January 4, Carter is viewing his grandparents room though his scring bowl when the oil sets on fire. He realises something is wrong and goes to the rescue with Walt. Sadie Summons walt by using an amulet and then they both went to the secret place in the desert and were helped by a Roman to find the scroll.
After they found the scroll they were betrayed by the roman and attacked by Mummies. But god Ptah helps them to rescue and go to Cater and Bes. January 3, It is Sadie's birthday and she decided to visit her grandparents. They chase Sadie and her friends through the city but then leave Their body afterward.
January 10, Sadie, Carter and Ra keep traveling down the duat. The river then suddenly changed course. It lead to the evil Apophis's prison. Vlad Menshikov is already there waiting for the Apophis to rise. They have a great battle and when all hope is lost, the Apophis goes to Ra. Ra then says "Want a cookie? A weasel cookie.
Sadie and Carter ride on the boat of Ra and Sadie tries to control the light servants. To ask other readers questions about The Throne of Fire , please sign up.
How was it? Should I read it? Signe Wulff It's amazing!!!! There's so much humor, and… well I couldn't let it go until I was finished with the entire thing :D …more It's amazing!!!! There's so much humor, and… well I couldn't let it go until I was finished with the entire thing :D less.
Is it good? I've read the Red Pyramid Ranee Babu I thought it was pretty good, I mean I am really not into Egyptian mythology but if you like it then I think it would be a good book to keep reading. See all 24 questions about The Throne of Fire…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Sep 02, Jayson rated it liked it Shelves: genre-juvenile-fantasy , genre-folklore-myth , author-american , pp , genre-young-adult , read-in When 'anything goes' there's no tension.
It's deus ex machina. View all 31 comments. Nov 12, Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it Shelves: adventure , literature , 21th-century , fiction , thriller , mythology , magic , childrens-young-readers , fantasy , united-states.
It is the second novel in The Kane Chronicles series. It was released on May 3, The book takes place roughly three months after the first book, The Red Pyramid.
It is followed by the third and final book in the series, The Serpent's Shadow, which was released on May 1, Five days remain until the spring equinox when Apophis, the serpent of Chaos, will escape his prison, devour the sun, and destroy all of human civilization. Only Ra, the absentee sun god, has the power to stop him. But first Ra must be woken by the teenage Kane siblings, Sadie and Carter, and their new trainees in magic, Jaz and Walt. They begin a globe-trotting quest to find the three scrolls of the Book of Ra, which contain the spells needed to wake him from his sleep.
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Read on the 16th of May This book was wonderful. This book was a fast paced, never ending ride of awesome the entire way through yeah, yeah, tacky but sue me.
It was action packed and fun, with the perfect blend of friendship, humour and romance to draw you in and captivate you the entire way through.
It was great to see all the wonderful characters from the first book back, along with some new inclusions. Bes, Walt, Jaz were all excellent additions to a cast of characters that I love already. Carter and Sadie continue to be fabulous main characters and I love following them on their journeys.
Still Sadie is hanging in there and managing to lean things as she goes. I admit that I don't have the same love for Carter as I do for Sadie.
He's not quite as interesting and at times can be bland, but he's beginning to take shape too and I like character growth. Although I missed seeing Bast in this book, but I thought Bes was a terrific replacement. He was gross and grumpy and kind and funny and just a great guy. I almost feel sorry for our two heroes. Ra is still, well, senile and Zia apparently has some big destiny that we all know nothing about View all 29 comments. Jul 15, Maureen rated it liked it. I love Carter and Sadie as characters and narrators, they're so sassy and fun and the best.
However, the story and the conflict just hasn't been grabbing my attention. It's fun but not amazing? Would still recommend for fans of Riordan. It's not as good as his other stuff but it's still super fun! I spent the entire first book so pleased and delighted, wondering why on earth nobody ever raves about this series like they do with RR's other series!
