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gatoraly's review
2.0
I honestly feel like I just wasted 2 hours of my life reading this book. I don't understand the point of it and it saddens me because i was soo uberly excited for it. Lost in time please don't disappoint me because I loved this series
ravemenele's review against another edition
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
rorybug1997's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
courtneyyyyz's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
shhchar's review
5.0
I really loved this book. It quite possibly could be my favorite in the series! I definitely loved the new edition of Demings, first off. Bliss was okay, but on ANY day I'd choose Demings over her! I also enjoyed the 3 separate parts. Didn't make you want to skip ahead a few chapters to read the next chapter of a certain person's POV--like the other books always made me want to do. I just missed Schuyler & Jack a lot in the later parts! There were casual references to them, but nothing that hinted of what they were doing at the moment. I loved them at the end and can't WAIT to read their bonding in Bloody Valentine!! =)
bookswithdeniece's review against another edition
3.0
Misguided Angel is the 5th book in the Blue Bloods Series, which is a series I once loved. I loved it until the 4th book, however, I entered a dark age where I was in an intense reading slump that lasted for a very long time, and is the reason why I was not able to continue on the series. When I recovered, I decided to read the series again. Unfortunately, I didn’t love it or even like it the way I used to. But still, it was once my favorite book so I gave it another chance. And to my disappointment, our spark was really gone. It was not bad, but I think I was just no longer interested in the series.
I was expecting to fall in love with Jack and Schuyler’s plot again but it was just an okay for me. I admit that I am no longer a fan of their love story. So honestly, I was bored in the chapters where Jack and Schuyler appeared. However, what really kept me going was Oliver and Mimi. I hated Mimi in the past books, so it surprised me that I began liking her here. I saw Mimi as a spoiled rich girl before, but now, I can actually see that she is a girl with a heart who actually cares about the people around her. I belonged to Team Schuyler in the past books, but I switched to Mimi’s now. About Oliver, I love him since the beginning of the series, and I still love him now. I think the things he is doing is not because of his role as a conduit, but because he has a caring personality. There was also a new character, Deming Cheng. I did not hate her, but I didn’t like her as well. Though I must say that her POV is actually interesting.
This book continues to keep its mysterious quality that unfolds through the help of both the past and present events. Also, since the Blue Bloods reincarnate, there are a lot of names, and character histories encountered, which I think contributes to the series’ mysteriousness.
I was expecting to fall in love with Jack and Schuyler’s plot again but it was just an okay for me. I admit that I am no longer a fan of their love story. So honestly, I was bored in the chapters where Jack and Schuyler appeared. However, what really kept me going was Oliver and Mimi. I hated Mimi in the past books, so it surprised me that I began liking her here. I saw Mimi as a spoiled rich girl before, but now, I can actually see that she is a girl with a heart who actually cares about the people around her. I belonged to Team Schuyler in the past books, but I switched to Mimi’s now. About Oliver, I love him since the beginning of the series, and I still love him now. I think the things he is doing is not because of his role as a conduit, but because he has a caring personality. There was also a new character, Deming Cheng. I did not hate her, but I didn’t like her as well. Though I must say that her POV is actually interesting.
This book continues to keep its mysterious quality that unfolds through the help of both the past and present events. Also, since the Blue Bloods reincarnate, there are a lot of names, and character histories encountered, which I think contributes to the series’ mysteriousness.
livinliterary's review against another edition
2.0
Misguided Angel is the fifth installment of Melissa de la Cruz’s on-going Blue Bloods teen vampire series. Coming after The Van Alen Legacy this book is a severe disappointment, with a ragged plot-line, a complete detachment from the real world (oh yeah, I mean, as if!) and some very sloppy writing indeed.
The blurb on the back of this book was disappointingly inaccurate. The Goodreads one, although much better, is a bit misleading in my opinion. Firstly, what is so dark about the Van Alen Legacy? The use of word dark implies that it is some sort of evil task which is not the vibe I got from reading the book. Of course, what Schuyler has to do is no walk in the park, but it is a slightly hyperbolic opening phrase. (I think the English student inside of me has woken up). Secondly, the use of the word embark is very important because that is literally what Jack and Schuyler do. They only get to one gate in this novel and are nowhere near to completing their task by the end of the novel. Thirdly, having finished the book, I can’t recall what this supposedly deadly secret is and I also can’t remember Schuyler having to make a terrible choice. Did I miss a few chapters or something?
