“Just like the good old days: marching together into the unknown, searching for missing magical weapons and risking painful death. I’d missed my buddies!”

The Hammer of Thor is the second book of the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series and it picks up a few weeks after the Sword of Summer left off. I think this book is a kind of preparation of what is to come on the next books in the series, because this installment was just a series of minor quests, some background on characters that will definitely play a role in coming books, presenting new characters that will also be important later on as well as presenting the major plot that will set off Ragnarok. Although there was a 'major' crisis to avert, like in all Riordan's books, this one didn't have that urgent feeling of impending doom we got from Sword of Summer, therefore it was a much slower book. It was still amazing, because I love all of Rick's books, his diverse and hilarious cast of characters is always so real and relatable, and his original way of spinning old myths is always entertaining. Also, in his later series (HoO, ToA and now Magnus Chase), representation is a big part of his characters, and it's done in a respectful and mindful way. Overall, although this novel is not as good as book 1, it's still so so good and fun and entertaining.