Sadly, about halfway through this book, I began to see why, because it was a pretty big let-down from book 1. My two complaints about The Red Pyramid were the pacing certain important pieces of plot feeling very rushed and under-explained and the forced romances, and both of those issues were just magnified further in this middle installment. On top of that, the parts of this book that weren't rushed created the opposite problem: they were slow and boring. I don't think I was genuinely happy with any of the pacing in this entire installment.
On top of that, the romance takes a big spotlight in this one, whether it's Carter's weird obsession with Zia, a girl he barely knows and who knows him even less, or Sadie and her creepy love triangle with Walt and Anubis, who is not a teen reincarnation in a modern body, but the literal, several-thousand-year-old god. Sure, he's in a year-old boy's body which is still a bit off — Sadie turns 13 in the beginning of this book , but it doesn't negate the fact that we have a year-old trying to date this ancient, immortal entity.
I honestly usually don't point out age gaps in MG or YA books this much, but everything about this ship skeeved me out. There is still a lot of fun humor and adventure in this installment, and we meet some very lovable side characters, but all in all, I was pretty bummed out and had lost a lot of my enthusiasm for the trilogy by the time this one finished.
If I can say nothing else about Rick Riordan RR I will say he is without a doubt an entertaining storyteller no matter what age you are. The best thing about this book is that there are more kids. It just makes for a little more humor when you have kids interacting with other kids instead of adults.
Now that Sadie and Carter are helping to train some new kids at Brooklyn house there is rooms for If I can say nothing else about Rick Riordan RR I will say he is without a doubt an entertaining storyteller no matter what age you are.
Now that Sadie and Carter are helping to train some new kids at Brooklyn house there is rooms for some new and interesting characters. Somewhere in Antarctica, a whole flock of Magellanic penguins were undergoing psychotherapy.
There were all kinds of new gods and obstacles to deal with along the way and Sadie and Carter have to prove even to the gods that want Ra to return they are strong enough to complete the task. I love the sibling relationship between Cater and Sadie.
They antagonize and provoke each other but they are also the firt to stand up and fight for their sibling if they are ever in danger. Katrina tried to kiss, or possibly spit on Hindenburg, and Hindenburg farted in response. I found this a depressing commentary on boy-girl relationships. But he might just be a little obsessed, so much so that he is seeing clues everywhere. Two weeks ago, you thought she was sending you a distress call in your mashed potatoes. Carved right in the potatoes!
Who said waking up a god would be easy never went looking for one with and evil Ice Cream vendor hot on their trail. Add in the hint of a blossoming romance between Sadie and Walt or Sadie and Anubus and this story has a little bit of everything. All in all a fun and entertaining ride. Sure this is a MG book but it is just as fun for kids of all ages. But if you have might as well expand your RR mythology and add a little Egyptian to it.
View 1 comment. May 13, Ryan Buckby rated it really liked it. The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice. I think i've slowly found my grove with these characters and this story to start finally being able to enjoy it more than i did when i finished book one. I do believe i'm still having trouble really connecting to this story in any sort of way and yes book two is a step up from book one however i'm still finding it difficult trying to love this story in any sort of way which sucks because i love rick riordan books.
Plot: One thing i do love about The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice. Plot: One thing i do love about these books are that we always get a recap on the previous events of the book just incase we step away from these worlds so that's one thing i love about them.
This book picks up with Sadie and Carter now training new students who have answered their call and display any sort of magical ability. I actually did love the three month jump because it gave the characters a chance to grow and mature and this is what really grabbed my interest because i feel like they're all starting to come into their own.
Sadie and Carters adventure is now taking them to find the last missing pieces of the book of Ra so they can bring the god back so they can get some help trying to defeat Apophis. I loved the journey these two had because they both took different journeys but in the end they were both lead and met in the middle because everything slowly came together and it's something Rick does really well. There are so many different little battles during the course of the book and it was hard to keep up with what was happening but there was so many different revelations for these characters and going forward things learned will either help or destroy things for better or worse.
One thing that really got to me from this book was how the Kanes managed to get an extra three hours to help them but it was at the cost of Bes losing his soul and this really got to me because he did so much to help these two just go be living in the assisted living community for the gods really just makes me incredibly sad. Sometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better. Sadie and Carter have a huge battle still ahead of them and i hope that it is a strong conclusion because so far i really haven't been that impressed with this series.
