<Spoiler>The Lorien Legacies series remains one of my all time favorites, however, this is the first book in it that fell kind of flat for me. I just feel like nothing really happened. The end got really ramped up and I was literally in my car screaming (listening via audiobook) "How are there two more books? How does this not get resolved in these last few chapters?" It came so close to resolution and I feel like that put me off a bit. Because it was like at the last second Lore decided not to end it there and continue with two more stories. Don't get me wrong, I would have been confused if it ended with this book because so many characters stories weren't wrapped; but they were so close to defeating the big bad. One of my favorite moments was when Seven, Six and Adam went to the sanctuary and Eight got semi-resurrected enough to say a beautiful goodbye to Seven. They both deserved that. Was I hoping for full resurrection? Of course. I would have loved for Nine to be there also to say his piece and give Eight the thanks he deserves for literally sacrificing himself to save Nine in the last book. I would say out of the five books I've read so far, this is the slowest with the least amount of events happening.  The events that occurred were big and definitely moved the story forward and answered some questions but I hate when the gang split up. Their energy is so much better when they're all together. I also have a final prediction that at the very end of it all, John's going to sacrifice himself to win the war. I hope I'm wrong but I totally get the vibe that at least one more of the Guard is going to get axed. </Spoiler>