** spoiler alert ** How to say this politely…. This book was the worst of Rick Riordan’s have ever read. I never thought I would give one of his books three stars, but here you are. The most excitement I got from reading it was at the very end; in a single paragraph, Where the Kane kid’s mother states that there are other gods and magicians that will post threats to the restored House of Life. I’m still jumping down at the knowledge that there is going to be a combination of the two series. And you know what? I want Sadie to get her butt kicked hard and Carter to be given lessens in not being a total pushover.


The premise of this book is pretty straight forward. The Kane crew has three days to figure out how to capture Apophis’s shadow and stop the total destruction of the world. Interesting and had the “potential” to be a very captivating storyline. Too bad it never reached it. This is namely because Sadie became “the” Mary Sue of the Riordan world and a boy crazy moron. Yes, she beats Annabeth as the biggest Mary Sue in the series. OMG! I have never disliked a character that Riordan has written more. All she cares about in the whole book is Walk and Anubis. She even states so in the book that the whole entire world could go get taken by the snake if neither of them are there anymore. Seriously! I wanted to slap that pretentious mary sue right then and there. Then of course Riordan makes Sadie all powerful and never once falling. Yet Carter, who has is priorities straight, is shifted to the bumbling geek who can’t do anything right. Why he became Pharaoh is beyond me. Maybe because the House of Life knows that at least he has potential while Sadie is a complete Moron.

Anyways the world is saved at the very last second and all is well. With the destruction of Choas/Aphophis’s shadow the rest of the Gods/Goddesses have to pull out of the world. Probably till the combination of the two series. Where I’m willing the bet that the whole Setne’s ghost (of yah evil ghost in the series yada yada) uses the “Book of Life” to try to destroy the gods along with who-ever manages to get the Syllibine books from the Heroes of Olympus series. I really hope that by then the Carter has turned into a kick ass Pharaoh. Sadie… I hope she died to be with Anubis. I just want Carter in the combination series even though I know that won’t happen. Perhaps we can just lock her and Annabeth in a room and let them duke it out…..

Anyways… 3 stars.