Before starting this book, I wanted to say that I didn't have any intention of reading it only my mother bought me the second book of the series for christmas so now I feel kind of obligated. I really love Rick Riordan's work, his two series of greek mythology are some of my favorite books, but I'm not an egyptian mythology enthusiast and the synopsis kind of sucks because it mentions the adventure of a brother and his sister. Thing is, in my experience, that usually means no romance. But I read a few quotes and there seem to be a bit of flirting, a lot like the first few books of the Percy Jackson series. So now I start with new hope for this book.
This is my rambling while I was reading so there are SPOILERS
UPDATE 1
Here is a mistake I found. After temporarily escaping the Set Animal, Carter revealed humiliating moments of his life to Sadie in an effort to remind her of her human side and help her change form. When Sadie changed back to human, she decided to not tease him about the embarassing moments he shared.Later though, she calls him chicken man. She thinks he regrets telling her about that embarassing moment because - as she said - she couldn't completly stop teasing him.
She was suppose not to tease him about embarassing moments but she still called her brother by the nickname someone at the airport gave him, which she obvioulsy includes in the afore mentionned embarassing moments. The mistake is this: the "chicken man" incident occured after he confessed to his humiliating existence so it should not be included (as she did when she said "I couldn’t completely stop teasing him", referring to her promise not to mention what he admited to while trying to help her).
UPDATE 2
Is it just me or are they constantly revealing their secrets and everything that happened to them to everyone they cross? First the police (it didn't even occur to them that they would sound crazy), Amos, then the old man who had the power to order their death and let's not forget Thoth:the man who could help them but also think them responsible for a war between the gods because his role is balance. I know I have been very negative so far but it is only because what I don't like about a story is more obvious to me.
UPDATE 3
I think the big secret, the thing Bast was fighting while emprisoned, and the Big Bad that is coming, what their mother saw, was the rise of Apophis. I say this right now so I can claim I already knew
Later in the story...The picture of a cat chopping a snake's head off supports my theory. Apophis was referred to as the snake god and Bast as the cat god. it is not confirmation even if the children think the same thing as me but still...
A few chapters later... And it is revealed!!! I WAS RIGHT!!!
UPDATE 4
"“He’s horrible!” I growled. “Self-important, sarcastic, incredibly hot, insufferable—”" --- Ha ha ha! great quote!
UPDATE 5
Okay, after Zia's interupted warning about Amos and Desjardin's valiant rescue of the children, it seems obvious to me that Set took Amos as his host. Maybe I'm wrong but it would be a genius move on his part. Also, the continuous hints about family love and Set being more than he appears, plus Sadie and Carter's destiny to unify the gods and the House of Life make it kind of obvious that instead of trying to kill Set they should be trying to convince him to give up somehow and be a good son. On another subject, I don't think Bast is dead. She fought pure evil for millenias and lived, she's not going to be defeated by a the god of crocodiles for god's sake!
UPDATE 6
I don't get why Zia can't just get on with it and say Set's true name to someone. Instead she has to babble on about Amos even if they already know what she suspects. Instead of wasting time trying to convince them of that a member of their family is going to betray them (even if it was common sense to suspect), she should tell them the key to winning the battle, you know, the whole reason they might die IN THE FIRST PLACE?!?!
FINAL UPDATE
I really liked this book. It has the same absurd humor as the rest of Riordan's work and despite the age difference between myself and the characters, I didn't get the impression that they were too naive or childish. I did have to imagine Sadie as being the same age as her brother because a 16 year-old interested in a 12 year-old borders on creepy to me.
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