Masquerade (Blue Bloods #2)

Reader reviewed by Casey

I loved this book. It was just as good as the first one. I couldn't put this book down. I finished it in a couple hours after i got it. The ending was pretty unexpected :]] I loved how the author gives you background information on the types of vampires and how all the characters have these pasts that they start to remember when they become of age to get there tattoos on their arms. I would recommend this book to anyone who is into the supernatural books :]]

Reader reviewed by Sage

Masquerade was the second book in the Blue Bloods Series. Schuyler wants an answer as to why the Blue Bloods are dying and the only person that can tell her the answer is her grandfather. Schuyler and Oliver travel to Venice to find her grandfather Meanwhile the rest of the Blue Blood communtiy prepares for the fourhundered ball. But it's the after party that gets everyone squirming. What danger lurks in the shadows?

This book was amazing and lived up to the expectations of the first one i can't wait to read the third one!

Reader reviewed by Samantha Watt

I have to admit if i was sky i wouldn't do half of the things that she does. Espcially saving MIMI.

Though if Jack asked me to do that for her, how could i refuse? For some reason I am thinking that Sky is a soul that has a past, we just dont' know it yet.

And I don't think that Jack is seeing Gabreille in Sky i think he is seeing someone else.

Anyway the best book of the Blue blood series nad can't wait for the next one!

Reader reviewed by Nicole

Masquerade the second book in the Blue Bloods Series was a quick and fun read that left you thirsting for more. It is a book with tons of vampires, love, intrigue, and cliffhangers. Once I started it I could not put it down! One of my favorite things about the book is that it is written from many different points of view. Some people might find this confusing at first but as you get to know the characters it becomes very entertaining.
Schuyler Van Alan is searching for her grandfather somewhere in Venice to ask for help in how to deal with all of the silver bloods who have been attacking the blue bloods, a group of elite vampires. Meanwhile back in New York, Mimi and Jack Force are getting ready for the Four Hundred Ball, a traditional ball that happens every year and during which the vampires are officially presented. Blisss nightmares are becoming even worse. She has been blacking out and waking up in places that she has no idea how she got to. Bliss believes that Dylan her boyfriend who was taken by a Silver Blood in the first book is still alive.
I found this book even better than the first! I cant wait until the 3rd one, Revelations, comes out in October.

Reader reviewed by Suraya

This book, in my opinion, is waay better than the forst one.
I don't know what does it..
>The white roses that Jack sends Schuyler.
>The intense relationship Oliver&her have.
>The fact that Mimi was almost killed.
>Charles Forces adopting Schuyler.
>Bliss&Schuyler turning out to be sisters?!
>OH! and the ending.. Dylan coming back??!!!

the ending left me waiting for the thrid one fer sure.
I seriously was so frustrated that it isn't coming out until October 2008 grr.

Reader reviewed by the book muncher

The fantastic world that Melissa de la Cruz wove in Blue Bloods is back in action-packed Masquerade. The story opens when Schuyler Van Alen and her best friend Oliver are in Venice searching for Schuylers grandfather. Before Schuylers grandmother Cordelia succumbed to hibernation, she instructed Schuyler to go search for her grandfather Lawrence, because he was the only one who held the key to defeating the Silver Bloods. And they need that answer, because the Silver Bloods have come back.

At the same time in New York City, preparations are being made for the Four Hundred Ball, an elite party for Blue Bloods only. But its not exclusive enough for the tastes of Mimi Force. She plans to throw a masquerade after-party thats even harder to get into. Its not long before word gets out though, and with the new people who come, everything is set into motion.

I loved Masquerade as much as I loved Blue Bloods. There is no shortage of action in this novel, and I definitely loved the new vampire twist. It was very interesting to read along as Schuyler learned how to use her new abilities from her grandfather. There was also so much suspense in this novel and I was constantly guessing. I love how certain evidence leads the characters and the reader to one conclusion and then is turned out to be totally wrong or off target. I definitely recommend this exciting novel to fans of other vampire and action novels.

Reader reviewed by Rin

At the beginning of the novel, we find Schulyer Van Alen, searching for her grandfather in Venice, hoping that he can help her unearth the mystery of the Silver Bloods found in the previous book.

Also, Schuyler's attendance at the Blue Blood's ball unleashes some unexpected events.

Melissa De La Cruz's novel is a delight and a great continutation to the Blue Blood Series. Some questions are answered..partially. And others are open, leaving room for the sequel, coming out in the Fall 2008.

Reader reviewed by Natalie

Let me start off by saying this is an awesome book. It is so much better than the first book, Blue Bloods.

The book starts off in Venice. Schuyler and her best friend Oliver in search of grandfather, Lawrence Van Alen whom she believes can help solve the mystery of the Silver Bloods. Meanwhile, back in Manhattan, the Force twins are preparing for a Masquerade ball to be reintroduced into society. Just like the other book, the book ends suddenly, just when things start to get even better.

In this book, Schuyler character is more stronger and independent, and her relationships with Oliver and Jack are explored in more depth. Who will she choose?