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Oct 04, 2017
When I think of what goes into making a good book, I think of eloquence, character detail and clarity. I can say without a doubt that this book had all of that covered, and more. The following book after I Number Four in the book series The Lorien Legacies, The Power of Six shines the spotlight on Six. Six is one of the 9 Garde that remain on Earth, and she is undoubtedly one of my favourite characters in the entire series. She blunt, strong, disciplined and is exactly the type of character this series needed to keep the members of the Garde, unique and diverse. Her legacies really shine when given the opportunity whenever she is encountered by Mogadorians, and it shows just how ruthless she really is. The book also does a great job at showing the development of the rest of the Garde's legacies, and with over 70 different possible legacies to develop it keeps you wondering and exploring the different possibilities and outcomes the book could have. In addition to not only the development of their legacies, we're also shown the relationships they share with their fellow Garde, and it paints a realistic picture of how you'd act if you were "stuck" with somebody you've never even met in your life. I love that, because it brings out practical scenarios giving the book more to it, then just aliens on the run. @ShepReads of the Teen Review Board at the Hamilton Public Library The Power of Six was definitely an improvement over the original I am Number Four book. It develops new characters introduced in this book well, while still improving on returning characters. This in turn, makes the story better as the characters are well enough developed that you care what happens to them. It uses a lot less cliches, even taking one of these cliches and turning it into a great plot point in the book. While this book was a huge step up from the first it has it’s own problems, such as it being very confusing to figure out which of the two narrators the book is using as there is only a small difference in the text used for the two. Another problem is that due to the dual narration it can be confusing if you don’t realize that the book has switched narrators, which as the change is not noticeable can be often. Overall this book is an improvement over the first, but still was a mediocre book as half the book just wasn’t that interesting. This was due to the dual narrators as one narrator was engaging, while the other wasn’t that great. - @TheBookieMonster of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library