marareading's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This is a fun YA read. It reads quickly, and is very interesting. The world building is very fun and unique! I enjoyed it a lot.
We are following John and Henri who are from Lorien. Their planet and people were destroyed for resources my the Magadorians. Only 9 of the children and their keepers, the Cêpan, survived. John is number 4. Protected by a charm, they can only be killed in order. 3 are dead. John and Henri and running and in hiding. They find a new home in a small town in Ohio, and things starts to go wrong.
If you like YA fantasy with a bit of sci-fi, I would definitely recommend this.
We are following John and Henri who are from Lorien. Their planet and people were destroyed for resources my the Magadorians. Only 9 of the children and their keepers, the Cêpan, survived. John is number 4. Protected by a charm, they can only be killed in order. 3 are dead. John and Henri and running and in hiding. They find a new home in a small town in Ohio, and things starts to go wrong.
If you like YA fantasy with a bit of sci-fi, I would definitely recommend this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Blood, War, Injury/injury detail, Violence, and Torture
onefineelephant's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
3/10. It was pretty bad. The love interest, Sarah, had no personality at all and essentially only existed for the main character. Also, the main character, Number 4/John had no personality either.
Spoiler
What are the chances that the closest inhabitable planet in the entire universe has aliens that look exactly like humans but have superpowers? Additionally, what are the chances that John's superpowers are being immune to fire and then his girlfriend is the only person out of 150 drunk teenagers who gets trapped in the burning building? Also, the villains are just pure evil with no redeeming qualities which is not my preference. I am also so mad that Henri, the only adult in the book and John's only family, dies in the battle. I am also mad that Sam just abandons his mom at the end of the book when she has nobody but him and his dad disappeared too. There are just so many questions left unanswered at the end of the book and I'm pretty sure these never get answered even though there are more books in the series. Like why was John just not allowed to know that they had a chimaera pet? Why was Mark involved in the battle in the first place? What were the secrets that Henri was keeping from John about the original invasion?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, War, Bullying, Grief, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Confinement, Alcohol, and Forced institutionalization
lindseyrenee's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/injury detail, and Violence
Minor: Grief, Murder, Torture, and War
amndaj's review
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I wanted to read this book after having watched the movie. Well, I wanted to read the series, but I didn't want to skip this one, just in case things ended differently. It was pretty similar, but it did have a different feel somehow. I think the characters were well written and more loveable in the book. Will be reading more in the series, for sure.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, and Injury/injury detail
Minor: Blood
rachelditty's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Not the direction I expected this book to go when I first read its description, but pleasantly surprising nonetheless. I found myself liking the side characters more than the main characters, but that isn't to say I disliked any of them. The action was slow at times, which is to be expected, but even during the climax of the story things seemed to drag on a bit. Overall, entertaining with enjoyable characters and an interesting story line. On to book two!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood and Death
Moderate: Grief and Violence
Minor: Bullying and Medical content
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