


Lawrence becomes a guide and mentor for Schuyler, teaching her how to use her vampire talents, such as invisibility. But Lawrence refuses to help and Schuyler returns home.īut soon after, Lawrence returns to New York, intent on restoring the glory of the Van Alen name, and preparing the Blue Bloods for the war with the Silver Bloods he knows is coming. In Venice, Schuyler meets her grandfather, seeking his help to defeat the Silver Bloods, the evil rivals of the Blue Bloods. Schuyler travels with her human Conduit, Oliver, whose job it is to help Schuyler navigate the human world. In Masquerade, Blue Blood vampire Schuyler Van Alen travels from New York to Venice, Italy, after the murder of her grandmother, to find her grandfather, Lawrence Van Alen, living in self-imposed exile.

"Masquerade" by Melissa De La Cruz is a young adult novel in her Blue Bloods series.
