Masquerade - Melissa De La Cruz APRIL

Significance- This book is another one of my vampire books. It's the sequel to Blue Bloods, a book I did a different book review on. So in this book there is a girl named Schuyler Van Alen. She is a Blue Blood vampire, and in this book she is trying to stop the thing that is killing all of the Blue Bloods, the Silver Bloods. They are evil creatures, trying to drain the Blue Bloods of their whole life, and all their memories. She finds he grandfather, Lawrence Van Alen in Venice, for before passing away last year, she told her to find her grandfather, to learn about Silver Bloods and how to defeat them. She is in love with another Blue Blood, Jack force, who is the brother of popular Mimi Force. they have been blood bound since they were created, and meant for each other, but Jack is finding a certain interest in Schuyler. Mimi tries to set the Silver Blood on Schulyer, and it put in jail for it. The only way to be saved is if Schuyler looks at Mimi's blood memory and finds out if she's guilty or not.

Perspective- This book is from the perspective of a third person, looking out on Schulyer. I wish it was from first person though, because it makes the emotions more powerful, since you can feel them like it's yourself it's happening to yourself. This book does do a great job though, relating the feelings of the characters without being in first person and describing every little change of heart. Sometimes it looks on some of the other main characters, so you can see what they're dealing with through the changing of becoming a Blue Blood and what's happening in their lives.

Evidence- I think one of the main things in this story is that Schulyer and Jack Force are in love with each other. I know this is true because Schulyer is always thinking about him. I think it would be very hard for her though, since him and his sister are supposed to be together, and have to be together for things to be ok in their family. A first I didn't really think that Jack was in love with Schulyer. I thought he was kind of into her, but more devoted for Mimi. But then there is one part where he sends her a bouquet of 200 white flowers, for it means love. He also thinks on one part that he wishes is was he that she went to for comfort, not her human friend Oliver. By then there was no doubt n my mind that they were in love with each other. This should make a rather interesting sequel...                   

Connection- I can connect this book to my life a lot. First of all I can relate to it because I have been through an experience where  feel like I'm changing a lot, but no one else around me is, and I have to deal with being very different from my peers. I feel like a lot lately that I've been maturing more quickly than all my friends, and sometimes it's hard because I'm too serious for them, or not as much fun. It really hurts, and you can loose some friends that way. Schulyer feels that way a lot, since she is different from her best friend, since she is a vampire, and he is just a human. She almost looses him, because he gets mad that she's going to the Committee meetings and he wasn't invited. It turns out the meets were for Blue Bloods, and he already knew, but that didn't stop his sadness, or how he felt different from some of the people around him.

Supposition- What would happen if Oliver was a blue blood too? A lot of things would be different. For instance Schulyer wouldn't have had a human familiar, and probably fallen into a coma like her mother. Since Oliver was her familiar, it wouldn't have worked if he was a Blue Blood, since they aren't allowed to suck on another Blue Blood's blood. Oliver also wouldn't have gotten mad at her for joining the Committee, since he would have been invited too. They would probably be best friends for a very long time, since vampires live forever. It would be a nice story, but too sweet and perfect I think.