The ending wasn't what I expected but fit perfectly to the hero. Instead, you learned as the characters did making the story that much more immersive. You didn't have the one character with more information than the rest popping up randomly. The dream sequences were at a minimum and felt like an integral part of the story, instead of a device to move the plot along. The biggest change was the presence, or lack there of, of Loki. It definitely had a different feel than the previous two, in part to the less than stellar narrator switch. I'm excited for the future of this series!
I hope this isn't how he ends this series, because there's so much he could do with it. Overall, it was a great story with great narration. Some of it could have been a bit more subtle, like when Magnus heals TJ and sees his mother scolding him, or a nice reveal like what they did with Mallory. I mean, Magnus sits and has a talk with EACH of them, and they just tell about what happened. While I love the back stories for them, especially Mallory, I can't help but feel like it could have been a bit more spread out, either in some new books or in Sword of Summer and Hammer of Thor. We also get some for ALL of Floor 19: Mallory, Halfborn, and TJ. I mean, we get more of Alex's past, as well as a bit of Magnus'. The only real criticism I have is that its a bit back story heavy. As for the story itself, it's another blast just as in Riordan's other books, and even though his formula never changes much, you never get tired of it. The guy who did Hammer of Thor completely forgot about that I suppose. I especially loved his Irish accent for Mallory. Christopher Guetig did okay with the first one, but the second guy did NOT pull it off. He captures each of the characters very nicely, even the females.
I really enjoy Michael Couch's voice with this.
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