Review: The Power of Six

Title: The Power of Six
Author: Pittacus Lore
Pages: 406
Format: Book (Hard Covered)
Relase date: August 23rd 2011

"We are the last defense."

The Power of Six continues where I am Number Four left off'... Number Four and Six, Sam and Bernie Kosar, on the run. But aside from this, we are introduced to new numbers and a little someone who probably surprised me more than it did the actual characters.

When you first begin to read this book we are introduced to Marina, Number Seven, living at a Cethedral with her Cepan, Adelina. Ever since hearing of John Smith on the news, Marina has been reading articles about him. Although she is determined to find him and the raven- haired girl in her dreams, Adelina is against the whole idea. On the other hand, John Smith, Number Six and Sam travel from city to city, encountering more and more Mogadorians they could have ever imagined. Friends turn into enemies and enemies turn out to be anything but. Something is brewing, and soon, the battle everyone has been waiting for will soon arrive. But of course, not before we're introduced to some of the other numbers.

After reading I am Number Four, I patiently awaited the anticipated sequal, so the minute I was able to save up a few bucks, out to Chapters I went. Opening the books hard cover was like opening doors to the unknow. Anything could happen beyond its pages. The beginning wasn't as "adventurist" as I was expecting. To be honest, I was disapointed. This should not stop you from reading on. It was refreshing to learn of a new number.

Marina is Number Seven. Her cepan could give a fiddlers fart about her legacies and is always praying to God or has her nose stuck between bible pages. We see in Number Six and Four how strong and powerful they are. Marina having discovered her legacies through accidental scenarios, wasn't as strong, but still pulled through during a major battle. She's the type of character you couldn't judge right away. She's unpredictable and spontaneous. I actually quite admired her for this. Overall, I have no complaintes for this character. She was well developed, not the typical "help me" girl characters tend to be. I guess you could say she was a 'soft' bad-ass.

The entire book was not in the POV of Marina. Chapters were also told by John Smith. I never liked Sarah. Actually, completely hated her. Maybe it had to do with my crush on John Smith during the first book, but I knew I was going to continue to hate her. John Smith gets kind of annoying during this book. He's all "but I love Sarah, I do!" She's a pathetic human, John, pathetic. I wont say too much because then I might be tempted to spoil some really interesting points of the book, but prepare to find John Smith stupid!

Sam has always been the greatest. He's a nerd who is overly obsessed with aliens. Not to mention he is completely bad-ass. I don't think their are many humans who could say they've killed about 100 Mogadorians. Yes, Sam does. He's witty, adventerious, and so loyal. You can't help but love him instantly.

Now, on to the plot. It wasn't disappointing. It took unexpected turns. It wasn't predicatable. Like my doors leading to the unknown, this story led to the unknown. I am Number Four focused more on John Smith and Sarah Hart's love, but in this, there is so much action and so many dead Mogadorian's, I found myself laughing at the helpless beasts everytime Sam killed one of them. This book was so well writen, I felt like I was apart of the fighting. A stab here, and an explotion of ash there, it was amazing! This book is so descriptive and full of feeling, it leaves your eyes rapidly reading sentence after sentence.

Overall, this book was surprising. I was reading this on the GO bus one day and laughed, gasped, sighed and anyother form of emotion-showing one could do. I think people thought I was a little crazy.

Rating: 5 curly piggy tails!