Monday, May 7, 2012

Book Review #117 - The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2) by Rick Riordan


The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson is finding his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson, a six-foot-three, mentally challenged homeless kid who follows Percy everywhere, making it hard for Percy to have any normal friends. But things don't stay quiet for long.

Percy soon discovers there is trouble at Camp Half-Blood: the magical borders that protect Half-Blood Hill have been poisoned by a mysterious enemy, and the only safe haven for demigods is on the verge of being overrun by mythological monsters. To save the camp, Percy needs the help of his best friend, Grover, who has been taken prisoner on an island somewhere in the Sea of Monsters, the dangerous waters Greek heroes have sailed for millennia. Only today, the Sea of Monsters goes by a new name: The Bermuda Triangle.

Together with his friends, Percy must retrieve the Golden Fleece from the Island of the Cyclopes or Camp Half-Blood will be destroyed. But first, Percy will learn a stunning new secret about his family, one that makes him question whether being claimed as Poseidon's son is an honor or simply a cruel joke.


My Rating: 5/5

I read this book in January and so the book is not as fresh in my mind as most books are when I review them.

This book was as entertaining for me as the first one and I really liked the addition of new interesting characters.

The only negative thing I can say about this book is that I feel that it didn't build upon what was established in the first book. There was no plot advancement.

This book had one of the best cliffhangers that I have read for a while.

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