The Throne of Fire

By Rick Riordan

452 Pages

Published by Hyperion Books for Children

★★★★

By Em 

 

So, I want to start this review with an apology. I have had absolutely zero time to post new reviews on our site, and I feel awful. First, I got really addicted to Animal Crossing, and spent nearly every waking hour of my day down in the basement on the Wii. Then, volleyball tryouts started, and since I happily made the team, I've been busy practicing every single day since. And most recently, The Rise of Nine, the third book in one of Mel's, Cassidy's, Morgan's and my favorite series, the Lorien Legacies, just arrived on my doorstep, and I've been rushing through the first two so I can read the new one and finally find out what happened to my beloved Sam. (A story for another time.....) So, once again, sorry for the lack of posting, and hopefully be expecting a bunch more soon!

 

Oh Rick Riordan, you never disappoint! This author is such a character, and has such a unique style of... well everything! His ideas are original and unbelievably creative. His characters all have beaming personalities and great wit and humor that I, naturally, respect and enjoy! So, I can guess your wondering why I've reviewed this book before the first one in the series. Well...A) I wanted to. B) The library couldn't get the first one in before our vacation, so... and C) I REALLY WANTED TO READ THIS!!! I've read The Red Pyramid tons of times, but this was my first time ever reading this!

So, Carter and Sadie are back. They've started training different kids so they too can understand their unusual gifts and use them for good.But they haven't had much time, and the chaos snake god Apophis is growing stronger. If they want any chance at beating this monster, they must rise Ra, the sun god. This involves traveling all over the world and collecting the three sections of the Book of Ra, chanting the spells the book contains, and well... actually figuring out where in the world Ra is. No one knows where he is, and they only have a few days until the world is thrown into total chaos. So, it's a normal day for the Kaine family!

Let's just start with saying, Rick Riordan is a comic genius. I adore the voices his characters have and how sarcasm is just second nature for them . They are able to take life threatening situations, where just about anyone would be on the verge of having a panic attack, and crack a joke. Now, who doesn't love a character like that? I was a tad disappointed with Sadie in this book, since for a long time her focus was on a love triangle problem she is having. Does she love Anubis, does she love Walt? Stop focusing on the romance and get to the kicking of snake god's butts! I enjoy that much more! And the wonderful new character Bes was a delight! He was another great comic voice thrown in to make the story even more rich of humor!

The adventure in this book was a bit more worldly than the one in the other book. In The Red Pyramid, the journey took place all over the USA, but only there. This time, they were in Russia, and Africa, and all over. This added some more danger and excitement, because you feel comfortable in your own country, but going across the world? Yikes!

As always, there were new gods and mythology to learn about, and love with Rick's wonderful portrayals. Ra himself was quite a delight, because he is old. And I mean old! Complete lose of marbles old. They also had dwarf gods and hippo gods and some giant crow thing, and a giant baboon. Oh, it was just so much to love! 

I'm very much ready to read the third one in the series. I was dissapointed to hear that that would be the last one of the series that he writes, but I'm prepared non-the-less. I'm excited to see what direction Rick takes next, and how the Kane kids will have to save the world this time.