The Rise Of Nine (Pittacus Lore)

Now that Six is in Spain with Seven (Marina) and Ten (Ella), Four (John) and Nine are all alone with no other aliens in America.

Ten's Cepan suspects that Eight is located in India because of things he has read on the internet. But with the charm broken, the Mogadorians (the "bad guys") can kill him.

Even though the whole Lorien race lies on they're shoulders, the last remaining Loric are still just teens (except for Ten). Six still likes Four and "X" (Sam) and Four likes Sara and Six. But Seven is still all alone, but maybe if she meet's another Loric who is available, she can find love too.

When the children boarded the ship, each elder (the super powerful aliens) gave up his or her life to get the children to go to Earth. Each child will have the same powers as one of the elders.

Pittacus Lore was the strongest elder. One of the kids will have his same powers. He is the one person who would even stand a chance against the Mogadorian ruler.

Now, the biggest question is, who is Pittacus Lore?

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It makes me mental when authors add themselves in the book. It makes the book not seem real when they are talking about people who are real. It makes the book not feel like a science fiction book; it makes it feel like a crazy person is writing it.

I think Nine is an awesome character. He is arrogant, rude and selfish, but everything he says is honest.  I don't understand why readers hate Seven and Nine so much. There wouldn’t be any more books if the whole series was just about Six and Four.

I think it's pretty obvious who "Pittacus Lore" is. I would be shocked if it was not the main character in the series, but if it is not the obvious choice, then I hope it's Seven.

The characterization was the focus in this book, which was strange cause of how plot- focused the second book was. I liked the characters in this book a lot more than in the second book. The characters were realistic and different from each other. However, this book was written in three different people's point of view (Four, Six and Seven) and the writing style didn’t change at all. It was like everyone was thinking in the same way, which would not happen because of how different the characters are.

This book also had a lot of plot. But it was not overwhelming and I could keep up what was happening in each person's world. Every event seemed to have something to with the big picture.

If only the author did not add himself in the book...

4.97 out of 5 stars.

The Power Of Six (Pittacus Lore)

With the FBI on their tale, John, Six and Sam are trying to track down the others and avoid the humans and Mogadorians.

Number seven- more commonly none as Marina- has been in a church orphanage for most of her life. Her Cepan has been ignoring their calling and is turning to religion to save her. She is completely ignoring Marina's legacies and pretends the Mogadorians are not out there, watching Marina, waiting until they can kill her.

Marina has had no training with any of her legacies and will probably be useless in a fight because she has not been trained properly.

 Meanwhile, John, Six and Sam are guarding their lives with John chest, full of his inheritance. But for the most part, the rare gems are useless because no one knows how to use any of them.

In the orphanage, a new girl named Ella has come. Instantly, Marina and Ella become friends. But how can Marina have a friend when she knows she is being followed by the Mogadorians? If Ella gets killed by any of them, it will be Marina's fault.

Now that the charm is broken, everyone is fair game and can be killed.

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I think the one bad thing about this book is my favorite character is not in it 'cause he died in the first. It's really bugging me that he is still not alive. I'm really hoping he somehow rises from the dead.

This book had a lot more action to it with a lot less characterization. I still hardly know Six, simply because only half of the book has her in it, and the half that does is in John's point of view, who is distracted by her strength/body, not her personality.

I was really hoping there is one novel out there with no relationship drama. This book is not it. Now they’re a love...pentagon/ square? I really wished Henri was right; Loric only fell in love once.

I'm not impressed with Sarah at all right now. I'm really hoping she was not the one who did "it", but I have gut feeling she did. It she did not do "it" I'm going to be really mad at John for having a crush on *blank*.

The suspense in this book was good, but it would have been better if someone died. Now, it's getting repetitive; someone gets found by the Mogadorains, Six saves them.

However, everything else in the book was amazing! The plot, imagery and, especially the symbolism. I can't pick apart all the literacy devices because they were all used fairly well; it was only what the characters did that sucked.

4.75 out of 5 stars

I Am Number Four (Pittacus Lore)

When the Mogadorians attacked the planet Lorien, everyone died except 18 people- 9 children who will develop Legacies (which are powers) and 9 adults who are meant to protect the children and teach them about their powers.

Now, it is all up to the children to fight for their planet that the Mogadorians stole from them. But the Mogadorians know about them and know that if they kill all of them they can conquer Earth and kill off all of their kind

A spell was casted on the kids so they can only be killed in a certain order. If the Mogadorians try and kill them out of order, then they will die instead.

Each child has a number. Numbers 1, 2 and 3 are dead, so now the Mogadorians are out to find Number 4.

Four- who the humans call John Smith- has just moved to Ohio. He has spent his whole life on the road with his protector (known as a cepen to the people on Loiren) Henri, but now it is even more important that the Mogadorians don't find them- because now he can be killed.

But John is tired of running and wants to stay in Ohio with Henri, his first friend, Sam, his dog and the girl he loves, Sarah.

The whole Lorien race is in the hands of the six remaining gifted children- who are now 15- 16 years old- and they are ready to fight. 

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I love this series! I love how different the plot is from everything I have every read. I love the romance, suspense and almost everything in this book.

But the little things matter too. I can't stand the authors sentence structure. The sentences don't flow and each sentence almost has the same amount of words in it. it makes me mental.

However, the literacy devise make up for it. I can see everything the author is describing, every emotion the author in trying to show and everything in the plot the author is talking about.

The focus in this book is the characterization. How the author writes make the characters come to life. I don't think the characters changed much, but every side of the main characters were shown though the emotional setting. 

The part that makes people keep on reading is the plot. The conflicts changed almost every chapter -which I loved- which made the book feel more realistic, even though it was about bad aliens trying to kill the good aliens who are trying to protect Earth.

