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Annabeth is terrified. Just when she's about to be reunited with Percy—after six months of being apart, thanks to Hera—it looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war. As Annabeth and her friends Jason, Piper, and Leo fly in on the Argo II, she can’t blame the Roman demigods for thinking the ship is a Greek weapon. With its steaming bronze dragon masthead, Leo's fantastical creation doesn't appear friendly. Annabeth hopes that the sight of their praetor Jason on deck will reassure the Romans that the visitors from Camp Half-Blood are coming in peace.

And that's only one of her worries. In her pocket Annabeth carries a gift from her mother that came with an unnerving demand: Follow the Mark of Athena. Avenge me. Annabeth already feels weighed down by the prophecy that will send seven demigods on a quest to find—and close—the Doors of Death. What more does Athena want from her?

Annabeth's biggest fear, though, is that Percy might have changed. What if he's now attached to Roman ways? Does he still need his old friends? As the daughter of the goddess of war and wisdom, Annabeth knows she was born to be a leader, but never again does she want to be without Seaweed Brain by her side.

Narrated by four different demigods, The Mark of Athena is an unforgettable journey across land and sea to Rome, where important discoveries, surprising sacrifices, and unspeakable horrors await. Climb aboard the Argo II, if you dare....

I'll join you.

Leah wrote: "I'll join you."

Great!

I started this book this morning, and I really like it so far.

Me too Leah! It's good to see Percy back with the gang!

I've started it too.

I've finished this book. It was AMAZING! Although, I'm not surprised. I've loved the whole series so far. I really enjoyed having Percy and Annabeth be main POV in this book. They are my two favorite ones. I'm really looking forward to finishing up this series.

I'm going at such a slow pace. Studying for my final exams too! :(

I finished this book too, and I like it more than the first two books in this series. Percy's my favorite character too. I was so glad he was a main character again.

It's okay that you are taking your time. Exams are important.

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Reading from the 15th of July 2018

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Started this on Sunday. Will post my thoughts in a while

Chapter 33 (view spoiler)[ Wisdom daughter walks alone. Without people and without special powers or tools! That was clever. I like the prophecies seemed to have double meaning a lot of the times (hide spoiler)]

I just wanna say (view spoiler)[ Annabeth's quest alone in the dark underground seems creepier when being read at night. And it's fun! (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 38 (view spoiler)[ Archimedes a son of Hephaestus?! I'm loving having a cool Hephaestus kid on the quest more and more. (hide spoiler)]

Finished. The ending, oh my God. I'd need a while to recover from that. At first I was (view spoiler)[ really angry and just annoyed at the demigods' stupidity. The fall to the Tartarus was avoidable. They could've chatted about their different adventures on the ship instead of casually standing on a millenia old fragile floor while doing so. Ugh. At least they managed to haul up the statue onto the ship. (hide spoiler)] but hell, Riordan is clever. (view spoiler)[ now they have two teams to close the Doors of Deaths on both sides! Also, I'm as excited about the scrolls as Leo is. Archimedes' personal notes!

Lastly, I just hope we get Percy and Annabeth perspectives in House of Hades so we know how they manage to do their part of the job in closing the Doors (hide spoiler)]

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Date changed. Restarting December 18th 2023. Happy Reading ☺

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started this one

Chapter 6
(view spoiler)[Funny thing: In Germany this kind of cookies exist.They are called 'Pechkeks' (Bad luck cookie, unfortunate cookie.) (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 12
(view spoiler)[Piper is amazing. How she dealt with the Eidolons (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 18
(view spoiler)[🤣Annabeth really believes, that Nico is in love with her (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 20
(view spoiler)[Octavian is such a bad leader. Why does he have power anyways? he is just a descendant of a half-blood , not a child of a god? shouldn't he have a lower social standing because of that? (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 25
(view spoiler)[Percy can#t believe it, that they didn't want to meet him 🤣 (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 34
(view spoiler)[Annabeth really spent too much time with Percy 🤣 (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 44
(view spoiler)[I love how Rick Riordan includes the myth of the Cherokees into this and shows that they are not that different from European ones (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 14
(view spoiler)[I can't stand Trainer Hedge. Does he even have a use? He is hellbend on violence, doesn't give advice and he can't even be used as a comic relief. Wasn't there anyone better out there? (hide spoiler)]

Finished
(view spoiler)[Mean, mean ending (hide spoiler)]