Blue Noon (The Midnighters, Book 3)

Book: Blue Noon (The Midnighters, Book 3)
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Audience: Teen
In a Nutshell: the blue time rips and lets the midnight monsters out- or the people in?

Jessica, Rex, Melissa, Dess, and Jonathan discover that a rip is forming in the blue time, forming a space outside of Bixby where non-midnighters can slip into the secret hour unawares. The blue time is also arriving at unpredictable extra times, and each time it does, the red-tinged rip grows. They begin to realize that something huge is about to happen, and at midnight on Halloween the blue time rip will tear open wide enough to bring together the darklings and unsuspecting humans in a massive carnage-fest. Rex also learns from Angie, the woman who kidnapped him for the Greyfoots, who turned him into a part-darkling, that the lore is not the only side to the story. Mindcasters of past generations may have been selective with the good, rosy memories they chose to pass on, leaving all the shady dealings out. Now it's up to our young heroes to mend the rip before all hell breaks loose, almost literally. Jessica also discovers what her true destiny is- if she can find the courage to do what she must to save the world.

I thought it was a solid ending to the trilogy, if that's what it is. Plenty of action, adventure, creepy monsters, destinies to fulfill, and disorienting but interesting grey (make that purple) areas to deal with. Not only is blue time bleeding into normal time, but the easy good v. evil of their fight has gotten mushier with the new-found truth that their Midnighter predecessors weren't as perfect as they thought, and some of their enemies may prove not all bad.