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• Filming is officially underway, and we will never not be excited about this.
• Of course Rick updated his blog with new Percy Jackson and the Olympians cast members on the exact same day we recorded our predictions!
• We run through all the new cast members fairly quickly because we’ll be doing a more in-depth discussion next week!
• Make sure you bookmark our Percy Jackson cast article.
• Jon Steinberg had a chat with The Wrap about the Disney+ Percy Jackson adaptation.
• We want merch!
• Steinberg has promised that this show will be for everyone—new fans and old; tweens, teens, and young adults (and we think adults, too!).
• Keep your eye out for the new blog post coming soon from Rick.
• We have some birthdays to celebrate!
• Have you seen the Victo Ngai limited edition prints of the new Percy Jackson and the Olympians book covers?
• Percy Jackson has been on the NYT bestsellers list for HOW long??
• Graci Kim had a chat with fellow author Xiran Jay Zhao about Chinese and Korean mythology.
• Make sure you check out Read Riordan to meet Dahl and Bada.
• We take the soul animal quiz!
• Make sure you tell us your soul animal!

• Check out Karen’s The Last Fallen Moon review on Subjectify on June 14.
• Kristen gives us the general plot of The Last Fallen Star.
• We should probably kick off this discussion by talking about Riley Oh.
• Riley is adopted, but she’s 100% part of the Oh family, even if she doesn’t always fit in.
• Sometimes there are downfalls to listening to audiobooks.
• Hattie is a pretty great sister, but she can be a bit reckless.
• But Karen really loves their dynamic.
• To balance out all that recklessness, we have Emmett Harrison.
• He’s not big on magic or emotions, but he does love to bake.
• They say that Karen is still trying to bake caramel cookies, even to this day.
• We need to start getting t-shirts made.
• Riley’s parents are pretty great, but boy did Riley have a tragic childhood.
• What IS Boris, exactly?
• Jennie is an interesting character because she starts off pretty stereotypically mean, but then gets a good amount of backstory.
• Then there’s the Cave Bear Goddess, who’s the patron saint of the Gom clan.
• We find out her origin story, but that’s gonna be it for now.
• This is your warning for our spoiler section!
• Spoilers start at 00:53:56, so skip to the next section if you want to avoid them!
• Okay, now that it’s safe, let’s talk about…the Horangi Clan.
• Sora is an important character, but she didn’t stand out as much as the others.
• Austin’s powers are pretty cool.
• But really we just want to talk about Taeyo.
• Hopefully there’s no blood-bending in his future.
• And yeah, remember when we mentioned the Cave Bear Goddess?
• She is very naughty!!
• This book kept getting worse and worse for Riley, but thankfully Hattie is okay.
• And Karen says that The Last Fallen Moon has a bit more happy stuff in it.

• Thank you, Graci, for joining us today to talk about The Last Fallen Moon!
• You KNOW Graci has some go-to snacks when she’s writing.
• Unlike a lot of people, Graci actually enjoys being told what she needs to fix in her manuscript.
• What were Graci’s personal and professional goals when she set out to write the Gifted Clans series?
• She also tells us her (current) favorite story from Korean mythology.
• Second books in a series can be tough, but did Graci have any trouble with Fallen Moon?
• Is Hattie and Riley’s relationship based on Graci’s own relationship with her family?
• You know we also had to ask her about all the magical food that shows up in these books!
• And we find out why Graci decided to restructure the hells (and it might not be for the reason you think).
• Will we ever get a giant Riordanverse crossover story?
• Graci also surprises us with her pick of a godly parent from Greek mythology.
• Which Rick Riordan Presents book would she love to live inside?
• And how does she feel about cooking/baking competition shows?
• Graci also hints at where The Last Fallen Realm will take place.
• She also tells us the series she’ll be working on next!

• We will never NOT take a chance to talk about our awesome logo.
• Rachel has been reading lots of Rick Riordan Presents books (yay!).
• Who would we want to voice Kronos in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians TV show?