User blog comment:Fire310/Mark of Athena/@comment-108.86.176.201-20120323183449

I've been going through Heroes of Olympus withdrawal. So far I've been managing my anticipation for the 3rd book by reading other book series but I went through my nook's library like nobodies business.

I can't stop trying to guess who the 7th will be, even though it's pointless. Anyone else find it weird that 4 out the 6 confirmed heroes of the prophecy are newbies? Hazel, Frank, Piper, & Leo have less than one years' worth of experience under their belt. Percy & Jason are the only ones who have tons of experience.

I feel bad that it's an uneven amount of demigods. The 7th will either be Roman or Greek, one group will end up looking superior to the other and it will probably lead to animosity between them.

Unless the 7th is Greek & Roman. The only person I can think of that has a connection with the two is Reyna who was born a Roman but raised by a psychotic Greek witch.

I hope both camps end up going on the ship. I would find it ridiculous if only 7 demigods went because it's suppose to be a huge ship. And Gaia's army will be in Greece (or was it Rome? w/e). No matter how strong the 7 are, they can't go up an army all by themselves. There's no point in the camps staying behind, how would they get Europe when the time comes to fight? The 7 can't just come back to pick them up.

RR said that he gave a major clue as to who the 7th is at the end of the book. The most obvious clues lead to Annabeth, ugh. She *would* cause problems.

Sorry for the long post. I needed to ramble for a bit.