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Thinking about this a bit more, one thing that bugged me a bit was the first person perspective that has become so common to YA and middle-grade stories, what I've come to think of as First-Person-Self-Obsessed.
The self-obsessed part wasn't too excessive in this book, which is what typically bugs me the most in YA works, but the first person perspective means that the text can become awkward in places as it tries to integrate details that happened elsewhere (off-camera, if you like). The confrontation with Ares near the end is a particularly awkward moment that still stands out in my mind.
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