The Mark of Athena Book Review 2025/05/31

I just finished reading this book and it is incredible. The Mark of Athena is a book based around Annabeth’s solo quest and once again, the killing of giants. It also includes a bunch of undead water spirits, and so much more.

It was still interesting how Dionysus would be called Bacchus in Roman, and so on. 

I loved the part how Annabeth told Frank how to get out of the Chinese traditional handcuffs, and how she tricked Arachne to build a gigantic Chinese handcuffs for herself, while lying to her that it would be right outside Olympus, teaching the gods that Arachne is better at weaving than Athena. However, Annabeth said that there was a flaw in Arachne’s creation, and when she squeezed in, she couldn’t get out. 

I was pretty surprised how she did this alone and with a broken ankle. 

And after that, she fell into Tartarus with Percy. And before I read the full part, I thought that Leo, Frank, Piper, Jason, Nico, and Coach Hedge were abandoning them. Turns out there is a Door of Death for the mortals and one for the Gods. So Percy and Annabeth have to open the Doors of Death for the Gods, and vice versa. 

I was also intrigued how Archimedes was a so-called Greek, a descendant of Hephaestus, and he invented all sorts of things that I knew of. For example, a mirror to burn enemy ships, a claw-like hand to grab boats of the water, and taser balls that could manipulate metal and had electricity running through them. As this book was based in Rome (the original), it was under the Colosseum and Leo used the taser balls to almost electrocute Frank and Hazel. It was also ironic how the guy who saved Frank’s life could also destroy (burn) Frank by setting his firewood on fire. That’s why they acted a bit cautious around each other.

11110/10!!!

SO EXCITED FOR THE NEXT BOOK!!!!DO I HAVE TO EXPLAIN?