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14	''Blue Bloods'' is a series of novels about "[[OlderThanTheyLook teenage]]" [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] in New York high society who are forced to do battle with the [[SealedEvilInACan Croatans]] -- the [[ArchEnemy mortal enemies]] of the Blue Bloods. The series is written by Creator/MelissaDeLaCruz
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16	Books in the series:
17	* Blue Bloods
18	* Masquerade
19	* Revelations
20	* The Van Alen Legacy
21	* Misguided Angel
22	* Lost In Time
23	* Gates Of Paradise
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26	!!''Literature/BlueBloodsNovels'' contain examples of:
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28	* AFeteWorseThanDeath: The dinner party in Rio. [[spoiler: Most of the council is killed. Mimi Force and the Llewelleyns are among the few survivors.]]
29	%%* ActionGirl - Mimi
30	%%* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Bliss's initial attraction to Dylan. But Dylan's badness is rather relative. Possibly Mimi's attraction to Kingsley.
31	%%* AlphaBitch - Mimi, heading up her circle of friends.
32	%%* AndIMustScream - [[spoiler:Bliss,]] while she's [[spoiler: being possessed by Lucifer.]]
33	%%* TheAtoner: Kingsley Martin and the rest of the Martin family. Bliss might count.
34	* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy - Caligula was Lucifer, which actually kind of makes sense. Also Valerius and Agrippina were the Ancient Rome versions of Jack and Mimi.
35	%%* BettyAndVeronica - Schuyler and Mimi respectively. [[spoiler: Jack chooses Schuyler.]] Mimi also has feelings for both her bondmate Jack and Kingsley.
36	%%* TheBeautifulElite: All the Blue Bloods.
37	* BigManOnCampus - Jack Force. Oliver even refers to him as the BMOC in one conversation with Schuyler.
38	%%* BitchInSheepsClothing: Ollie, particularly in book three when he starts making ultimatums
39	* BlondeBrunetteRedHead: Mimi, Schuyler, and Bliss respectively. [[spoiler: Finn, Schuyler's paternal half-sister could fit the blonde category as well.]]
40	%%* BrokenBird - Bliss Llewelleyn
41	%%* BrotherSisterIncest - Good ''god.'' All of the vampires, just about. Mimi and Jack get a special mention, though.
42	%%* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: Bliss after her HeroicSacrifice.]]
43	%%* ChickMagnet - Jack
44	%%* TheCorrupter: Lucifer
45	* CrazySurvivalist: The Blue Blood community seems to view Lawrence Van Alen as one. Charles Force in particular sneers that Lawrence would have them hiding in caves again.
46	* DancesAndBalls: The Blue Bloods throw them all the time, but the Four Hundred Ball held in New York deserves special mention. The muggles call it the Patrician Ball.
47	* DarkIsNotEvil: Jack Force is Abbadon, the Dark Angel of the Apocalypse. The Werewolves or Hounds of Hell that helped defeat Lucifer in the first Great War. When Bliss goes to find them, they turn out to be pretty decent. Also the witch that Oliver meets.
48	%%* {{Dhampyr}}: Schuyler, being the child of Allegra and her human familiar.
49	%%* DefrostingIceQueen - Mimi
50	%%* FallenAngel
51	%%* TheFashionista - Mimi especially, though most of the Blue Blood girls would qualify.
52	%%* FightingFromTheInside: Bliss Llewelyn.
53	%%* GildedCage: When Schuyler and Jack are under the 'asylum' of Isabella of Orleans.
54	* GreenEyedMonster: Mimi Force. She is jealous of Schuyler for having Jack's affection and of Bliss when Bliss begins to outshine her socially. Mimi is also jealous of Gabrielle, and the crush that Jack has had on her for centuries.
55	%%* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Played straight by Oliver in one book, completely averted by Mimi, who strongly disagrees.
56	* ImprobableAge: Mimi Force starts serving in the council at age 17, and also joins the Venators at the same age. But is mostly due to the fact that she is from a founder family and there have been heavy losses.
57	%%* ItsAllAboutMe: Mimi Force has that mindset. Charles Force also shows a few shades of it.
58	%%* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Jack Force, Allegra Van Alen.
59	%%* HeelFaceTurn: Kingsley Martin
60	%%* HeroicSacrifice: Kingsley Martin, Bliss Llewelyn.
61	* HollywoodGenetics - Leaving aside the weirdness of the vampire's take on in vitro fertilization (we just keep on using the same DNA again and again and somehow it works!) it's totally impossible for twins to be NotBloodSiblings.
62	%%* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: Bliss is Allegra's daughter by Lucifer and Schuyler's half sister. Finn is also another half-sister of Schuyler, as the daughter of Allegra's familiar and human lover Stephen Chase and his ex-fiancee.]]
63	%%* LoveHurts: Schuyler, Jack, Mimi, Kingsley, Bliss, Oliver, Charles, Allegra suffers deeply due to love. Also Trinity who lost her bondmate in Rome.
64	%%* LoveRedeems
65	%%* TheMasquerade: Well enforced by the Committee subdivision known as The Conspirancy. It becomes threatened in the later books.
66	* TheMole: [[spoiler: Nan Cutler, member and later Regent of the Blue Blood Council is secretly a Silver Blood.]]
67	* MurderTheHypotenuse: Mimi indirectly tries to get Schuyler killed at least once. Schuyler has a brief fantasy of letting the Silver Bloods take Mimi.
68	%%* NeverMyFault: Mimi Force's way of thinking. Especially about her role in the attack at the Repository. After all she was trying to get rid of Schuyler.
69	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Jack Force's actual name is Benjamin Hamilton Force. He got nicknamed Blackjack in childhood due to temper tantrums and it stuck. Mimi's full name is Madeleine Alexis Force. No one calls her Madeleine unless is in an official context, like during her trial.
70	%%* OurAngelsAreDifferent - They're vampires!
71	%%* OurVampiresAreDifferent- They're angels!
72	* PlayfulHacker: Kingsley Martin is known to regularly hack into his files and change things.
73	* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Dylan Ward is killed as the sacrifice to release the Levithian. Lawrence Van Alen also dies in that attack.]]
74	%%* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: Initially Schuyler's attraction to Jack.
75	%%* StarCrossedLovers: Allegra Van Alen and Stephen Chase. Schuyler Van Alen and Jack force. Bliss and Dylan may count, since they were to be married in a previous lifetime but Bliss/Maggie mysteriously vanished.
76	%%* ReallyGetsAround: Mimi Force's list of familiars has its own separate file in the Repository files.
77	%%* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld - The vampires, who were chilling in Ancient Egypt.
78	%%* RavenHairIvorySkin: Schuyler fits it to a T.
79	%%* RedStringOfFate: A deconstruction in two known cases.
80	* ReincarnationRomance: The Blue Bloods that were bonded in heaven. Subverted in the cases of Allegra and Charles. Allegra rejected their bond, which deeply embittered Charles. Jack also forsook his bond to Mimi out of love for Allegra's daughter Schuyler.
81	* RevengeBeforeReason: Mimi wants to kill Jack for breaking their bond. Even though they are at war and they need his power to face the enemy and she is in love with Kingsley.
82	%%* RichBitch - Mimi Force
83	%%* SheCleansUpNicely - Schuyler
84	%%* TroubledButCute - Dylan Ward

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