Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Titan's Curse

In the third installment in the Percy Jackson series, we are introduced to a host of new characters!  Thalia is back after the Fleece works it's magic a little too well and restores her back to human form.  We also meet Bianca and Nico di Angelo who are brother and sister demigods.  Bianca soons joins the Hunters of Artemis, a group of girls who work close with Artemis, goddess of the hunt.  This leaves Nico feeling hurt, but she dies while in the Junkyard of the Gods for taking something when she wasn't suppose to.  Along with the Hunters we meet Zoe Nightshade who is tough and no-nonsense Lt Hunter.  We later find out that she is the daughter of the Titan Atlas.  It is up to the Hunters, Thalia and Percy to save Artemis and Annabeth who have been taken in order to replace Altas.

Once again, this is a great read!  It's full of action and comedy.  It's also full of heartbreak as two of the characters that are featured in this book die.  But we soon learn that there is another puzzle piece that has come about due to Kronos' evil plot.  The di Angelo kids turn out to have a pretty important father, which can cause some severe problems in the future.  All in all the book was great.  But Annabeth wasn't really mentioned much in the book, but still did great in the few parts that she was featured.  We also see how Percy's feelings for Annabeth unfold.  It's  great story and definitely helps to thicken the Kronos plot!! 

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Sea of Monsters

Percy Jackson finds himself back at Camp Half Blood for the Summer and this time, things are bad!  Percy comes to find that Thalia's tree (the magical force created from Zeus' daughter that keeps the entire came safe) is dying.  This time it's up to Percy, Annabeth, Grover, Tyson (Percy's cyclops brother) and their enemy Clarisse to find the Golden Fleece hidden somewhere in the Sea of Monsters to help heal the tree.  But can they face each surprise that they encounter and live?

The Sea of Monsters is the shortest book in the series but packs some of the most important information.  We learn about how Annabeth really feels about Luke, how deep Luke is in the Kronos madness, Clarisse's relationship with her dad (Ares) and how well the Fleece actually works. It's a fantastic work and full of even more Greek-Hero related stories and mythology.  We also get to see just how well Percy's abilities work in the open ocean.  We also get introduced to the Party Ponies!!!  They are most definitely some of my favorite characters!!  All in all, the story and book are excellent and well written.  It definitely belongs in the wonder that is the Percy Jackson series!