Five's Betrayal

A very tragic but mediocre backstory for Five, as we continue from Five's Legacy and see him further ingratiate himself into the Mogadorian hierarchy. Setrakus Ra is manipulative, Ethan and Emma are back (and suffering) and Five is hugely emotionally conflicted. As the story tries to match with events in the larger Lorien Legacies series, it all unfortunately feels a bit mundane and average as we end up with Five where we first find him in the mainline books - except for a great ending with Ethan and Five's leather blade, which ends up adding a star to the novella.