HEROES OF OLYMPUS THE MARK OF ATHENA BOOK REVIEW!

About the Author

Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. (born June 5, 1964) is an American author known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, which is about a twelve-year-old who discovers he is the son of Poseidon. His books have been translated into 37 languages and sold more than 30 million copies. Twentieth Century Fox has adapted the first two books of his Percy Jackson series as part of a series of films. His books have spawned related media, such as graphic novels and short story collections.

SUMMARY

Mark of Athena opens with Annabeth travelling to Camp Jupiter. Camp Jupiter is similar to Camp Half-Blood except the residents are descendants of Roman gods and not Greek ones. Annabeth is travelling with several other campers, including Leo Valdez, Gleeson Hedge, Jason Grace, and Piper Mclean.
At the feast, both camps discuss the Prophecy of Seven, with Annabeth trying to convince Camp Jupiter that it means both Greeks and Romans need to work together in order to close the Doors of Death. At the same time, Reyna privately talks with Annabeth, telling her that she believes the Romans and Greeks should work together.
Piper has a vision and sees a number of unsettling images, including a man in purple next to a Topeka road sign. The group decides to travel to Topeka to speak with Bacchus. Bacchus is none too pleased to see them, but Piper tells him about her vision. This calms him down somewhat, but he tells them he doesn’t want to be part of their quest, as he no longer considers himself a demigod. He does give them information, telling them to seek out Phorcys for information on Gaea.
They decide to follow Bacchus’s advice and search for Phorycs.
Percy gets Phorcys to talk about Ephialtes and Otis, the giants whom the group has to defeat and also gets him to talk about a prisoner, Nico, which they were using as bait for the group. Percy informs everyone that they need to find a map that leads to the Athena Parthenos in Rome.

From here the journey of the 7 teenagers continues.

PERSONAL REVIEWS

The book is really interesting and even the plot is really good. This time the real star of the book is Annabeth and her intelligence has been showcased perfectly. In this part Nico di Angelo returns but in quiet a weak form and as a bait. This is another superb part in the series of Heroes of Olympus.

I will rate the book 4.75 stars out of 5.