User blog comment:SayuriDarling/Full first chapter of The Mark of Athena/@comment-4430596-20120613020751/@comment-4531192-20120614213211

Let's not forget that we've only had Piper in one book. Yes, her chapters in The Lost Hero were epically bad and her character lacked depth, but I am not (yet) totally pessimistic about the future books regarding Piper's chapters. Rick has now had enough time to think about how to approach Piper's chapters in the future books. I actually expect him to do better and step his game up with this particular character. I don't want any more rants on how "hot" Jason looks in a tank top or how "bad" her childhood was. It's time he brings some real depth to this character. Piper can be an acceptable character, she was just depicted as this character who everyone should appreciate (which failed miserably). So yeah, let's wait and see. Don't pull the gun people, there's still some potential left. Also, she is likely to stick around until the end of the series so we better get used to dealing with her even if she grows to be a ridiculous character.