The Rise of Nine

By Pittacus Lore

 360 Pages

Published by HarperCollins

★★★★★

By Em

I don't think anyone can fathom on how long I waited for this book to finally be released. The minute I finished The Power of Six, I scribbled down the date of this book's release, and had basically been counting down the days for months! Actually, to be specific, 362 days. So, practically a whole year. it was torture...

May contain spoilers from The Power of Six.
Six in on her way out of Spain, accompanied by Marina, Number Seven, Ella, the surprise Number Ten, and Ella's Cêpan, Crayton.They are headed towards India in search of another member of the Garde, much to Six's distaste, who wanted to head back to America as soon as possible to find John and Sam. India seems like it will hold plenty of promise, what with the supposed resurfacing of the Indian God Vishnu, and the military vehicles all printed with a massive Eight. But finding the Garde member may be more of a war then they ever expected. Literally. 

Meanwhile, John and Nine are recuperating from their last run in with the Mogadorians, back in their headquarters deep within a mountain. John is coming to terms with the loss of his friend Sam, and is constantly reliving that reality when he sees his best friend being tortured in his dreams. (Emma sad...) And what's even better is they quickly learn that the FBI is in cahoots (I love that word!) with the Mogadorians. Okay, never saw that one coming! Looks like life just got even harder for the Loric. 

So, let's just start with what I didn't like about this book. Do not get me wrong, this book is still one of the best books EVER! But you know what, there was not enough Sam. Not even close. And that makes Emma very angry. Because she waited a whole year for this book. And now she is going to have to wait even longer for her Sam-like needs to be fulfilled. She is not very happy about that. (And I think I just overused the whole third person thing...)

So, now what did I like? EVERYTHING ELSE!!!!! This books was chalk full of fighting and action, and alien super powers, that I can't even express how totally cool it was! There were multiple battles, plenty of mind boggling questions, and a whole big army of evil aliens! Now, you must admit that this beats out sappy love story any day!

This story really brought two new characters into perspective. We meet Nine last book, but we knew very little about him. How do you sum Nine up? Well, I think John put it perfect when he said,
 "He does enjoy pissing people off."
 I don't think I could have said it any better. Nine seems to live to get on anyone and everyone's nerves. His day isn't complete until he's dished out enough insults to make any teenage queen bee jealous.But, you know, there's a lot more to him that we learn about too. Like his Cêpan Sandor, who I will happily learn more about in my birthday present (see my earlier post Book Club (Among other recent events!) for more information.

We also meet Mr. Eight, who is just as much a mystery as Nine is to us at the very beginning of the book. He's developed many different Legacies already, and when Crayton meets him, he thinks he just may be the one who could rid them of the evil Mogadorian leader Setrakus Ra. But Eight knows things that makes him pray that isn't true. Because he knows that Setrakus Ra just may be who kills him in the end. 

 We see lots of Legacies develop, secrets of the Chests get solved, and many surprises unravel all throughout the book. I must say that the ending of this book is most definitely the best part, and is something you all should excitedly anticipate. Right at this very moment I am getting set to readThe Legacies, so expect that review to come soon! In conclusion, awesome book, one really long wait for the next...