Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

This is a Buddy Read for The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan starting on December 15, 2023.


Happy Reading!

Thank you!

My library checkout is expiring soon, so I'll probably start this tomorrow.

Starting! Chapter 1--(view spoiler)[Annabeth! First time we get an Annabeth Chapter! I love Annabeth.

Some ominous things--feeling of snow in the air--Khione? I don't think we've seen the last of her.

And Annabeth getting the "worst present ever" from her mom... (hide spoiler)]

Up through Chapter 17--(view spoiler)[I love seeing our two groups from books 1 and 2 together and bonding. Though I'm a bit bummed that Leo's ribbing of Frank... I'm not a fan of forced love-triangles in general. (hide spoiler)]

Through Chapter 28--(view spoiler)[I'm glad that Leo & Frank had a good talk, and that Leo isn't trying to pursue a love triangle... the most awkward part is over, whew!

Still enjoying all of the Roman & Greek cameos. Aphrodite as a Southern Belle was something. I feel bad for the river god... Heracles does not have a reputation as a good person... (hide spoiler)]

Will catch up as soon as I can:)

See you here when you get here!

Finished! (view spoiler)[I remembered that this ended on an almost literal cliffhanger. ^^ Cliff-dropper? If it weren't Annabeth & Percy I'd be worried.

I rather liked the Arachne trap! I totally forgot about that. (hide spoiler)]

I'll start it tomorrow.

Start it :)

Yay!

Page 360 so far... Xmas preps, so not enough time for reading:)

"not enough time for reading" but you're already on p360! Very impressive!

Hope your preps go well!

I was planning to finish reading in two days 😁. It's 3-4 days already... Working till midnight so need extra sleep no reading...

I hear you... sleep trumps reading when working late...

Trying my best to reach my yearly target of 200 books 😁.

You can do it!

Hope so, 8 left 😁

Book finished ☺️

One down, seven to go! What did you think?

Good one. Curious what next is waiting for them all :)

Definitely the most cliff-hangery so far!

Agree!