Reading Challenge Day 12: Pittacus Lore's Lorien Legacies

When you love reading books, there will be times that you'll encounter better written books than that of you used to read. There are of course books of quality that will transcend time and be forever etched in your minds and hearts. But there will be books that you'll wish you didn't love on the first place. So for Day 12 of the 30 Day Reading Challenge, the book (or rather the book series) that I used to love but not anymore would be Pittacus Lore's Lorien Legacies.

The book series focuses on the race of Lorien, gifted alien race that has the destiny to save their planet and defeat another race of Mogadorians. However, Lorien was destroyed and the nine chose children are sent to Earth to survive. As they grow, they start to develop their Legacies, their supernatural abilities.

Unfortunately, the Mogadorians had tracked them here on the planet and in order to survive, they must be united with each other again. But for John Smith (Number Four), survival is only second to preserving his new home, Earth.

When I first read I Am Number Four, I was instantly hooked. The premise is very original with the notion that Mogadorians can only hunt the nine by order. However, John Smith is a dull narrator and he present certain situations without urgency and importance. And it doesn't help that the writing is a little amateurish (Not that I can write better, infact I write a lot more worse) when compared to other books that I've read. Overall, I forgave the first book and gave the second a chance.

Luckily, the second book, The Power of Six, is better. I think the introduction of another narrator is a big improvement. And I loved it!

No such luck the third entry, The Rise of Nine. Although Six's narration is good, mixing it with the other two doesn't really work that well. Sometimes, scenes are confusing as we shift from one narrator to another.

My excitement for the series is strong enough for me to but the fourth to be released in August, however, it's not that strong enough to compel me for a second read of the series.