Quick Fire Reviews II ⏱️🔥

So for this second installment of quick fire reviews I'm going to be reviewing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series seeing as I recently reread the series.

The Lightning Theif:

The book follows a 12 year old boy named Percy Jackson, who discovers that everything in greek mythology is still around in the modern world. He then learns that his father is the Greek God, Poseidon, which means that his a demigod (half human, half Greek god). He is accused of stealing the master lighting bolt from Zeus and then has to go on a quest to right those wrongs.

This is the best way I could think of making Mythology sound interesting to kids. And the jokes still managed to make me smile.

Rating: 5/5

The Sea of Monsters:

This was and quite frankly still is my least favourite book within the PJO series. It had some foreshadowing to later books but besides that, it wasn't enough to really keep my attention all the way through. I liked that we got introduced to one of my personal favourite characters, Tyson.

Rating: 3/5

The Titan's Curse:

I don't like this cover. These new UK covers of the PJO series aren't the best.😅

This book introduces the reader to alot of loved characters within the Riordanverse, like Thalia Grace, Nico Di Angelo, The huntresses of Artemis & Rachel Elizabeth Dare.

Rating: 4/5

The Battle of the Labyrinth:

Amazing book! I read majority of this book in one day. It was action packed and had lots of jokes.

Rating: 4.5/5

The Last Olympian:

Best book in the series. Hands down. So much stuff happened, it kinda reminded me of Avengers: Endgame in that way.

I always really liked the ending of the series. Rick Riordan wrapped it all up pretty nicely.

Rating: 5/5

I read the PJO series a while ago and have never moved on to the other series Rick Riordan has released. I'm currently reading The Heroes of Olympus series for the first time, so I might do like a quick fire review on that series soon. Also, except something related to The Kane Chronicles too, because I am planning on reading those for the first time too.

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