Review: The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan

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Finished the new Kane Chronicles book on Wednesday, but I wanted to let it digest for a few days - plus, you know, I had finals to finish up.

Anyway, for those of you who read the first book in the series, The Red Pyramid, and weren't that impressed, you will be by the The Throne Fire. It was a definite improvement on the first book and I really

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I constantly had to remind myself that Sadie was not 16, especially when she started talking about boys. And I'm kinda side-eying the 16-year-old guys who are into a barely-just-turned-13 Sadie. I'm not saying it's not possible, but I just think RSquared really wasn't thinking when he picked their ages.

THIS SO SO SO SO MUCH.

Like, okay. Here's the thing. Anubis looking sixteen and Sadie being 13, whatever, because he's actually 5000+ and at that point, ages don't even COUNT.

But Walt?

No. A thirteen-year-old girl does not, and should not, be involved with a totally mortal, normal, raised-as-human-because-he-is sixteen-year-old boy. ESPECIALLY when they're both being raised by her 14-year-old brother, for pete's sake. I think RR totally forgot just how much a few years really do matter in your teens. I wouldn't even buy 13 and 15, to be honest, because the life-divide between middle school and high school is so significant. 14 and 16, fine. 13 and 16, no no no no. Especially since she was twelve YESTERDAY.

Anyway, for those reasons and several more, I do not want Walt and Anubis to merge beings like Julius and Osiris. Js.

WALT IS ADORABLE. Just skeevy that he'd want to be with Sadie? ESPECIALLY considering Jaz IS sitting right there. Right now, I'm kind of for team Walt/Zia, especially since I sort of feel like Ra is setting them up as Ra and Isis or something, I don't even know. The weasels and zebras.

ANUBIS. ♥ I kinda love that RR presents the death-deity-romantic-love-interest as kind of this hot, but dorky kid who has no idea how to interact with girls instead of the POSSESSIVE, STALKER-ESQUE love interest every other author today would probably go with. Pretty sure he's going to end up getting the shaft in the Sadie/Walt triangle since he's the 5,000 year old god who can't exist outside of graveyards, but a girl can dream, right?

BUT THE GRAVEYARDS, THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL. :')

But I did have one qualm with Anubis: last book, even though Sadie saw him as a hot human, even Bast still saw his jackal head. In this book, Liz and Emma saw him as human? Why?

[greenconverses]

But I did have one qualm with Anubis: last book, even though Sadie saw him as a hot human, even Bast still saw his jackal head. In this book, Liz and Emma saw him as human? Why?

Maybe because they don't have the blood of the Pharaohs? I don't quite understand how the Egyptian version of the Mist works, but it has to be pretty similar to the Greek version and maybe it has an influence on them? But most likely it was RSquared not being anywhere near consistent, as usual.

I do kinda think Walt/Zia is going to happen too, which is a shame because I kinda like Carter/Zia. But I would not mind Walt/Zia as long as it meant that Walt didn't merge with Anubis!