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Original Title:	Blackout
ISBN:	0451463862 (ISBN13: 9780451463869)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.robthurman.net
Series:	Cal Leandros #6

Blackout (Cal Leandros #6)

Rob Thurman

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 336 pages

Rating: 4.14 | 4272 Users | 209 Reviews

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Loved, loved, loved. Thurman has done a lovely twist on the old amnesia device, successfully re-inventing Cal and writing a riveting book. While technically it could be a stand-alone book, it's genius is in the setting of the series and character development.

The sarcasm is much less dark and self-flagellating and closer to genuine playfulness--more than once I giggled with Cal's lines like "Sun in the sky, bacon in the skillet, and a cell phone for everyone past the first stage of mitosis." Then there was Miss Terrwyn saying, "You have a mouth on you, don't you? I was thinking you were the quiet sort, but maybe I was only thinking you should be the quiet sort." And Cal's boast of confidence, "While I might have the haircut of a sheepdog, I was one badass mother-effing sheepdog." Or during a fight with a pack of spiders: "The other one fell but dragged itself behind the refrigerator. Wasn't that always the way? Off to the ultimate spider sanctuary." The section with the mummified cats (view spoiler)[ in Robin's house was merited a laugh out loud--"Salome perched on top of that giant refrigerator with dimly glowing eyes crossed in pleasure... It was only right. Every power-mad villain merited minions." (hide spoiler)] It was been torture to put it down so I could do those annoying things like go to work and sleep.

The writing has flashes of beauty that I don't often see in the Leandros series, perhaps because it is so preoccupied with the darkness in Cal's life. Cal's re-introduction to Promise deserves mention: "she was more of a marble statue under a cascade of moonlight, smelling like flowers and ivy--the glory of a weeping graveyard angel."

I found the plot engrossing and still somewhat unpredictable, even as we knew it would revolve around the returning memories. Cal's memories started to return in fragments (view spoiler)[ but had the surprise of them receding again, both for organic and inorganic reasons. (hide spoiler)] Much better development than the stately pace or sudden return amnesia artifice.

Perhaps my only complain is that even on re-read, I'm still not sure about the gestalt moment when Cal pieced together (view spoiler)[ Niko's role in his memory impairment. It seems like a eureka! sort of moment that deserves more reflection, but instead we get cagey hints that Cal has realized something but needs to check it out. That coyness was inappropriate for such high-quality character development (hide spoiler)].

Warning, my star rating is entirely in context of the series--until Roadkill, I've been feeling like I was losing interest in the series. Roadkill gave it a new spark and Blackout set off fireworks.

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Title	:	Blackout (Cal Leandros #6)
Author	:	Rob Thurman
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 336 pages
Published	:	March 1st 2011 by Ace Books
Categories	:	Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Paranormal. Fiction. Vampires

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Cal is half-human and half-Auphe, the worlds original monsters and first beings to walk on the planet. Raised by his brother, theyve not only had to fight off the Auphe who wanted to use Cal, but with their monster-fighting skills, take on jobs stopping other murdering creatures. Theyve come a long way since the first book where they wouldnt stay in one place long enough to form a friendship; always running from the Auphe. Not only is Cal now the only Auphe left, but hes embraced his

I admit I haven't been a faithful reader of this series, and now I'll have to go back and read the two books preceding this one that I missed. (yeah more books to read!) This novel though can be read alone. The previous books give you a nice background, but Ms. Thurman does a good job of reintroducing and explaining her world for the reader.She can do this because Cal has developed amnesia. It is an amnesia that is specific to his identity and background. This is a plot that could go very wrong

4.5 (B+)Well, Blackout was a surprise! After reading Roadkill, I was expecting dark and downright bloody. Instead Rob Thurman takes Cal and the reader on a trip to Neverland. Yes you heard right, it is Peter Pan all over again. The boy who didn't want to grow up and forgets his family because it's so much fun and easier to live a "let's pretend" life, than it is to live with reality. Thurman even reprises her own version of the land of "lost boys."On the surface Blackout takes Cal's character

This was a most wonderful and thrilling ride through an amnesic Cal's life, and a remarkable example of good story telling. Thurman at her best for sure. Loved it to bits.

This book was not what I expected after the events that took place in Roadkill and the way that book concluded but the surprise was extremely pleasant I must say.SPOILER ALERTThere are going to be spoilers ahead so anyone who wish to read the series better avert your eyes!!In Roadkill we started to realize that the more Cal uses his power to open gates the more his dormant Auphe genes come to surface and battle with his human ones. A battle the human genes seem to lose, as his Auphe nature

I really enjoyed this book. It was really nice to see a Cal who was still badass and not constantly full of self loathing. (view spoiler)[It couldn't last, of course. I knew it couldn't last as soon as it happened. But it was really nice. I'm not entirely sure I buy that it couldn't last (I knew it wouldn't because fans might complain) but for practical reasons I'm not sure the reversion was necessary. He could still be a good guy and do what needs to be done.I wish his reversion hadn't been

When I first heard that Cal would suffer amnesia in this installment, I was afraid it would mean he'd spend the entire book alone trying to find out who he is. But, Thurman is more imaginative than that. In fact, Niko finds Cal right away (duh). Cal still doesn't remember who he is, but alá Jason Bourne, he remembers how to kill, and he's not sure he likes who he was before. Blackout is a very different book from the first five of the series. The purpose of the underlying mystery is a means for