So here’s what actually happened in Misguided Angels: The story carries on immediately from the end of The Van Alen Legacy. Jack and Schuyler have sought shelter in the European Conclave, but they end up being more like prisoners during their stay, under constant watch and observation. They plot to escape and succeeding this, finally get on their way to carrying out the mission Schuyler’s grandfather set out for her. Meanwhile, Mimi has been made Regent of the Conclave in her father’s a sense. She receives a few anonymous emails containing videos of Blue Bloods feeding on their human familiars that have been made viral and she has to hunt down the people responsible. The same people are threatening to burn vampire teenagers so the stakes are even higher for seventeen-year-old Mimi Force. After Mimi’s failed attempt to unveil the culprit behind these viral videos, she gets help from Deming Chen, a Chinese Venetor, who has never failed a mission. Deming tries to infiltrate the Blue Blood teen society to find out who’s behind this mess but there are some twists and turns along the way.
This book is made up of four parts. The first part is about Schuyler and Jack, the second about Mimi, the third about Deming and the fourth is a short conclusion to the previous three sections. At random intervals, there are also flashbacks from the past. This format of this book is quite different from the previous four. Whilst those books had really short chapters with the narrator frequently switching between different character’s perspectives, Misguided Angels is made up of three very long narratives. To be honest, I found the first part really quite boring. The Jack and Schuyler line is interesting for a few pages, but I quickly became bored of it as nothing seemed to be happening. The little flashbacks that happened at random intervals were also really annoying because I didn’t understand who the characters were or what they were doing and as each flashback was only two pages long, I failed to understand their significance. The second part, which follows Mimi, is much more interesting.
Mimi has started to change and is quite a different person. She now has a lot of responsibility and as Regent of the coven, it is her duty to guide the Blue Bloods through these unstable times. This part and the section following it were much more like detective stories as they try to locate the source of the threat and destroy it. There’s lots of mystery and intrigue here as it’s a completely new story line with some new characters. We also see a relationship (not romantic) develop between Mimi and Oliver which is curious and quite sweet (as a concept). The third section, from the perspective of Deming, was definitely my favorite. It was weird to see the story written from the point of view of a character we had only just met and had no significant role in the previous books but because I really liked her character, this didn’t bother me.
Deming’s section was the most compelling and had the most interesting storyline. She’s called in after Mimi’s failure to uncover the threat and she tries to get to know the popular kids at Duchesne, characters who have either never been introduced before or who have only been mentioned in passing before. This part was literally like a whole new story because of the new plot strands and new characters but it was still firmly grounded in the NY conclave because of Mimi’s involvement in this section. I particularly liked that this section made me laugh a few times. There are few jokes thrown in, I hope they were intentional otherwise that’s a bit awkward. There’s also one rather sexy scene, the sexiest we’ve seen yet, but it doesn’t last long. There’s also some romance in this section, and it’s great right up until the end when too much happens too quickly, which was disappointing. The novel ends with three short passages detailing the results of the events that go on in the three sections I just described. This section let the novel down because it was far too rushed. After reading three long narratives, it was slightly jarring to be thrown from chapter to chapter again. So many important things happen in these last few pages but it was all a bit too much for my liking.
There is zero mention of Bliss in this novel. Literally zero. It’s not like I missed her, but I would’ve thought that there would be some indication as to what she’s up to. There also isn’t that much mention of the Silver Bloods. In fact, it seems like there is another threat, in conjunction with the Silver Bloods, but still separate. At book five out of seven, it is a bit late to change things up and add so many new things, but at least, it kept the plot moving.
This book is completely different to the previous novels in this series. You could say there are three separate stories going on in this book and the ties linking them together are very weak. The Mimi/Deming stories are really interesting, but I found the first half between Jack and Schuyler to be a bit drawn out and boring.
