at last, Trials of Apollo& Magnus Chase is happening at the same time; they have crossovers sometimes. Tyson- This little guy came into our lives during The Sea of Monsters, although I guess you can't really call him little, can you?

generally I love the fantasy which happening in our world, low fantasy. I call them: Fantasy in reality.Okay, so I'm not gonna talk about the plot cause then I'll just be spoiling it, but here's something about all the characters: It's a stupid finishing school for society girls, all the way in New Hampshire. Can you see me in finishing school?" Of course, I can't help comparing to Harry Potter (though that's kind of silly, since kids-discovering-they're-really-some-kind-of-supernatural-being is a genre that existed long before). That's okay, PJ doesn't suffer by the comparison. Like Rowling, Riordan is excellent writing engaging adventures that are fast, enjoyable reads; and have plots that build consistently and elaborately to surprising reveals, within each book and across the series. A few contrasts that I really appreciate in PJ: I like the world continuity of using a single mythology (very well!), and the bringing of mythical Greek elements to present-day NYC are very clever, from cultural and humorous standpoints as well as educational. I also enjoy how the plot, without betraying any of the information that's established and developed through the book, usually ends up to be about something quite unexpected and different from the conclusions the characters and reader were drawing all along. Likewise, there's more room for characters to move outside expectations, sympathies, and archetypes, but never randomly or in betrayal of how they've been established. my top fav series has another features too: they are about the subjects I actually love to know about in science. (magic, parallel universes, Myths) & also they involved many awesome characters.

Honestly, one of the best series ever, wont beat Harry Potter but seriosly, I am now obsessed with Greek mythology! It was a great series the author did a good job with the plot and it was pretty well written.Rachel shook her head in disgust. "He's trying to be nice to me, which is almost worse. He wants me to go to Clarion Ladies Academy in the fall." Chiron-Chiron was a great teacher for many great heroes and I am pretty sure that he became a father figure to many many heroes.

Do go into this expecting considerable amounts of fun and excitement and something wildly refreshing. Okay, that last one mostly applies to me, I think, because I tend to shy away from both MG novels and works inspired by classical mythology because of mostly unfunded prejudices (get your shit together, Nina, good lord). So to me, this type of story was fairly new, and honestly felt like a breath of fresh air. All the adventure, and the fighting, and the monsters, and the life-or-death situations? I dig. A lot. The gods expect their kids - whom they never even see! some kids don't know who their godly parent is! - to fight their own battles while they do nothing until the last book. Percy firmly enjoins a few characters to support their godly parent 'because he's your dad/mom'. Unfortunately the book always feels like it was meant for young adults and no one else . It falls into typical YA book tropes and never really recovers , with events and characters action falling into a very childish behaviour, always risk free and filled with silly mistakes that really makes an adult reader groan .I don't care what your nose says!" snarled a half-human, half-dog voice -- a telkhine. "The last time you smelled halfblood, it turned out to be a meat loaf sandwich!" I had just attached a second jar of Greek fire to the control panels when I heard the pounding of feet on metal steps -- so many creatures coming down the stairwell I could hear them over the engines. Not a good sign. Up until then, I was having a great afternoon. Technically I wasn't supposed to be driving because I wouldn't turn sixteen for another week, but my mom and my stepdad, Paul, took my friend Rachel and me to this private stretch of beach on the South Shore, and Paul let us borrow his Prius for a short spin.