“And,” Annabeth continued, “it reminds me how long we’ve known each other. We were twelve, Percy. Can you believe that?”
“No, he admitted. “So…you knew you liked me from that moment?”
She smirked. “I hated you at first. You annoyed me. Then I tolerated you for a few years. Then—”
“Okay, fine.”
…

The one about Athena/Annabeth.

We have the crew of the Argo II on their way to where it all began in Rome/Greece. And if that wasn’t enough, Annabeth has been given the titular Mark of Athena. And when anyone in universe hears about this, there are gasps and sideeyes, so you know that’s not going to be anything good.

Other than that, we do get the crew of demigods on the Argo II together. I love the dynamic of having so many of them, different in all their different ways. It’s kind of weird having such an Annabeth centric story. Have we ever had that?

Still, another fine story in this ever escalating ‘can we get every Greek and Roman myth into the universe before we run out of books’ series. 😄

And finally–that ending.

Oh cliffhangers. I’m so glad that whole series is out already.

Side note:

“He turned to Frank who was trying to pull his fingers out of the Chinese handcuffs…
“Okay,” Frank relented. “Sure.” He frowned at his fingers, trying to pull them out of the trap. “Uh, how do you—”
Leo chuckled. “Man, you’ve never seen those before? There’s a simple trick to getting out.”
Frank tugged again with no luck. Even Hazel was trying not to laugh.
Frank grimaced with concentration. Suddenly, he disappeared. On the deck where he’d been standing, a green iguana crouched next to an empty set of Chinese handcuffs.
“Well done, Frank Zhang,” Leo said dryly, doing his impression of Chiron the centaur. “That is exactly how people beat Chinese handcuffs. They turn into iguanas.”