The blurb on the back of this book was disappointingly inaccurate. The Goodreads one, although much better, is a bit misleading in my opinion. Firstly, what is so dark about the Van Alen Legacy? The use of word dark implies that it is some sort of evil task which is not the vibe I got from reading the book. Of course, what Schuyler has to do is no walk in the park, but it is a slightly hyperbolic opening phrase. (I think the English student inside of me has woken up). Secondly, the use of the word embark is very important because that is literally what Jack and Schuyler do. They only get to one gate in this novel and are nowhere near to completing their task by the end of the novel. Thirdly, having finished the book, I can’t recall what this supposedly deadly secret is and I also can’t remember Schuyler having to make a terrible choice. Did I miss a few chapters or something?
So here’s what actually happened in Misguided Angels: The story carries on immediately from the end of The Van Alen Legacy. Jack and Schuyler have sought shelter in the European Conclave, but they end up being more like prisoners during their stay, under constant watch and observation. They plot to escape and succeeding this, finally get on their way to carrying out the mission Schuyler’s grandfather set out for her. Meanwhile, Mimi has been made Regent of the Conclave in her father’s a sense. She receives a few anonymous emails containing videos of Blue Bloods feeding on their human familiars that have been made viral and she has to hunt down the people responsible. The same people are threatening to burn vampire teenagers so the stakes are even higher for seventeen-year-old Mimi Force. After Mimi’s failed attempt to unveil the culprit behind these viral videos, she gets help from Deming Chen, a Chinese Venetor, who has never failed a mission. Deming tries to infiltrate the Blue Blood teen society to find out who’s behind this mess but there are some twists and turns along the way.
This book is made up of four parts. The first part is about Schuyler and Jack, the second about Mimi, the third about Deming and the fourth is a short conclusion to the previous three sections. At random intervals, there are also flashbacks from the past. This format of this book is quite different from the previous four. Whilst those books had really short chapters with the narrator frequently switching between different character’s perspectives, Misguided Angels is made up of three very long narratives. To be honest, I found the first part really quite boring. The Jack and Schuyler line is interesting for a few pages, but I quickly became bored of it as nothing seemed to be happening. The little flashbacks that happened at random intervals were also really annoying because I didn’t understand who the characters were or what they were doing and as each flashback was only two pages long, I failed to understand their significance. The second part, which follows Mimi, is much more interesting.
Mimi has started to change and is quite a different person. She now has a lot of responsibility and as Regent of the coven, it is her duty to guide the Blue Bloods through these unstable times. This part and the section following it were much more like detective stories as they try to locate the source of the threat and destroy it. There’s lots of mystery and intrigue here as it’s a completely new story line with some new characters. We also see a relationship (not romantic) develop between Mimi and Oliver which is curious and quite sweet (as a concept). The third section, from the perspective of Deming, was definitely my favorite. It was weird to see the story written from the point of view of a character we had only just met and had no significant role in the previous books but because I really liked her character, this didn’t bother me.
Deming’s section was the most compelling and had the most interesting storyline. She’s called in after Mimi’s failure to uncover the threat and she tries to get to know the popular kids at Duchesne, characters who have either never been introduced before or who have only been mentioned in passing before. This part was literally like a whole new story because of the new plot strands and new characters but it was still firmly grounded in the NY conclave because of Mimi’s involvement in this section. I particularly liked that this section made me laugh a few times. There are few jokes thrown in, I hope they were intentional otherwise that’s a bit awkward. There’s also one rather sexy scene, the sexiest we’ve seen yet, but it doesn’t last long. There’s also some romance in this section, and it’s great right up until the end when too much happens too quickly, which was disappointing. The novel ends with three short passages detailing the results of the events that go on in the three sections I just described. This section let the novel down because it was far too rushed. After reading three long narratives, it was slightly jarring to be thrown from chapter to chapter again. So many important things happen in these last few pages but it was all a bit too much for my liking.
There is zero mention of Bliss in this novel. Literally zero. It’s not like I missed her, but I would’ve thought that there would be some indication as to what she’s up to. There also isn’t that much mention of the Silver Bloods. In fact, it seems like there is another threat, in conjunction with the Silver Bloods, but still separate. At book five out of seven, it is a bit late to change things up and add so many new things, but at least, it kept the plot moving.
This book is completely different to the previous novels in this series. You could say there are three separate stories going on in this book and the ties linking them together are very weak. The Mimi/Deming stories are really interesting, but I found the first half between Jack and Schuyler to be a bit drawn out and boring.
kaitspen13's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0