User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Mark of Athena Official Discussion/@comment-1503337-20121008025618/@comment-5112532-20121008203012

I really agree with you Albus Chase, at first I felt persuaded to dislike Piper due to the majority of people on this wiki that hate her! Haha. But now, Piper doesn't annoy me as much as Jason! Grrr, he can be so crass, and as Annabeth puts it "too perfect". I don't mind Piper to be honest, in The Lost Hero, I can understand her actions. And she did annoy me with her 'I love Jason', 'Jason, stay with me', 'be mine forever' -- blah blah puke! I think she's matured and I like that she does care for all the other demigods and doesn't seem to hate anyone (although how she can say she'd rather have Jason instead of Percy, is beyone me!). And I do understand why she's jealous of Reyna, and blah blah blah.. Also does Jason actually have a Fatal flaw? He seems so perfect... :L

Whereas Frank and Leo, were cute at first in their rivalry over Hazel, but I think Frank took it more as a threat to his relationship with Hazel, than those two just trying to figure out their link.

I don't think that RR balanced out the characters as well as he could have done. Jason and Percy seemed to be on the sidelines. Annabeth and Leo were at the forefront, not that I mind, but they could have shared the limelight with the others, although I know that they were the most important characters of the book! Piper and Hazel, even though Hazel didn't get a POV, it was nice to see it from Leo's perspective. Frank was funny when he turned into a goldfish but I wanted to see what happened when he finally got the hang of his shape-shifting ability!