The Mark of Athena

"The Mark of Athena is the third book in the series. It’s my favourite book out of all of them, because it’s finally a combination of the Roman and Greeks getting together and going on a big quest to destroy Gaia, the primordial embodiment of the Earth. Because she had children, the giants and the Titans, and the Titans were her favourite children. She went to sleep, and when she woke up the titans had been overthrown so she made the giants and made them go after the gods. The gods managed to defeat them and make Gaia go back to sleep. Now she is trying to wake up again, and there’s a lot of side adventures along the way. It’s one of the more funny books out of the series, and Gaia is in Greece so a lot takes place in Greece. On the way to Greece they stop in Rome to destroy twin giants called Otis and Ephialtes, because their friend, Nico di Angelo, is imprisoned by the giants. The end of the book is the biggest cliffhanger you can imagine, so afterwards you do have to finish the series. Support Five Books Five Books interviews are expensive to produce. If you're enjoying this interview, please support us by donating a small amount . These books by Rick Riordan are the best books I’ve ever read. I read a lot of books, I just read them to pass the time. These books actually latched onto me and I couldn’t stop reading them. They gave me entertainment and something to look forward to. With most fiction books I just read them and finish and never look back or want to read them again. But I’ve done that multiple times with these books, I think I’ve read The Mark of Athena nine times. I just haven’t had time to get into them yet. I think they are really good. You just need to get used to them, eventually I think I will get going on them. After you’ve read Percy Jackson, it doesn’t get you hooked as quickly. What I mean is that with Percy Jackson, you’re immediately hooked in the first chapter, but not so much with the Mark of Kane. But I think all of Rick Riordan’s books on mythology are good. I think that’s part of it. They’re all magicians casting spells with hieroglyphs, so it’s hard to get used to, whereas you already know so much about Greek myths before. From Stephen Fry’s Mythos (and when I was really young, Atticus the Storyteller’s 100 Greek Myths) , but then Rick Riordan taught me more fine details. A lot of people call Rick Riordan ‘Uncle Rick.’ He originally wrote them because his son had ADHD and dyslexia and he loved Greek myths. To help him with that, he taught his son more about Greek myths which he loved. At the time, Rick Riordan was an English teacher. And Haley, his son, said, ‘You should write it in a book.’ The first book is dedicated to Haley. Haley even wrote a short story, which was actually pretty good, when he was 16. In the books, Percy Jackson has ADHD and dyslexia too. It helps in battle, you can look around more easily, and dyslexia makes you hardwired for reading Ancient Greek."