Review: Twists and turns you don't see coming.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2014
Blackout meshes love and hope with the twisted reality of greed and dystopia. What lengths would you go to for the one you love? Once I started, I didn’t want to put it down. Each chapter brought a new twist that kept me guessing until then end, and then I wanted more.Phoenix and Star are the main characters, but the world—and subsequent characters– is shown through the eyes of Phoenix. We narrow in on his world and see a survivor, but a young man who puts the needs of others before his own. He’s not perfect. None of the DZ’s come close to perfection, but he tries hard to make his family proud.All of this abruptly changes when he arrives at the Carnival. Each step he takes changes him, and as heartbreaking as some of those changes were, I enjoyed watching Phoenix grow. He’s a teenager having to make grown-up decisions most of his life, but now the stakes are even higher.Star … okay there were times I felt empathy for her situation. She did a brave thing, and nothing she does is out of character, but sometimes I did want to slap and scream at her. I’m a romantic at heart, and I did understand her actions, but … yeah … I still wanted to whop her upside the head but I believe this conflict was intentional too.