Genre: Young Adult/Sci Fi
Publisher: Penguin Australia
Publication Date: 26th August 2014
ISBN: 9780718178369
Stand Alone/Series: Lorien Legacies #5
Pages: 320 pages
First Lines: The nightmare is over. When I open my eyes there's nothing but darkness.
Synopsis:
The have killed four of us.
They will not rest until we are all dead.
They will not stop until your planet is theirs.
They think we are broken.
We will not be defeated.
We are all that stands in their way.
We know secrets they thought hidden.
We have power they never expected.
The time has come for them to fall. The Garde have suffered the ultimate betrayal: Number Five has allied himself with the Mogadorians, killing Eight and helping the Mogs to abduct Ella from the safe house. Now the fight for Earth's survival has just become that much more impossible. The Garde may not have time to mourn their fallen ally, but they'll make sure to avenge him. And help is at hand from the most unlikely of sources: Adam, a Mogadorian, has turned his back on his people. He might just be their lifeline, but are the Garde repeating past mistakes by putting their trust in him?
My Thoughts: I received this book a little while ago, but because I'm one of these readers that wants... no NEEDS to read things in order, I picked up Fall of Five first. Once I'd finished that I was so glad I had The Revenge of Seven to keep gong because seriously things couldn't be left as they were.
It's worse after reading this book because I now have to wait HOW LONG to find out what is going to happen after this crazy as cliffhanger. Like seriously!!
So, The Revenge of Seven for me wasn't gripping enough to be read in one sitting. It was good don't get me wrong. But I found myself putting the book down alot in the beginning. It wasn't that it WASN'T good. I just wasn't compelled to fly through this like some books. But in saying that I still thoroughly enjoyed the read. I couldn't help but feel like this was just setting things up more or less for book 6 because apart from a few smallish revelations which threw a few curve balls at the reader, there was no "Oh my God" moments up until the VERY end and then it was like. No don't end on THAT! But obviously it did!
The garde split up a few times during the book having each group heading in different directions. They are left to deal with less than ideal circumstances and I must admit I was on the edge of my seat just as something big was going down only to have the Author switch to another character!
There was one really surprising element in the form of Adam. Of course this is all I will say but deep down I was cheering for him a bit. Another surprising thing were the amount of Chimaerae (or however it is spelt) in this. Finally Bernie Kosar is not completely alone!
There was a funny moment in the book that has stuck with me even now after finishing this off, and that one of the chimaera goes from being a canary to a rhino midflight. Amusing to say the least. I'd love to see this done in cinema, but alas I shall keep wishing.
There are a few things that are revealed in this book as well. Obviously you will have to find these out for yourselves! I'm surprised to find when Six and gang reach their destination and find out the outcome of their mission.
Once hitting the halfway mark I couldn't put the book down. I needed to know what was going to happen to John, Marina (Seven) and the gang and by the last page I was trying to magically manifest the next book along unsuccessfully.
If you have been reading the Lorien Legacies series don't stop reading this book because there are a few slow spots because at the end you are going to be wishing that the next book was right there in front of you!
Book received from: Penguin Australia for review.
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