Oh holy hell...That was one insane cliffhanger! Shaun is gonna officially shit his pants! And Shaun... what the heck is going on and why do we have to wait so long for the next book.I almost wish that I had waited longer to read this one, I feel like there's about a year before Blackout comes out.Okay, so where to start. This book didn't make me quite as emotional as the first one. There were a few times that I started to really break down, but overall it was more of an adrenaline rush then the first one. You can definitely tell that because the first book was more about George, it was written from more of a Newsie perspective, and Deadline was more about Shaun so it had more of an Irwin feel. I really liked it, but I think that I tend to be more of an emotional reader I really connected more to Feed. There are a few times when the connection that Shaun has for George made me squirm a bit. I'm sure that George and Shaun's relationship could be considered unhealthy, but I think when you are lonely and the parents who are supposed to love you only care about how you make them look to the populace; when all the affection you need as a child comes from your sister, well then you would instinctively clutch the one person in your life as close as you can. The only thing they had that was constant was each other, the only person they could count on was each other. To suddenly have that taken away and be forced to be alone... it would stunt you a bit. While I do think that it was "unhealthy", I struggled with seeing it as inapproriate. I found it understandable, but also incredibly sad.I had hopes that Shaun would be able to let Becks in... or somebody. That he would learn that it is okay to have connections with other people. I hoped that he would find something else to want to live for. I can only imagine that George would have been alright with that.4.5 stars
