All 11 Percy Jackson books (including Chalice of the Gods), ranked worst to best
1. Heroes of Olympus: The Mark of Athena
The third Heroes of Olympus novel takes the top spot for its (literal) cliffhanger ending alone; book readers will know exactly what I’m referring to, and those of us who had to wait for The House of Hades to come out will remember the pain we felt.
In this book, we see the Greek and Roman demigods together for the first time on a joint quest to both save the world and locate the Athena Parthenos, an ancient relic the daughters of Athena have long been searching for. Given the stakes of the looming fight against Gaia, this is a deeply important undertaking.
The Mark of Athena also continues the epic journey our heroes took to Alaska and Canada in the previous Heroes of Olympus books, but here the idea of “going to new places” is taken to another level, as their quest takes them to the original seats of the gods in Italy and Greece. Tensions are high and fights are had, yet there is also a feeling of unanimous excitement and determination that this ragtag team will succeed in their mission, no matter what.
The Mark of Athena is a classic Riordan novel about quests, friendship, laughter, determination, culture, and how the differences between characters become their greatest strengths.
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