Name: The Kane Chronicles, The, Book Two: Throne of Fire
ISBN: 9781423142010

Rick Riordan

In this exciting second installment of the three-book series, Carter and Sadie, offspring of the brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane, embark on a worldwide search for the Book of Ra, but the House of Life and the gods of chaos are determined to stop them.

The Kane Chronicles, The, Book Two: Throne of Fire

Nessa Luna

Last year, I bought a boxset containing the three books in the Kane Chronicles, a book series written by Rick Riordan about the Egyptian Mythology. I read 
  The Red Pyramid
, book one a while back, and decided to pick up part two, The Throne of Fire fairly quickly after that. Because I just wanted to read more about Carter and Sadie Kane.

At the end of book one, the Kane siblings recruited a bunch of teens like them; Magicians with all kinds of abilities. In the first couple of chapters of this book we meet two of them in particular, Walt and Jaz, who almost immediately grew on me. We also meet another God, a guy called Bes who became one of my favourite characters in this series (to be honest, I pictured him a bit as Chiron from the Disney Hercules movie). We also see some characters from the previous book return, and a new badguy called Menshikov (oh god I hated him so much).

This book is just full of action, one moment the twins are trying to break into a museum filled with wedding guests, the next Sadie and her friends have to run from the Vulture goddess and a gigantic babboon. It just never really stops, and the kids hardly ever have a moment to take a breath which makes me feel sorry for them (give them a break, honestly). Still, there was enough going on around the main adventure that kept the book exciting and kept me wanting to read more.

The narration was done really well too, I honestly enjoyed it much more than the other Riordan books - which I guess is due to the fact that this book was written in first person narrative, rather than third person. The thing that does still bother me is the fact that Carter and Sadie are so young, while they actually just sound so much older to me. In my opinion they could have easily been sixteen (or seventeen, as Sadie's birthday passed in this book) and eighteen instead of thirteen and (almost) fifteen. (view spoiler)[And that made me not really enjoy the romantic part of this book. I mean Sadie is thirteen, how does she already have two love interests? And one of them is a God even, damn Sadie what is your secret? I did kind of like Carter and Zia and I felt really sad when she woke up and she didn't remember any of the things that happened in the previous book (because that technically wasn't even her, shh). (hide spoiler)]

But besides that, the book was great and I didn't think I could love Rick Riordan's writing even more than I already did, but I do. I just love the way he writes these humorous books without making the humour feel forced; I love his chapter titles, I love his sarcastic characters (even if every main character of his is like this, I honestly don't care, because I love sarcasm). And the way he writes the Gods is just the greatest! I don't think I'll ever love a series about mythology as much as I do with Riordan's books!

I will certainly be picking up the third and final book in the series, The Serpent's Shadow very soon, because I need to know how it ends! If you've read the Percy Jackson series, the Heroes of Oympus series and the Magnus Chase book but you're not sure if you should pick this one up... Let me tell you: Do it. Just do it.

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Kirsten Simkiss

You know, I prefer this one to the first book ever so slightly. I thought the antagonist was a little weak, but the book does a lot to alter the events to come and it provides a clear direction for books to come in the series.

As I said, the antagonist was much more predictable in this one. I also thought that Desjardin's arc was a little disappointing in general, but I am glad they redeemed him in the end. I would have liked to see more of him.

However, this book had a lot more character growth and a lot more gravity than the first book. It's a very clear step in the overall plot of the series. The addition of more characters was also a huge plus, although I'm not sure if I'm all that into the romance arcs in this series. I think I need more in general there to see if I like the chemistry.

Actually, of the newly introduced characters, I look forward to seeing more of those left behind to protect the house at the end. I particularly want to see more of the kid who summons penguins at every opportunity.

Overall, if you like Riordan books, this one is a good one to read.

kenzy paugh

In all honesty, this book was subpar at best compared to the other Riordan books. After reading the first book in this series I was quite excited to read the second one, but while reading this novel I found that it was very hard to get interested in. It didn't capture my attention and for me it was frankly hard to read. I felt as if the plot actually only started to get interesting about 3/4 of the way through and even then, with those intense moments that made it more interesting, it felt rushed. I am looking forward and hoping that the next and final book in the trilogy is better, but I am sad to say that I was underwhelmed with this one.

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