Tuesday, December 17, 2013

The Mark Of Athena BY RICK RIORDAN


Book title:
The Mark Of Athena
BLOG Author: SMITTY


            This book is very interesting due to the fact it goes by 4 different peoples perspective of a certain portion of the book. The four are Percy Jackson; son of Poseidon, Annabeth Chase; daughter of Athena, Leo Valdez; son of Hephaestus, and last but definitely not least Piper McLean; daughter of Aphrodite. So it’s never really from one thought process it’s from four different one. Near the beginning of the book Leo gets possessed by an eidolon (a possessing spirit) in turn gaining Camp
Half-blood yet another enemy.
            This is the first of the five books I know of that is spanning both Greek and Roman aspects and people. Because Juno takes Jason Grace praetor of Camp Jupiter from his camp, at the same time Percy Jackson one of the most respected people at Camp Half-blood is abducted by Hera (Juno’s Greek side). Percy and Jason are then switched and Jason goes to Camp Half-blood and in turn Percy goes to Camp Jupiter.
            I like this book because I find Greek mythology fascinating, because instead of one god controlling everything, there is one god for almost every thing known. Sort of like a checks and balances system but it works better than our

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