Until TW started reading The Lost Hero and trying to ruin it for me by telling me about it as she read, I did not know that this series was going to include Percy and friends. For some reason I thought it was going to take place years into the future or something like that. I thought Percy might make an appearance as an older and wiser demi-god or as someone who worked at camp… but I didn’t realize it was simply a continuation of the original story with Percy playing a big (though somewhat invisible role). Huh.
I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about this, after TW clued me into this fact, but I settled into it pretty quickly and found myself enjoying it much the way I enjoyed the very first Percy Jackson book.
It’s hard to tell you what I liked most about this one, without spoiling it for you… because what I liked most is the biggest spoiler of the book. So I’ll just say… pretty smooth move, Riordan. Smart way to develop a new series using the foundation of the original series. Very smooth.
Oh, one more thing – I like this one better than the first book in the Kane series.
I liked it. I think that telling the story via three different characters rather than just one made it feel like Percy-like.
I like the Kane series, though that could be because it reminds me of my Egyptology courses and the professor who taught them. I think he’d have been amused by the Kane series.