Series: Lorien Legacies (Book 7)
Hardcover: 480 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins (June 28, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062387650
ISBN-13: 978-0062387653
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.4 x 8.2 inches
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I have been anxiously awaiting this book since the moment I finished The Fate of Ten a year ago. In anticipation of the release I re-read all the books in the series, including all The Lost Files. I was pumped, ready for this book to hit the shelf, so much so that I actually ordered an ebook copy & a hardback copy...just in case the hardback arrived late, so I could still start it. And I did start reading it as soon as midnight rolled over on the 28th. It did not disappoint me at all.A few tiny details bothered me, I'll explain...SPOILERS AHEAD-Mark James- His death was so, just blah. In the start of the book, and the end of the last one, Mark is super involved, then Sarah dies. He & John argue & at the start of UAO John asks Mark to take Sarah's body home to her family. He gets Mark a car, but let's him do this alone...really John? You're in the middle of a war & you let an ally drive off alone? No concern as to what happens to him? You couldn't spare 1 agent as an escort? Seemed shortsighted to send a grieving, non-powered human, who happened to be the deceased's ex-BF on such an errand, to a place that might still be crawling with enemies...it's like BEGGING for him to get F-ed up.And he did.His death almost felt like an afterthought, like, "hey...wait, we forgot about Mark...so, he dies here." Yes, I know this was built into the plot as a device to slow John & simultaneously push him forward...but it felt cheap in regards to Mark's demise. Yeah, it worked by busting up the Patience Creek hideout & group, injuring John & killing countless allies, but it wrapped up Mark's storyline in a way that felt like maybe the author forgot about Mark & hastily wrote in his death.
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