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A review by mariahreadit
The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
3.0
“Sometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better.”
The next installment of Sadie and Carter's adventure unfortunately doesn't have you on the edge of your seat. While Egyptian mythology will always enthrall me, and these figures are presented in typical Riordan fashion, there is just something missing.
Maybe it's the fact that there seems to be no true limitations to their powers, nothing feels like it's high stakes even though the world is at stake. And when Sadie and Carter's luck seems to run out, when their "I'm not really sure how we got out of that one but we did" moments are done, the gods sweep in to bail them out.
That being said, the gods don't have the same charisma and quirk that they did in Percy Jackson (sorry).
And somehow there's a god whose power is being ugly? IDK.
Maybe I would've enjoyed this more at 18, when it first came out.
The next installment of Sadie and Carter's adventure unfortunately doesn't have you on the edge of your seat. While Egyptian mythology will always enthrall me, and these figures are presented in typical Riordan fashion, there is just something missing.
Maybe it's the fact that there seems to be no true limitations to their powers, nothing feels like it's high stakes even though the world is at stake. And when Sadie and Carter's luck seems to run out, when their "I'm not really sure how we got out of that one but we did" moments are done, the gods sweep in to bail them out.
That being said, the gods don't have the same charisma and quirk that they did in Percy Jackson (sorry).
And somehow there's a god whose power is being ugly? IDK.
Maybe I would've enjoyed this more at 18, when it first came out.