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The Mark of Athena

Rick Riordan

4.42 AVERAGE


4 ⭐️ rating for me! I’m really happy that the stories are coming together! I’ve really been enjoying what Rick has done with the characters so far! Looking forward to moving on to the fourth book!
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The cliffhanger is crazy 
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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ooooh yeahhhhh this is probably one of my fave rick riordan books! LOVE IT!
adventurous challenging dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

por fin remontamos!!! estaremos leyendo el cuarto
adventurous dark emotional lighthearted tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous funny informative lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Somehow I liked all the characters a lot less in this. Apart from the bromance between Jason and Percy only other characters had weird stilted interactions. Leo and Frank well especially annoying in the spook. Hazel was a very good female character who is just ruined by getting involved in this strange love triangle which makes no sense whatsoever and simply serve to make all three characters annoying. Perhaps it is also because these are children's books after all all the problems in the book seem to be solved by people suddenly gaining superpowers or suddenly being helped out by vastly superior beings or just not having any real problems with the bad guys. This makes for a very lackluster vide because it feels like a build up to nothing perhaps the novelty of these books are are simply wearing off now.