Fall of Five, Lorien Legacies Book 4, By Pittacus Lore

So today I'm going to be talking the 4th book in the Lorien legacies series, fall of five, by Pittacus Lore. The series (I am Number Four, The Power of Six, The Rise of Nine, The Fall of Five) is one of  my favorites ever... like... evER OMG. 

Background info:

The series is about aliens from the planet Lorien, which was destroyed by another alien species, the Mogodorians (from planet Mogodore) Only 9 of the Loric survived, and they were put on a ship headed for Earth. Oh yeah, and they were toddlers when this happened. Each was accompanied by a Cepan, whose job is to protect their Garde member and train them so they would be ready to fight the Mogodorians and take back Lorien when the time came. There was also a curse placed on them that they would only be able to be killed in order of their numbers. Numbers One, Two, and Three have died when the first book begins. (hence the name I am Number Four) 

Stuff you should probably know:

• John is Four's human name (he prefers to go by that)
• Marina is Seven's human name (same thing)
• Malcolm, Sam's long lost - just found dad, was working with the Loric on Earth long before Sam and John became best friends (Coincidence? I THINK NOT)
• In Rise of Nine, the Garde tried to fight Setrakus Ra and failed. (thankfully, no one died)
• Each of the Garde have powers called Legacies, but each one has different powers. (For example: John can shoot light out of his hands, Eight can teleport, Marina can heal people, etc)
• Setrakus Ra is the leader of the Mogodorian army on Earth
• Each Loric has a Chest, with some special Loric stuff
• There was a prophecy drawn on the walls of a cave in India that showed Eight getting killed. They thought this was talking about the time where Eight did die (during the battle with Setrakus) but was healed by Marina.
• Pittacus Lore is an alias; there is a character in the series named Pittacus Lore, and he is Lorien's ruling Elder. (he's also dead)

Ship Update: 

• John and Sarah are still together, but John is starting to worry about what will happen after the battle.
• Eight and Marina are starting to spend a lot of time together (hint hint wink wink nudge nudge)
• Six rejects Sam because she knows there will be casualties, and "maybe if Sam were somewhere safe, it could be different" (really, Six?) 

Synopsis of the book:

John, Sarah, Six, Marina, Eight, and Nine, are hiding out in New York, while Sam is rescued from the Mogs by his dad, and a traitor Mog named Adam. They are reunited again in New York, and then soon go on a mission to find Number Five. They find him in Arkansas, and bring him back to New York with them. Meanwhile, in New York, Ella's nightmares are getting worse, until they actually begin to think that the nightmares are  messages from Setrakus Ra. So now that they're all together, they start training to work as a team and trying to figure out how to use the items in their Chests, because they don't another incident like the last time they tried to fight Setrakus. Then Ella has a really bad nightmare, and she won't wake up. When John tries to touch her, he passes out too. While John and Ella are comatose, Six, Marina, Eight, Nine, and Five leave for Florida to recover Five's Chest.

  SPOILER ALERT - if you haven't read it yet, and plan on reading it soon DON'T KEEP READING.

okay don't say i didn't warn you. 

So they reach the island where Five claims his Chest is and they take it, but when they're about to leave, Five attacks them. (he wAS WORKING WITH THE MOGS D: ) He tries to convice Marina to join him, but she says no. (of course) He almost kills Six and Nine, and he acTUALLY KILLS EIGHT. :'( *moment of silence for Eight* (yes, Eight is dead, it works out like the propechy said it would after all) Marina gets really mad (obviously) and almost kills Five, then she, Six, and Nine leave.

Meanwhile, in New York, the penthouse is attacked by Mogs (because Five revealed their location) and with Ella and John still in a coma, Sarah, Sam, and Macolm (Sam's dad) are left to defend themselves. But then (thankfully) John wakes up, and Adam comes to save them (yay, he didn't die after all) and that's how it ends.  

My overall opinion:

9/10 

So over all, I really loved this book. I couldn't put it down (even though one of my friends ruined both of the big plot twists for me -_-) and it was really well written, just like the rest of the series. I do kind of wish that Eight hadn't been the one to die, though, because he was my favorite, and also I really wanted it to work out with him and Marina. But I was happy with John and Sarah, and I really want to know whether Sarah will come with John to Lorien or if John will stay on Earth with Sarah or if mysterious option C will hapen. ......um I don't really have much else to say except for wOW FIVE IS AN ARROGANT LITTLE JERK ISN'T HE.  

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