The crew is finally getting all together!!! And it’s messyyyyy. All the way from the beginning, accidentally starting a war with the romans, all the way to that cliffhanger ending 😱 this was nonstop action and drama. This book has some of my all time favorite scenes in the Percy Jackson series, from Annabeth and Percy finally reuniting, the stable scene and aftermath 😏, Percy and Jason duel, them working together afterwards to create a storm against the romans, the whole thing with Hazel, Leo and Frank and finally, Annabeth outwitting Arachne.

My only complaint is that despite the Mark of Athena being such a pivotal plot point, we barely spend anytime with the actual quest. Most of the book was composed of several side quests and obstacles trying to get to Rome, and they manage to get there only on the very very last day of their time limit. That seems to be one of my main criticisms of this series, because it makes the pacing all over the place. The first two thirds seem to be much slower and then it all happens at once by the end. In my opinion, it would have been better if they arrived to Rome one or even two days before, and we spent more of that time with Annabeth separated from the group. 

Despite all, this was probably my favorite book so far, and can’t wait to see how the addition of Nico  affects the group

and how the heck are 
Annabeth and Percy supposed to survive Tartarus!