Hidden Enemy (Lorien Legacies: The Lost Files #7-9) by Pittacus Lore - Starting September 12th, 2016

[Ashley]

The perfect companion book to the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series! I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Hidden Enemy is a collection of three action-packed novellas by bestselling author Pittacus Lore! Originally published as the e-novellas Five's Legacy, Return to Paradise, and Five's Betrayal, now, for the first time ever, they are together in one print volume.

Five's Legacy tells the story of Five's early years on Earth when he was just a young teen on the run, discovering his abilities and making the wrong kind of friends.

Return to Paradise picks up in the aftermath of the Mog attack on Ohio and follows Mark James as he struggles between returning to a normal life and helping John Smith and the others.

Five's Betrayal is the exhilarating continuation of Five's story, in which he joins the Mogadorian ranks and must demonstrate his allegiance to them by helping to destroy the other Lorien survivors.

You know the truth about the Mogadorians' invasion of Earth and the Garde who will do anything to defeat them—yet there is still so much to learn. The stories in Hidden Enemy will help you get the answers you seek, but they will not help you stop the coming war. Only the Garde can save our planet.

Join us September 12th :)

[Ashley]

Five's Legacy Chapter 9: (view spoiler)[ It's cool to see the backstory of how Five became a traitor but other than that I'm finding that it's dragging quite a bit. He also seems really ungrateful. It's obvious that he's not very good at surviving alone, especially if he didn't have powers. He should be more grateful that he had a Cepan who loved him to take care of him as best he could. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashley]

Return to Paradise Chapter 10: (view spoiler)[ I think this novella is better than the last, Five's Legacy. I'm finding Mark's point of view much more interesting than Five's point of view. I like that we're getting backstory on how Sarah got all caught up in the FBI. I can't remember exactly what went down with the FBI in the main series but I vaguely remember John getting trapped by Sarah. (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

Starting Five's Legacy! Sorry for being a day late!

[Ashley]

No problem! :)

[Meaghan]

Five's Legacy 22%
(view spoiler)[I wasn't expecting Five to be so mean to his Cepan already ): (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

Five' Legacy 44%

(view spoiler)[I can see how Five went so wayward. He wasn't prepared to be alone like everyone else, and his morals were just lower than everyone else's (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

52% Five's Legacy
(view spoiler)[I've got a bad feeling about Emma (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

70% Five's Legacy
(view spoiler)[I'm guessing Ethan has something to with Mogs... (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

11% Return to Paradise.

(view spoiler)[I wonder if this one will talk about Sarah's betrayal, or just focus on Mark? (hide spoiler)]

[Ashley]

Five's Betrayal Chapter 5: (view spoiler)[ I guess Five's story just goes to show how without a Cepan the Loric can be led extremely astray. I suppose that explosion was when Nine and Four escaped. I'm curious to know what happens after Five loses his chance to kill Nine. (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

21% Return to Paradise
(view spoiler)[I'm actually liking knowing a bit more about Mark, since we never did really know much. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashley]

Done: (view spoiler)[ I think Return to Paradise was my favourite. I usually find reading from the perspective of someone I don't like quite annoying, so reading from Five's perspective wasn't the greatest for me. I think I may pick up another of these novella collections another time. I didn't choose this one for any particular reason other than it was in the best condition out of the other Lorien novella collections. (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

40% Return to Paradise
It's weird seeing Agent Walker still be Pro-Mov

[Meaghan]

50% Return to Paradise
(view spoiler)[ The police station visit is so not going to go down well... (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

Starting Five's Betrayal now!

[Meaghan]

15% Five's Betrayal
(view spoiler)[I still can't believe how easily Five was persuaded (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

28% Five's Betrayal
(view spoiler)[They're just straight up lying to Five now about Nine. No wonder they got him on their side (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

46% Five's Legacy
(view spoiler)[And here I didn't think it was possible to like Five less (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

60% Five's Betrayal
(view spoiler)[The good Garde is back!! (hide spoiler)]