Thursday, January 1, 2009

Book 001 - Battle of the Labyrinth

By the way, this is not really a review because a full review would mean spoiling this one and the other three.

I don't know if this should count since I started it in October, but then I had to return it to the library, so I just barely got to pick it back up again today, and finished it awfully fast. I was trying to remember why I didn't finish it while I still had it, and I realized that it was my usual 'don't want it to end' dragging. It's the same problem I'm having with Brandon's third Mistborn book. I don't want to say good-bye. It's really silly with Percy Jackson because we've got Book 5 still on the way, haha.

It's my favorite in the series, what can I say? I loved everything about it, there wasn't a part that dragged, all the new gods and goddesses were wonderful, as well as all the other new characters. I guessed a couple of things, but got an awful lot of surprises, which I love.

Obviously trying to read this one without the first 3 Percy Jackson books would be like trying to read Half-Blood Prince without the other 5, but of course I think you should do that, too, so...yeah. If you need a fun, entertaining, and easy read, do it.

Highlights: Calypso, the naiad at the river, and Poseidon's visit