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callistag1's review against another edition
okay, first I'm not really going to give a star rating on this book because I didn't finish it. Usually I make myself finish books, whether I like them or not, but this book was just one that I couldn't get myself into. I only made it to page 77, and I was bored the entire time. It just didn't hook me, so I won't be finishing it.
magikspells's review against another edition
2.0
Why do all books published around this time period seem to include some kind of incest that they attempt to explain away?
There's really nothing riveting or exciting about this book. And the narrator seems to take some grand liberties with American history. It's like a 60 year difference between Roanoke and the Mayflower so that backstory just feels lazy. I mean the specifics about the bluebloods is interesting enough, but there's only one interesting character and it's Oliver and he's not even one of them. Everyone else can take a short walk off a tall building for all I care.
There's really nothing riveting or exciting about this book. And the narrator seems to take some grand liberties with American history. It's like a 60 year difference between Roanoke and the Mayflower so that backstory just feels lazy. I mean the specifics about the bluebloods is interesting enough, but there's only one interesting character and it's Oliver and he's not even one of them. Everyone else can take a short walk off a tall building for all I care.
annettebooksofhopeanddreams's review against another edition
4.0
I've read quite a lot of books by Melissa de La Cruz and yet for some reason I had completed missed this series. Until I was browsing through a website with all recent YA novels published by Disney Hyperion. The new covers for this series look amazing and once I read the word vampire in the summary I was already sold. I ordered the first three books in the series and today it was finally time to read the first one.
I needed a little while to really get into this book. In the first few chapters we're meeting quite a few characters, each with their own challenges, thoughts and issues. In the beginning it was quite hard to tell them all apart and to remember who's who and who's connected to who. However, once the characters became more and more layered and interesting and once the plot grew more and more complex I was sucked in and couldn't put the book down anymore.
This book is everything I had expected it to be. There is this rich school, filled with rich and privileged people and quite soon we discover there's a little more to them. Then we're thrown into this world filled with politics, secrets and danger. Especially the story getting more and more dangerous and the stakes getting higher and higher made this book insanely addictive. I just had to know what would happen next and what was going on.
My favorite part of this book were the characters though. I like to read about rich teenagers. Mostly because they have interesting problems and even more intriguing personalities. In this case those characters clearly had issues too. Some of those characters are quite clearly slightly problematic, others are a little easier to root for. I at least know for sure that I'm really curious what's waiting for them in the next books in this series.
I needed a little while to really get into this book. In the first few chapters we're meeting quite a few characters, each with their own challenges, thoughts and issues. In the beginning it was quite hard to tell them all apart and to remember who's who and who's connected to who. However, once the characters became more and more layered and interesting and once the plot grew more and more complex I was sucked in and couldn't put the book down anymore.
This book is everything I had expected it to be. There is this rich school, filled with rich and privileged people and quite soon we discover there's a little more to them. Then we're thrown into this world filled with politics, secrets and danger. Especially the story getting more and more dangerous and the stakes getting higher and higher made this book insanely addictive. I just had to know what would happen next and what was going on.
My favorite part of this book were the characters though. I like to read about rich teenagers. Mostly because they have interesting problems and even more intriguing personalities. In this case those characters clearly had issues too. Some of those characters are quite clearly slightly problematic, others are a little easier to root for. I at least know for sure that I'm really curious what's waiting for them in the next books in this series.
theemolibrocubicularist's review against another edition
4.0
Before reading this, I read some of the reviews on goodreads and was kind of hesitant to read it since the book was about fallen angels who had become vampires trying to regain God's grace while fighting Lucifer/Satan. However, I decided to go against what my brain was telling me and read the book. There are vampire books I like (they're not about fallen angels tnough) so I thought I would like this one too and I do but at a different level. I like the intensity and the suspense of the mystery as Schyler and the others try to find out who the Silver Bloods are. I like the storyline, the spark of romance between Schyler and Jack and the love triangle between Schyler, Jack and Oliver. Even though Melissa de la Cruz created a different set of vampires, I still like it (just not the fallen angel part). I mean these vampires don't sparkle under the sun which is a plus for me. I will definitely be reading the sequel and see if I like the series any less, better, or the same.
abaugher's review against another edition
2.0
meh. vampires and high fashion. lots of designer name-dropping and prices--a bit too obvious in that. have heard mostly that this is a good series,, but i don't know if i want to read anymore. the teaser chapter of the second book at the end of the first read just like a hardy boys book, recapping the first book.
ladyraven2012's review against another edition
5.0
This was recommended to me by a good friend/coworker. I'm so glad I picked it up! I found the premise to be entirely unique and all of the characters to be enthralling.
marieintheraw's review against another edition
3.0
I liked the take on vampires splashed with historical references. I also liked how it gave me a Gossip Girl vibe. However, it was just okay and for how many books there are, I probably will not continue on.