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9 From the Nine Worlds
by Rick Riordan
1) The Sword of Summer ★★★★
2) The Hammer of Thor ★★★★
3) The Ship of the Dead ★★★★★
*) 9 From the Nine Worlds ★★★★
content warnings: violence, referenced child abuse
representation: main arab-american muslim characters, main black characters, main deaf character, main genderfluid latinx character
“My Einherjar have a saying: Some days you are the axe, some days you are the decapitated head. I like it so much, I'm having T-shirts made for the Hotel Valhalla gift shop.”
Thank god my first read of 2019 is considerably better than my first of 2018! I've been excited for this book for a million years it feels like on account of the Magnus Chase trilogy being not only my favourite Rick Riordan series, but also just one of my all-time favourite series.
9 From the Nine Worlds is a collection of nine short stories that take place in each of the worlds, each following a different major character from the original trilogy; Odin in Asgard, Amir in Midgard, Blitzen in Nidavellir, Hearth in Alfheim, Sam in Jotunheim, T.J in Helheim, Mallory in Niflheim, Halfborn in Vanaheim, and Alex in Muspellheim. Some of them were sent on quests, some of them ended up in the world accidentally, and they all have whacky adventures.
Honestly, this is exactly what you would probably expect. It's really fun, with some stories being better than others (Amir's, Hearth's and Alex's were my personal favourites). I'm also still not over the diversity of this series and I will scream from the rooftops about it until everyone who complains about a lack of diversity in books reads this trilogy.
I forgot how damn much I love Alex Fierro, and seeing him saying that seeing Mallory and Halfborn kissing made him miss Magnus had me gasping aloud because I love their relationship so much. I'm also very curious about the fact that Magnus is visiting Annabeth, because the events of this book happen after Ship of the Dead and The Burning Maze, so now I kinda hope that Magnus cameos in the next TOA book.
If you like the Magnus Chase trilogy, then you should definitely pick this up because odds are you're going to really enjoy it.
2) The Hammer of Thor ★★★★
3) The Ship of the Dead ★★★★★
*) 9 From the Nine Worlds ★★★★
content warnings: violence, referenced child abuse
representation: main arab-american muslim characters, main black characters, main deaf character, main genderfluid latinx character
“My Einherjar have a saying: Some days you are the axe, some days you are the decapitated head. I like it so much, I'm having T-shirts made for the Hotel Valhalla gift shop.”
Thank god my first read of 2019 is considerably better than my first of 2018! I've been excited for this book for a million years it feels like on account of the Magnus Chase trilogy being not only my favourite Rick Riordan series, but also just one of my all-time favourite series.
9 From the Nine Worlds is a collection of nine short stories that take place in each of the worlds, each following a different major character from the original trilogy; Odin in Asgard, Amir in Midgard, Blitzen in Nidavellir, Hearth in Alfheim, Sam in Jotunheim, T.J in Helheim, Mallory in Niflheim, Halfborn in Vanaheim, and Alex in Muspellheim. Some of them were sent on quests, some of them ended up in the world accidentally, and they all have whacky adventures.
Honestly, this is exactly what you would probably expect. It's really fun, with some stories being better than others (Amir's, Hearth's and Alex's were my personal favourites). I'm also still not over the diversity of this series and I will scream from the rooftops about it until everyone who complains about a lack of diversity in books reads this trilogy.
I forgot how damn much I love Alex Fierro, and seeing him saying that seeing Mallory and Halfborn kissing made him miss Magnus had me gasping aloud because I love their relationship so much. I'm also very curious about the fact that Magnus is visiting Annabeth, because the events of this book happen after Ship of the Dead and The Burning Maze, so now I kinda hope that Magnus cameos in the next TOA book.
If you like the Magnus Chase trilogy, then you should definitely pick this up because odds are you're going to really enjoy it.