Blackout

By: Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Dion Graham, Imani Parks, Jordan Cobb, Shayna Small, A.J. Beckles, Bahni Turpin

Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

A Go On Girl! Book Club Pick

Six critically acclaimed, best-selling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teens in love to this charming, hilarious, and heartwarming novel that shines a bright light through the dark. This full-cast audio edition is performed by Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Dion Graham, Imani Parks, Jordan Cobb, Shayna Small, A.J Beckles, and Audible Hall-of-Famer Bahni Turpin.

A summer heatwave blankets New York City in darkness. But as the city is thrown into confusion, a different kind of electricity sparks....

A first meeting.

Long-time friends.

Bitter exes.

And maybe the beginning of something new.

When the lights go out, people reveal hidden truths. Love blossoms, friendship transforms, and new possibilities take flight.

Beloved authors - Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon - celebrate the beauty of six couples and the unforgettable magic that can be found on a sweltering starry night in the city.

©2021 Respective authors of all stories within (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers

Beautifully done

Beautiful stories! I should have paid attention more, since I forgot who was who by the end when Grace was noticing all the couples at the party. Didn’t dislike anything. Some of the stories dragged more than others but it wasn’t because of the performances.

Momof5

this was an amazing story line I'm so excited to get to White Out

Great teen view of intimate relationships and self talk.

I think this is a great read for all teens. Normative view of self talk, trust, relationship with family, friends and significant others.
Interesting how the author also interwove the stories of the characters.

so CUTE

super cute! I loved all the stories and appreciated the show of blk queer love. a perfect summer listen. stories are easy to follow but still hit right in the feels and I like how as you hear each story you get a glimpse of a character that was previously mentioned.

thoughts on book

this was a great. the collective stories tied into one another greatly. the characters we nicely developed. the narrativation was well.

A great story!!

What a way to tell a story!! I loved how each story connected with the others. Great authors, fabulous narrators.

Loved It!

I enjoyed the book very much. I loved each story and how much variety there was. Definitely in my top 10!

Pleasantly Surprised

Full transparency, I am well beyond my teen years, but I was looking for something light to listen to and this book was comprised of multiple stories told by several narrators, including a couple of my favorite narrators - so it intrigued me wven further. This was surprisingly an enjoyable listen! I really liked how every story was a puzzle piece that connected to another story in some way. It made me smile multiple times.

Excellent!

Can’t wait to share it with my daughter!
Great story for high school students. I liked the way all of the segments where woven together into one story.

Great story, great narration

What a gem. I was wary to get an audiobook version of an anthology but this book has the all the top dogs in the game whose performances are stellar. The plot, which is made of a series of intersecting short stories, is solid, though it did feel like it ended a bit abruptly. I would've liked to return to some characters a second time at the end.