User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Mark of Athena Official Discussion/@comment-5112532-20121003172103

Okay, am I the only one who didn't like The Mark of Athena as much as I thought I would? I feel a bit deflated... as it didn't live up to my (high) expectations - maybe because I was fangirling too hard (LOL) before the book came out and I set the bar to hight. Or I didn't like the cliffhanger at the end, I didn't think that it was as good as the ending of The Son of Neptune because we know what's going to happen and it makes perfect sense to carry on the next book. Also, I was a bit bored at the start, especially with the Annabeth-Reyna chat, we know Reyna is upset that she doesn't have a boyfriend (LEYNA!) and Octavian wasn't as evil as I thought he was gonna be.

Other than that I liked it and read it really quickly but still, I prefer tSoN! But I think I'm gonna have to re-read it and psych myself up again - although I can't believe it's gonna take 363 days for RR to write another book... waaaahhh! :'(