solocupofearlgrey's reviews
42 reviews

The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Liked it a lot, probably my favourite books so far out of the series. Alex is a favourite character definitely, and I liked how we got to learn more about hearthstone & his past.

Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo by Rick Riordan

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

It’s a short story, but I feel like it could’ve been combined into one of the short story books instead of its own individual book. It was alright.

Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan

adventurous challenging informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I liked this book a lot, read it as an audio book! It’s interesting reading about the hero’s from Percy’s perspective 

The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Loved it- also loved the connection between the main pjo series with

Annabeth

. Overall glad I still have so much to read!

The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I loved the book, just not a big fan of calypso but otherwise pretty solid ending!

The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Read as an audiobook.
Loved this book a lot, especially being able to learn more about Nico and the experiences Percy & Annabeth go through in Tartarus. Definitely my favourite of the books so far I believe.

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods by Rick Riordan

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Read as an audiobook.
Found it interesting learning more about Greek mythology just through Percy, makes it seem more digestible to take in.

The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan

adventurous challenging funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Loved the crew together and that we got to learn more about Leo, all in all very nice !

The Lost Sisters by Holly Black

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Read as an audiobook.
I enjoyed this short story of being able to read Taryn perspective of the story with Locke and how everything with her involving him transpired. I don’t think it added much because most things you can gather from The Cruel Prince, but nice nevertheless! 

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

(Spoiler for ending at the end of the review)

I deeply enjoyed this book, once I picked it up it was almost impossible for me to put it down. I think the only times I was able to put it down was when I had to go to work lmao.

I don’t have any qualms with this book, I almost got a Game of Thrones feel from it because of the twist & turns it seems to take. I believe all the little mysteries or details that had been brought up at some point were wrapped up well enough at the end. Although I had a feeling of what the ending would be, I can’t say it took away from the experience for me -

after all Cardan being crowned made the most sense in the end even if he’s just keeping the throne ready for Oak to take his place eventually.

Anyway, I’d give this a solid 5 stars- I really enjoyed my time with this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Classism