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erin_vball 's review for:
The Throne of Fire
by Rick Riordan
Another fun book, lots of events, plot twists that I both did and did not see coming, and great new side characters. I appreciated the introduction of more Egyptian gods and goddesses into the story. The stakes were high and the battles were fought fairly easily just like in the first book, but I appreciated the addition of some actual stakes/loss in this book. It really showed that bad things could and would happen, which I felt like was kinda missing from the first.
I thought that Sadie and Carter got a lot more development and unique traits in this book, which I appreciated. I definitely like Sadie more, and I hope to see more improvement for Carter in the next book. The side characters really held this book up though.
However, I was not as big of a fan of the potential love interests for the Kanes. Carter being hung up on Zia was a little annoying because he expected someone who had never met him to like him as much as basically his imagined version of her did. Like I get it would be traumatizing and it is difficult to judge him for but it was frustrating that he projected those expectations on Real Zia literally the moment they met. Also the Sadie-Anubis-Walt love triangle thing was not my favorite, especially because I know how it gets resolved. Another thing that annoyed me was the depiction of Ra. It’s tricky to show him as weaker than his former self but I don’t know if making his mental state a constant punchline was the best way to do it. But yknow it is a book for children and I don’t know how I would’ve personally done it.
Overall it was a really fun book but I probably would’ve enjoyed it if I thought a little less. I did like it better than the first though but I rated it the same because -1 for the love triangle stuff that got on my nerves.
I thought that Sadie and Carter got a lot more development and unique traits in this book, which I appreciated. I definitely like Sadie more, and I hope to see more improvement for Carter in the next book. The side characters really held this book up though.
However, I was not as big of a fan of the potential love interests for the Kanes. Carter being hung up on Zia was a little annoying because he expected someone who had never met him to like him as much as basically his imagined version of her did. Like I get it would be traumatizing and it is difficult to judge him for but it was frustrating that he projected those expectations on Real Zia literally the moment they met. Also the Sadie-Anubis-Walt love triangle thing was not my favorite, especially because I know how it gets resolved. Another thing that annoyed me was the depiction of Ra. It’s tricky to show him as weaker than his former self but I don’t know if making his mental state a constant punchline was the best way to do it. But yknow it is a book for children and I don’t know how I would’ve personally done it.
Overall it was a really fun book but I probably would’ve enjoyed it if I thought a little less. I did like it better than the first though but I rated it the same because -1 for the love triangle stuff that got on my nerves.