TV to movie to book

E! Online informs me that Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas has nabbed a two-book deal to continue the series. The novels will pick up where the upcoming movie ends, and should be available in the spring of 2014.

I have mixed feelings about this. The article makes a big deal out of the fact that Thomas is a former novelist, but he's only "developing and co-writing" the books, not writing them exclusively. Also, I suspect this means that there will be less pressure to provide a satisfying ending the movie (because the overarching VM story will continue), and I'm not sure I'm up for yet another emotionally ambiguous finale from this series.