I received The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore as a Christmas present and I consider it one of the best gifts I received this year. Thanks to the holiday offs from work, I got to read and finish the book even before 2012 starts to tick. So let me share with you my quick and honest review of The Power of Six.

Just a short info, this book is the sequel to the famous I Am Number Four which became #1 New York Times Bestseller and made into a motion picture. I Am Number Four became an instant favorite of mine and I expected for its sequel to be the same, or even much greater.

The book picks up from where I Am Number Four left off and begins with John (Four), Sam, Six and Bernie Kosar (BK) traveling to both adventure and escape from the police and from the Mogadorians. But there’s a new story that came to play in the book and that is Marina’s (Seven). While John and the others try to go far from Paradise, OH, Marina is struggling to convince her Cepan, Adelina, to have faith back to Lorien. The twists in the story, the bumps in between, the exciting play of emotions, the new secrets unveiled in each flick of the page, lead to a hanging ending which composed of a big battle, deaths, discoveries and the urge to move forward and unite all the remaining members of the Garde.

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