The Throne of Fire

The Throne of Fire is the second in the Kane Chronicles series by Rick Riordan. Like the first, it continues the story of Carter and Sadie Kane and their ties to Egyptian mythology. Like the predecessor, it alternates between points of view, two chapters to each character at a time, told in first person.

The story continues where the first left off, with the looming threat of Apophis rising and plunging the world into chaos. This was, of course, the larger evil revealed in the first. However, wherease the first book felt that it had a decent, if unresolved ending, this one suffers from “middle movie syndrome”, or rather middle book. The set up has already been done, and the story just doesn't end in what was, for me, a satisfactory conclusion. There was a bit too much set up and not enough tie up.

Overall, I still quite enjoyed it, and recommend the series to fans of Riordan's previous books. It just isn't my favorite of his.