#1 - "Blue Bloods" by Melissa de la Cruz

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This is my first review in my second year of counting. I got two books away from 50 last year (Feb09 to Feb10) in terms of reading (but I'm a little behind on reviews) and after a little while away from the whole counting thing (during which life was so busy I barely read any books) I decided to start a second year: 25 May 10 to 24 May 11.

So - here's book number 1 in my new year of counting.

Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz (Hyperion Paperbacks, 2007)

This is, in a way, my accidental 50books_poc. read. Melissa de la Cruz is an American writer of Filipina background, although I didn't even think to look into her background at first. I'm not that used to the popular (as distinct from good) adolescent books also being possible reads for 50books_poc. Reading the rest of the series won't be so accidental. Blue Bloods is pretty much the only vampire-related series that has really caught my eye amongst all the myriad of vampire books available at the moment.

I keep describing Blue Bloods to the kids at school as "Gossip Girl with vampires" - despite the fact that I haven't ever seen Gossip Girl. ( Synopsis and comments )