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Melissa de la Cruz

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Young Adult, Paranormal Fiction, Fantasy

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Melissa de la Cruz is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of many critically acclaimed and award-winning novels for teens including The Au Pairs series, the Blue Bloods series, the Ashleys series, the Angels on Sunset Boulevard series and the semi-autobiographical novel Fresh off the Boat.

Her books for adults include the novel Cat’s Meow, the anthology Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys and the tongue-in-chic handbooks How to Become Famous in Two Weeks or Less and The Fashionista Files: Adventures in Four-inch heels and Faux-Pas.

She has worked as a fashion and beauty editor and has written for many publications including The New York Times, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Allure, The San Francisco Chron ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 809,734 ratings · 55,366 reviews · 160 distinct works • Similar authors

	Blue Bloods (Blue Bloods, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 144,220 ratings — published 2006 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Masquerade (Blue Bloods, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 92,358 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revelations (Blue Bloods, #3) 3.90 avg rating — 79,294 ratings — published 2008 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Van Alen Legacy (Blue Bloods, #4) 3.95 avg rating — 67,518 ratings — published 2009 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Misguided Angel (Blue Bloods, #5) 3.93 avg rating — 40,047 ratings — published 2010 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost in Time (Blue Bloods, #6) 4.04 avg rating — 28,105 ratings — published 2011 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Isle of the Lost (Descendants, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 28,086 ratings — published 2015 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloody Valentine (Blue Bloods, #5.5) 3.97 avg rating — 23,346 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alex and Eliza (Alex & Eliza, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 21,732 ratings — published 2017 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witches of East End (The Beauchamp Family, #1) 3.53 avg rating — 22,195 ratings — published 2011 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Blue Bloods (9 books)
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Descendants (5 books)
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Alex & Eliza (3 books)
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The Queen's Assassin (2 books)
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Heart of Dread (3 books)
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Melissa Cruz liked Lori's review of Kingdom of Waves (Kingdom of Waves, #1): "I wasn’t sure I’d like this book because I’m usually not into fantasy but it was a good read. I look forward to the rest of the series."
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“Black is the color of night. White is the true color of death”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Blue Bloods

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“You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, The Van Alen Legacy

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“we laughed until we had to cry, we loved until we said goodbye.”
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BOTM October- Witches Theme

1st poll- top 5 books move onto the second poll.

First Frost

by Sarah Addison Allen

13 votes, 22.4%

Practical Magic

by Alice Hoffman

12 votes, 20.7%

Dark Witch

by Nora Roberts

9 votes, 15.5%

Witch Child

by Celia Rees

5 votes, 8.6%

The Witching Hour

by Anne Rice

5 votes, 8.6%

The Witches of Eastwick

by John Updike

4 votes, 6.9%

Witches of East End

by Melissa de la Cruz

4 votes, 6.9%

Daughters of the Witching Hill

by Mary Sharratt

2 votes, 3.4%

A Modern Witch

by Debora Geary

2 votes, 3.4%

The Witches

by Roald Dahl

2 votes, 3.4%

58 total votes

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message 1: by Deborah

Apr 26, 2014 10:46AM

was wondering if you are going to continue the series for "The Ring and the Crown"? Iniside the book it says it is a series but here on your site it says 1 book?

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