This as a good middle grade read - feels a little juvenile and goofy, but was still entertaining enough for adults. It has sort of Roald Dahl vibes at times. It's funny and has some fun Greek mythology. I probably would have loved these as a kid, but I was a little too old for these when they came out, so I never got past the first book. Looking forward to seeing what happens in the rest of the series.

This was not as good as the first one, but there's some hints and promises that we're going to get more. There was a little too much exposition at the beginning explaining the lore and premise. The style is very similar to the first book but the story didn't feel as developed. (It's basically the middle school Odyssey). I still liked it though - and it was still a fun read. We get a bit more greek lore and some mention of a prophecy (involving Percy?) of a hero at age sixteen.

I just have to mention that there were some weird references to whooping like Comanche warriors and Native American huts, but that’s a small point.

Fun read. It's still a kid's book, but the characters are growing and the story is getting more serious. This one doesn't feel as repetitive as the second one did either. And this is the first one that takes place in the winter holidays instead of over summer vacation. We meet Artemis and Apollo and some other fun new characters and we get some more lore. On the other hand, the pop culture references are a little much - though I appreciate the very dated reference to Jesse McCartney (who I totally forgot about). Excited to see how things wrap up in books 4 and 5.

Fun read - on par with the other books in the series so far. We change things up a little bit, get some more character development. We meet some more characters and see some characters from prior books come back. We get more lore. And we get closer to this prophecy we've been hearing about the whole series. And we leave off on a kind of cliffhanger. Excited to see how it all comes together in the last one.

Best book of the series and a great way to wrap things up. It’s still for kids but this one is definitely the most mature. Basically the whole book was one big battle. We see or mention almost all of the characters from the prior books and everything comes together nicely. Great series.