These books are my second favorite books- their good enough that I'm reading them again before I read the third one that just came out.

4.98 out of 5 stars!

The Kill Order (James Dashner)

The planet Earth did very well in the future; the people living on it developed technology in 2020 that people only dreamed about 10 years ago. Everything was perfect- until the solar flares hit.

Now, almost everyone is dead.

To make matters even worst for the few people still alive, a group called the PCC is trying to kill the rest of the population with a vires called the flare because, according to them, they can't make humanity  survive when there are so many people left.

Now, this group is sending out Bergs (which are kind of like planes) with people that are shooting people with arrows full of the Flare.

Mark, Alec, Lana and Trina live in a settlement that the PCC decided to send a Berg in to kill everyone. But they don't have the Flare...yet.

But on their journey to find where the Berg came from, they meet a little girl who got struck with one of the arrows full of the vires- but she doesn’t have the Flare.

It seems like maybe the girl has something in her blood that could save the rest of the world from the Flare, but not if she gets killed by people who think she is a demand.

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I think this book created more questions about "The Maze Runner trilogy" then it answered.

I'm trying to figure out who everyone is in the main books. I'm pretty sure the PFC is WICKED. I'm pretty sure they are not the ones who gave the Flare to everyone and they were actually trying to help people.

Which leaves bigger questions; is WICKED good? Was the Glade bad for not listing to them?

I'm confused!

The book itself was awesome! There was a tone of plot and characterization. But at the same time, there is such thing as too- much- action and this book had way way too much going on. I had to give my brain a break from everything going on and I probably forgot some of the major things that happen because there was so much.

However, there was never a dull moment. There was never a lack of excitement. I can 100% understand how this book could be someone’s favorite book.

Everything was in this book- symbolism, suspense, plot, characters, setting, conflict ex.- it was amazing! But at the same time, every single page was full with nothing but important stuff- I almost wish there was fluffy stuff.

People are either going to love this book or hate it, it’s just about how much action one's brain can take. I would have enjoyed it more if it answered some of my questions.

4.5 out of 5 stars.

Heartless (Sara Shepard)

With all of the reporters knocking on the Pretty little liars (Spencer, Emily, Hanna and Aria) doors, it's a miracle they are not all mentally insane...well, except maybe Hanna.

The Pretty Little Liars are all trying to figure out who killed Ali and why/how they "saw" her.

Aria believes Ali's ghost is trying to reach them, so she and Noel are talking to mediums.

Spencer is afraid that it could have been someone in her family who killed Ali, so she is learning all of her family's deepest, darkest secrets.

Hanna's evil step sister told Hanna's dad about how crazy Hanna is, so now she is wear all the crazy people go-a mental institute.

Emily is convinced that the girls really did see Ali and she is still alive.

But it's "A" who is controlling everything. "A" plans to send the Pretty Little Liars on a wild goose chase trying to figure out who Ali's killer is; but all the girls are on totally different paths and none of them are guessing the same person. So what exactly is "A"'s goal?

But its the reporters who are controlling the girl's social lives and all of their futures, and they seem to think the PLL's are heartless friends who killed Ali.

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If that’s the end to Ali's murder mystery and "A", I'm going to be disappointed.

The person who the author picked to be the suspected killer and maybe the new "A" was so dumb. They had nothing to do with anything! But I know there are lots more books, so it can't be them.

The person they killed off this book was awesome! The person was totally not expended and it's going to make the T.V show way more interesting.

This book did not have hardly any back stories to the characters because all of them were so obsessed with finding Ali's killer, which was really interesting but annoying. 

Instead, the book was all about plot and suspense. It was awesome in that way, but at the same time, this series is a drama and its characterization that drives a drama.

In all the other books, the characters drive the plot. In this one, the plot drove the characters and made them change. It was really good in that sense. One of the reason's that made the plot go was the conflict's, which were almost all character vs. self.

This was the best one so far...except who the suspected killer is.

4.75 out of 5 stars

Killer (Sara Shepard)

With Ian MIA, Aria, Spencer, Emily and Hanna are all on edge. What if he is the new "A"?

New "A" is different from the original one. First, "A" is giving them clues about who Ali's killer is. But why would "A" ever do something nice for them?

Meanwhile, Aria is trying to avoid her mom's boyfriend because he tried to kiss her, Emily is afraid to tell people about her new boyfriend and Hanna has to stay with her soon- to- be stepsister at all times, even though Kate (the stepsister) is the bad one.

But maybe it's Spencer who has the worst life out of all of them. Maybe it's not her fault that her parents hate her. Maybe it's because of the same reason that she doing look like Melissa (her sister). Could she have been lied to for her whole life? Could she be...adopted?

But it does not matter to "A" what any of their problems are. All he/she cares about is getting the girls to figure out who the killer really is.

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Out of all the ways to end this book...

The book it's self was pretty boring. "A" is not mean, there is not much drama and the only exciting thing that happened was in the last 20 pages. 

This book had a very loose plot. There was not really any build up for the very end except for very settle things that were just a sentence long. Then, at the last few pages, it was like the author backpedaled and used the little sentences as build up. You can't do that!!!! No one pays attention the little sentences and somehow creates a climax.

I don't get the notes at the very end of the book from "A". They don't add anything to the book at all. It's like "A" is just writing down all the questions the girls have and none of the answers. I know the author is trying to wrap up the book and it kind of works, but save the energy to write down things we don't already know.

I think that this was the first book that I actually liked all of the characters storylines. The only one that was kind of boring was Aria's. But it seemed like the author knew that and did not write in her point of view as much as the characters who had interesting things happening to them.

The ending was awesome. The last sentence basically made the whole book better. But I really hope the next book doesn’t go a sci- fi route when none of the other books had any sci- fi in them.

3.5 out of 5 stars.