Secrets, secrets and more secrets come out in this third installment of the Blue Bloods series. Charles Force, leader of the Blue Bloods and spurned soul mate of Schuyler van Allen’s mother has taken legal custody of her from her grandfather, Lawrence van Allen. This means Schuyler now lives with her secret one true love Jack, whom she must meet in hidden places on stolen time. It also means she lives with her rival (Jack’s “assigned soul mate”) Mimi.
While Lawrence is still schooling Schuyler in all things vampire (also in secret because Charles has forbidden Schuyler from speaking to Lawrence “for her own safety”) both Schuyler and Lawrence’s ability to put a stop to the deaths of Blue Blood children and the plots of the demonic Silver Bloods is very limited. And then, because this isn’t enough, Dylan, Schuyler’s friend and accused serial killer/Silver Blood reappears.
Meanwhile, Bliss, Schuyler’s best friend is discovering a family secret of her own when she can’t, or doesn’t want to take off the necklace her father gave her called Lucifer’s Bane. Combined with blackouts and odd memories Bliss is sure it’s not just the transformation, something is going on.
When Lawrence disappears in Rio (after taking Charles’s position as clan Regis) the whole clan goes to find him. Which isn’t at all suspicious, especially once Schuyler begins receiving his telepathic messages again, saying he’s okay. Surely this can’t be some sort of trap?
Of course it is, and while the whole of the Blue Bloods are about to realize Lawrence and Schuyler were right with their suspicions of Silver Blood uprisings, the clan is far from prepared to defend themselves.
More than anything with this book I love Bliss. Unlike Schuyler whose newness represents unlimited potential, Bliss’s fate is locked in. Her struggle against the world around her is a very engaging element to this series. Expanding to more points of view beautifully expands the Blue Bloods world, without making it all just the same story from different points of view. It also keeps the series out of super special Mary Sue land by keeping each character important in their own story as well as contributing to the overall world. One more reason I’m really enjoying these books.