The Mark of Athena

My daughter (age 10) LOVES Rick Riordan books - and the Heroes of Olympus series is one of her favourites. Happy to complete her set with a couple of his titles at a reasonable price off Amazon.

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Después de ver como terminó The Son of Neptune me daba hasta miedo leer The Mark of Athena, me ENCANTÓ el reencuentro de Annabeth y Percy <3 la historia va cobrando intensidad conforme pasa las páginas y las historias individuales de los personajes son muy atrayentes, conocemos la historia de Percy y Annabeth y los amamos en los anteriores libros, pero ahora llegaron nuevos personajes que hacen que todo se complemente muy bien, Rick Riordan no decepciona nunca <3 además el libro vino en excelentes condiciones y a tiempo como siempre, bien Amazon <3

Hi. My name is Merin, and I am a Percy Jackson addict. I love Percy the way a mother loves her child. I am blind to his faults, and adore him even when he's being a sarcastic pain in the ass. My feelings for him are such that I am physically incapable of giving this book anything less than five stars. Even though Percy isn't the main point of view character he was in his title series, these books are what they are because of him, and his involvement makes it nearly impossible for me to be objective. That being said? This book is absolutely FABULOUS. The elements that made the previous installments so great are ever-present in THE MARK OF ATHENA. You still have the humor, the action, and the emotional journeys of the characters. And most of all, you still have Percy being Percy. Except this is a more mature, more tested, more grown up Percy. He's still hilarious, still the character who says things he shouldn't. But he's also the guy who is totally in love with Annabeth, and their relationship is what's really at the heart of this book. Yes, they're trying to figure out how to keep Gaea from waking, and they're going to have to reunite the Greek and Roman camps. But what the previous two books have taught us is that their feelings for each other - their inability to live without the other - have created what is probably the best "One True Pair" of all time. NO ONE will ever be able to compare to Percy and Annabeth, and that's saying something when you consider that they're not even seventeen yet. "Yeah," Percy said. "I learned a long time ago: NEVER bet against Annabeth." - 53% Of course, I can wax poetically about how awesome Percy and Annabeth are together until the end of days, and it still will only encompass part of what made this book so fantastic. The truth is, Annabeth ROCKS this book. She is tough, headstrong, and stubborn, and while she is confronted with some very serious weaknesses, she never gives up, even when things are going against her. Honestly, if you have ANYTHING bad to say about Annabeth after reading this book, please do it elsewhere, because I will be like Octavian in that dock scene; I will be unable to hear you over the wax in my ears. I don't know what the next book is going to bring for Annabeth and Percy, but I have faith that they will be able to overcome whatever it is just because they are together, and as Annabeth said in this book, being with Percy always makes her feel braver. And she's definitely going to need a whole lot of that. Now, just so this doesn't dissolve into a Annabeth and Percy lovefest, here were some other things I loved about this book. The return of the "dam" joke. The Jason/Percy bromance; I really think these two can be best buds forever. Leo being absolutely kick-ass, and the way he felt like an outsider and became such an integral part of the quest. Piper's brief moments of being awesome (I wish there was more of this and less of her waxing on about Jason). The Hazel and Leo backstory. Jason and Percy working together. The glimpses of the gods and goddesses. Aphrodite's tea party. The ever-present humor interspersed with all the action and adventure. The way that all seven demigods have realized that they can't do this alone and are going to have to work together. The way Riordan combined the Greek and Roman stories together. Reyna. The scene where Annabeth drops her dagger and Percy is awesome. Annabeth's ability to face her worst fear. The Percy/Annabeth reunion scene. All of the Annabeth backstory, which answered nearly every single question I had about her. All of the absolutely hilarious lines. To sum up: this book was everything I wanted it to be, and more. I love that we got an Annabeth point of view, and I absolutely adored her voice. There were lots of achy-breaky moments in this book, but it just made everything seem more realistic, and it hurt in the good way. Be forewarned, though, that if you read this book, you're going to want the next one immediately. My only complaint is that we're going to have to wait another year to learn what happens next! I'm definitely starting the countdown for THE HOUSE OF HADES. How about you?

Tinha receio que o livro não correspondesse à descrição. Desde que esta nova edição foi lançada em abril que a tenho estado a tentar comprar, já que combina com os livros de Percy Jackson que tenho e fico feliz em informar que combina perfeitamente. Agora terei de substituir/comprar os livros restantes.

This book is just beautiful, heartbreaking and shocking..... First of all I would like to mention that this is my favourite book in the series so far. From Annabeth's being in the book to the heart stomping cliffhanger in the end is enough to get you hooked until you finish it. I gotta admit that the first two books were not my all time faves especially the first one (the lost hero) but this book was just incredible. I laughed, I cried and seemed to go on the journey together with the characters just the experience that I had with the og Percy Jackson books. Annabeth's appearance was just the very thing that this series neede and we got a lot of it. From the start I was just screaming 'PERCABETH' and it was wonderful. Nico's dramatic entry after we got to know what could have happened to him in the last book I was worried but of course his entry was marvelous. The cliffhanger at the end was just too much to handle and now I can faithfully say that this was the worst cliffhanger that anyone can ever deserve. Overall a solid read and 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 book in my opinion... PS: the cover is so good omg...