However book two was an improvement i really just want a strong book from start to finish because these books start of slow and only when they hit half way they get interesting so i need a strong third book to finish this story Jun 11, Bogdan Teodorescu rated it it was amazing Shelves: best-of-fiction.
Sooo cool, as all the others Rick Riordan books :. Can't wait to start the last one. May 15, Aj the Ravenous Reader rated it it was amazing Shelves: physically-owned-books , fantasy. Reading dozens of books after this, I may have forgotten most of the events I read in this book but I do recall how much I enjoyed reading this sequel to The Red Pyramid. May 07, Thomas rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Individuals possessing a "Y" chromosome. Shelves: fantasy , own-physical , young-adult.
This book doesn't really deserve a full four stars, but because I'm such a lenient reviewer nice guy I'll stick with this rating. I do have a reason for giving The Throne of Fire four stars, though my personal reading experience warrants a three or 3. It's because this book is just so good for a certain type of reader, the type that would much rather be playing Xbox or watching mind-numbing television.
I'm sure you know who I'm talking about. They're referred to as "reluctant readers", but I li This book doesn't really deserve a full four stars, but because I'm such a lenient reviewer nice guy I'll stick with this rating.
They're referred to as "reluctant readers", but I like to call them by their shorter and sweeter name. I kid, I kid. I actually dislike it when people assume I don't enjoy reading because I'm male. I also dislike it when people assume I enjoy watching football because I'm male, but that's beside the point. The thing is, Rick Riordan knows how to write a great book for boys.
The plot of this book is so entrenched in action that readers of all ages will have difficulty putting it down. Rick Riordan's writing is pretty tight, too, which is one reason why I prefer pre-teen males to read his books as opposed to scanning graphic novels or playing video games. If you don't know this about me already, I have a penchant for reading chick-lit and romance novels - so the fact that I got through this The Throne of Fire speaks for itself.
This book had serious flaws though. There were a lot of unnecessary attempts to evoke humor. For example, when the protagonists encountered enemies the author would throw in a "funny" observation that fell flat like, wow, that thing is really ugly Another problem I had with this novel was that Sadie and Carter never really lost a battle - sure, they would be drained of magic or tired from casting spells, but something would happen to make them revitalized and ready to go a couple of minutes later.
As for the romance Though I am slightly interested in Anubis because of his sad, sad eyes which were mentioned about a thousand times throughout the book Overall, a good book. It took me some time to finish because I've been busy and I lost interest a little during the middle section, but that won't happen to everyone. View all 6 comments.
Apr 22, Raoufa Ibrahim rated it it was amazing Shelves: books-i-own , myth. Waaaaaay better than the 1st book! I advice everyone to start reading this series, It's confusing sometimes, the Egyptian Mythology, but we can't deny a few aspects of it.. May 12, Jewel rated it really liked it Shelves: fantasy-n-to-z. Actual rating: 3.
As far as character development is concerned, Riordan did a better job with the Kane siblings this time. It was interesting to see the older brother-younger sister dynamic between Carter and Sadie as they struggled with the dramatic changes in their lives and tried to save the world at the same time. In terms of story, I found "The Red Pyramid" more memorable and stronger as an individual book, probably because there wasn't enough resolution in "The Throne of Fire".
I was left with too many questions which is understandable because there's going to be a next book. In this installment, the Rockin' Red Reaper Set was the only god who held my attention. Bes was amusing and likable enough but as expected, Set had more presence.
He's a very entertaining addition and I'd love to see more of him in the future books. Another thing I didn't like? The romantic scenes. Yes, you read that right. As descendants of the House of Life, the Kanes have some powers at their command, but the devious gods haven't given them much time to master their skills at Brooklyn House, which has become a training ground for young magicians.
Now their most threatening enemy yet, the chaos snake Apophis, is rising. If they don't prevent him from breaking free in a few days' time, the world will come to an end.
In other words, it's a typical week for the Kane family. 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.
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