of those giant pixie sticks level.
Schuyler (seriously?) is your standard "odd girl out" at a preppy New York school for rich people. And she's also a vampire. The back of the book just flat out tells you this; but it isn't revealed until about halfway through. And even that isn't handled very well. There's no dramatic buildup, just standard high school things, until BAM! Schoolmate gets murdered. More standard teen crap, BAM! Schuyler gets a random letter, goes to this fancy society event, and the hostess pretty much goes "You may have noticed some changes in your body this is because pub-- I mean, vampires. So, you're all vampires now, go have Edward Cullen adventures and things. You can't die. So have fun with that." And then we're treated to more generic teen drama, and then again, BAM! Turns out you can die, the vampires are getting killed by horrifying scary monster thing. And all of this is still covered in the blurb, and we're about 3/4 of the way through the book.
The rest of the story just goes on like this. A steady rhythm of Gossip Girl-esque teen drama, interspersed with random, out of the blue plot twists. It's like it has the book equivalent of heart palpitations. The characters also all act like this. Just random changes of hearts, revelations and all sorts of crazy crap. Seriously, my opening simile about the meth addict is probably the best way I can describe this book.
Be that as it may, still leaps and bounds ahead of Twilight. I'll probably pick up the next book in the series soon. ( )
Schuyler is a regular girl at her school but she keeps seeing things, things that are and are not there. Even worse someone is trying to kill her, she must find out who it is and stop them.
I had tried to read this before but never got into it, this time was very different. It is about vampires but it is really different. I don't understand jack, he is just... Weird. He should be with her. ( )
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The family was not simply the sum of the connections created by a large, extended set of relations...a family...was a name, a material and symbolic patrimony, and a form of stakeholding in America..."describing a total lineage, past, present and future." --Eric Homberger, "Mrs. Astor's New York"
You can't push it underground, You can't stop it screaming out, How did it come to this? You will suck the life out of me.... --Muse, "Time is Running Out"
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This book is dedicated to my dad, Bert de la Cruz, true blue in every sense of the word, who has heroes' blood in his veins. This book would not exist without the love, support, insight, and intelligence of my husband, Mike Johnston, to whom I owe everything.
Incipit
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The Bank was a decrepit stone building at the tail end of Houston Street, on the last divide between the gritty East Village and the wilds of the Lower East Side.
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"Ollie, how do you feel about a weekend in Venice?" she asked.
Schuyler, che ama più gli abiti vintage di quelli firmatissimi delle sue amiche di scuola, ha sempre faticato a integrarsi nell'ambiente che è costretta a frequentare, e dopo la morte della sua compagna arriva a sconvolgerla anche l'improvviso interesse che mostra nei suoi confronti il ragazzo più bello della scuola, Jack Porce. Grazie a lui viene introdotta nel circolo più esclusivo di Manhattan, i cui membri, scoprirà presto, sono i potenti vampiri di Sangue blu, la setta più antica della città, da secoli invincibile. E la sua amica scomparsa era una di loro. Ma ora qualcosa o qualcuno sta perseguitando quel gruppo elitario, e Schuyler vuole scoprire chi si cela dietro i crimini efferati che colpiscono i Sangue blu, capendo così di non essere debole quanto pensava.
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Schuyler (seriously?) is your standard "odd girl out" at a preppy New York school for rich people. And she's also a vampire. The back of the book just flat out tells you this; but it isn't revealed until about halfway through. And even that isn't handled very well. There's no dramatic buildup, just standard high school things, until BAM! Schoolmate gets murdered. More standard teen crap, BAM! Schuyler gets a random letter, goes to this fancy society event, and the hostess pretty much goes "You may have noticed some changes in your body this is because pub-- I mean, vampires. So, you're all vampires now, go have Edward Cullen adventures and things. You can't die. So have fun with that." And then we're treated to more generic teen drama, and then again, BAM! Turns out you can die, the vampires are getting killed by horrifying scary monster thing. And all of this is still covered in the blurb, and we're about 3/4 of the way through the book.
The rest of the story just goes on like this. A steady rhythm of Gossip Girl-esque teen drama, interspersed with random, out of the blue plot twists. It's like it has the book equivalent of heart palpitations. The characters also all act like this. Just random changes of hearts, revelations and all sorts of crazy crap. Seriously, my opening simile about the meth addict is probably the best way I can describe this book.
Be that as it may, still leaps and bounds ahead of Twilight. I'll probably pick up the next book in the series soon. (