This review is really more of a 3.5 star review for me.

Blackout is the final book in the Newsflesh Trilogy, although I did notice when entering this book on FictFact that there are a couple of novellas in the series that I haven't read yet. I'm not sure how I feel about this trend of so-called trilogies being supplemented with e-book only novellas but that's a rant for another day.

I have to say that while I enjoyed Blackout, I didn't think it was as good as the first two books and I was not satisfied with the ending. I'm not going to give any spoilers but I can say that the last part of the book wrapped up way to quickly and didn't make sense to me. This time I know it's not just me, several other reviewers had the same problem with the end that I did. Also, Shaun was just as annoyingly repetitive in this book as he was in Deadline - constantly reminding us that he's crazy when his behavior is reminder enough. Finally, there wasn't as much action or suspense as in the first two books.

If you are a fan of this series, you will want to read this book. You may like it more than I did but even if you don't it's still worth reading to find out how everything ends. If you recall, Deadline ended with a doozy of a cliffhanger and it gets addressed right away in Blackout. That storyline was my favorite of this book. It's hard to say more without spoilers.

I'm looking forward to reading the e-book novellas, I believe one is a prequel and one fits in between Feed and Deadline.