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.
The Power of Six is undeniably exciting. There’s more action and drama to it compared to I Am Number Four. The way how John’s and Marina’s story is mashed and lined in one book made it great. You understand more about Lorien, the Garde, the mysterious, new characters (like Crayton and Ella), the Legacies and almost about everything. I know this book won’t be the last in the series judging from the fact that it isn’t too thick — there’s still so much information to know and the characters have so many things to accomplish. A new character, the super villain, was just introduced in the last chapter. Things will get bloodier in the sequel, I expect.
Pittacus Lore (a pseudonym for James Frey and Jobie Hughes) writes the book in a simple yet attention-simulating manner — not too much word play, direct to the point, and naturally artistic. Some parts of the book though get boring, if not a bit confusing, but the answers are given light soon enough. All in all, I’d give the book a 9/10. I can’t wait, just like a lot of the other fans, for the sequel which is set to come out August 2012. I hope it falls on my birthday. 
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