User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Mark of Athena Official Discussion/@comment-173.66.98.134-20121031192720

Overall, I thought that this book was amazing! Lots of action, emotion, adventure, a bit of heartbreak at the end... Definitely worth 11 months of waiting, however painful they were. Frst of all, this is coming from someone who&apos;s literally only liked romance once or twice, but I thought the whole Percy/Annabeth plot was nicely done! Much better than my other ship was handeled (If I hear the word "Sweetie" one more time... *shudder*) They were definitely more affectionate at some points, but I forgive that, seeing as they were separated for like six months against their wills. And the end of it... Just the end of it... I was still getting over the death of my favorite cartoon character, and now this? How much more fictional tragedy can I take? I dunno. Either way, it was nicely done, and I definitely hope that we see some perspective of Tartarus in the House of Hades. I&apos;m really starting to get curious. What sort of hidious abomonations exist down there? And how will our two protagonists get out?

Anyways, Leo is flawless. I have a soft spot for silly teenaged characters, and Leo pretty much fits the mold. I&apos;m glad we got to see a lot more development for him, though I&apos;d be lying if I said he got no development in The Lost Hero. Still, I also feel real bad for him, getting possessed and having a crappy love life and all. Annabeth is also really well done (it&apos;s so weird being inside of her head. Weird in a good way) Her epic solo quest was epic, it&apos;s nice for her to get a time to really shine. And Percy is snarky, sarcastic, and awesome as always. I can&apos;t say I&apos;m a huge fan of Piper, but I personally am just not all that fond of weak female characters, consistantly overly romantic characters, or consistantly weak and overly romantic characters. If you do, that&apos;s cool and all. Frank was a bit less pleasant, just a bit, but I blame Leo&apos;s perspective. We&apos;ll probably get to see more of his good side later on.

My only real sore spot is the cliffhanger... Why must you pain me this way, RR, why... I swear they get more dramatic with each book. I&apos;m starting to dread the House of Hades. If this pattern continues, then I may be in danger of gnawing my own arm off just to ease the anticipation... But I think the House of Hades will have Nico&apos;s perspective. Oh boy, what goes on in his twisted little mind? (I say this in an affectionate way) I also want to see a perspective from Percy or Annabeth as they go through Tartarus, and probably Hazel&apos;s or Frank&apos;s perspectives too. The Oath to Keep to the Final Breath probably has to do with Nico promising Percy to lead the demigods to the Doors of Death. Someone&apos;ll probably die. Honestly, I doubt either Percy or Annabeth are going to get stuck in Tartarus, because they&apos;re pretty much two of the most important characters and otp of the previous series, plus it&apos;s hinted a lot that they&apos;ll get married in the future. It&apos;s possible for one of them stay in Tartarus, but not likely. I doubt Jason or Piper would be trapped either. Hazel... she already died once, so I just hope Rck wouldn&apos;t be that cruel. Now Leo, I&apos;m kind of worried about him... Okay, really worried about him... I don&apos;t want anything bad to happen to him, since he&apos;s a great character and probably my favorite new character, but, there&apos;s his whole indecision about what&apos;s more important: friends or machines, and the whole idea of him always being an outcast, plus there&apos;s that whole thing of him being the sucsessor of his Grandfather, who seemed to think he needed to save Hazel from something... He might have to choose to sacrifice himself. Maybe. I really, really hope not. Frank also might possibly be the one to stay, with his stick and all, but I dunno. I&apos;m just tossing theories around here. Anyways, that&apos;s all I have to say. My fingers are tired. I guess I went overboard, but oh well.