The Revenge of Seven might be the slowest of the Lorien Legacies books, but it also explains a lot.
I appreciate that. I'm someone who actually enjoys academic lectures
for the knowledge imparted. So when there's a pretty long monologue
that ends up explaining a big plot point, I'm totally ok with that.
Unfortunately, this series is aimed at readers looking for lots of
action and adventure, so lots of explanation and not a lot of action is
not a good thing for them.
In this installment of the Lorien
Legacies series the gang is still disorganized and still traipsing
around. They're also still very lovable. You can't help but root for
them! They're gutsy and kind to each other and they find ways to
joke/have fun along the way. In short: they're teens! This series
would be so relatable to any teen who picked them up. These are the
teens they go to school with... with super alien powers, of course. ;)
The
group learns a lot when poor little Ella is kidnapped by Setrakus Ra.
I hated this part! Out of the whole group, why her?!? She's the
"kitten" of the group. She's the one I want to protect and cuddle. I
don't like the thought of little, defenseless Ella in the hands of
Setrakus Ra. But she's one tough cookie! It turns out she might have
been the best one to get kidnapped. She held up under Setrakus Ra's
scrutiny. She protected the other Lorien.
In the last third of the book, the action picks up quickly.
Makes the whole thing worth it! When I started this book, I thought
this might possibly be the last book in the series (I did not prior
research) but it turned out to be only another book in the series!
There's at least two more. That's good. When you request this book
from your library, go ahead and request the following one- there's one
heck of a cliffhanger ending to this one!
I listened to the audiobook version of The Revenge of Seven
and it was done well! The narrator does a good job invoking a teenage
boy. He also does a good job imparting a sense of urgency to the action
scenes without sounding frenzied and also a sense of calm to the
explanatory scenes.
I do recommend this series!
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