The Fate of Ten
Lorien Legacies #6
by Pittacus Lore

My rating: 4 / 5
Genre: YA sci-fi

Spoiler notice: The following review will contain some spoilers for the previous books in the series, starting with I Am Number Four.

Once again split up, the Garde are unable to work together as intended to deal with the Mogodorian invasion of Earth. But whether or not the excursion to Mexico will be as helpful as they had hoped remains to be seen. Meanwhile, fighting amongst some of the Garde makes it difficult for John to focus on stopping the Mogadorians.

I really did not expect this series to get to the point it has—full-scale invasion. It’s a lot for a small number of newly powered teenagers to handle, so it’s a good thing they’re gaining some unexpected allies. I’ve also enjoyed most of this series more than I thought I would, considering that it’s overall fairly shallow and action-based. I like some of the characters and their friendships (though there are a couple of characters and relationships I couldn’t care less about), and Adam is really growing on me. I’d really like to know more about his “relationship” with One.

It seemed to me that the language was suddenly ramped up in this book. I’m not going to go back and check past books, but to my recollection at least, it feels like, on a scale of 1 to 10, we went from a 1 or 2 to a 7, which is quite a leap. Overall, though, I’m enjoying the ride. Taken as a fun, sci-fi romp and not any kind of deep literature, it’s kept me engaged pretty solidly since book #3 (I enjoyed book #1 but found #2 pretty boring). I’m looking forward to reading the final one, and though I didn’t originally intend to bother with the novellas, I’m starting to think I should really check them out.

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