Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2) by Rick Riordan: Review

Author: Rick Riordan
Originally Published: July 4, 2013
Genre: Fantasy, Young adult fiction
Publisher: Puffin
Pages: 264
Source:Bought
Series:Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Price: £12.03 (Library Binding from Amazon)
          £5.49 (Paperback from Amazon)
          £4.99 (Kindle Edition)

About the book (Taken from Goodreads):
The heroic son of Poseidon makes an action-packed comeback in the second must-read instalment of Rick Riordan's amazing young readers series. Starring Percy Jackson, a "half blood" whose mother is human and whose father is the God of the Sea, Riordan's series combines cliffhanger adventure and Greek mythology lessons that results in true page-turners that get better with each instalment. In this episode, The Sea of Monsters, Percy sets out to retrieve the Golden Fleece before his summer camp is destroyed, surpassing the first book's drama and setting the stage for more thrills to come.

My review:

Can you really go wrong with a good Percy Jackson book? Yes, I do remember that I only gave the last one 4 stars, but it dropped a star for some really small things (you can read it here if you want!), but other than those teeny tiny things, I really enjoyed it. And I liked this one even more. The problems with the first ones just didn't happen with Sea of Monsters, making it well worthy of 5 stars!

Percy Jackson is honestly one of the funniest guys in literature. Ok, that might be a slight exaggeration, but he's definitely one funny dude. It probably helps that his sense of humour and mine are pretty much the same thing. Only my sense of humour has a slight 'head in the gutter' tinge to it. But he's only, like, 13 so he's still got time left to get that pretty head of his in the gutter!

And while we're on the subject of Percy's prettiness, how gorgeous is the cast of the Percy Jackson films! Logan Lerman (Percy), Alexandra Daddario (Annabeth) are the two of the hottest people alive. THEIR. EYES. THOUGH. And if you haven't seen the film, don't worry, they certainly don't look 13. Brandon T. Jackson (Grover) and Jake Abel (Luke) aren't that bad either! If they could all star in the next magic Mike, that'd be great. Magic Percy. Awesome. 

Back to the book! Sea of Monsters was much more set out than Lightning Thief, which was great. Much fewer distractions that had nothing to do with the story, much bigger presence of a clear bad guy, much less putting a mythical creature in it for the sake of it and much more story. Every problem with the first one resolved itself and if it continues like this, I'm so excited for book #3.

If you're putting off reading this series, like I have been, don't do it any longer. I'm super excited to see what Percy gets up to in the next book!

Are you a fan of the Percy Jackson series? Prefer the books or the films? Agree that the casting director made some incredibly good choices? Comment down below!

Find my review for the first book in the series, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, here!

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Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief (Percy Jackson & The Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan: Review

Author: Rick Riordan
Originally Published: March 1, 2006
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction
Publisher: Puffin
Pages: 384 
Source: Bought
Series: Percy Jackson & The Olympians
Price: £12.03 (Library Binding from Amazon)
           £3.85    (Paperback from Amazon)
           £4.99    (From iBooks)

About the book (Taken from the blurb):
Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a greek God. I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporised my maths teacher. Now I spend my time battling monsters and generally trying to stay alive. This is the one where Zeus, God of the sky thinks I've stolen his lightning bolt - and making Zeus angry is a very bad idea. 

My review:
I thought I was prepared to go into this as I've seen the movie a billion times. I mean, I'd go as far as to say that it is one of my favourite movies of all time. But trust me,  I was not prepared ... MUCH LIKE PERCY! (I'm sorry, I couldn't resist...)

The movie and the book were vastly different which made for a pleasant surprise! Probably the best part of both the movie and the book, which luckily remained the same, was the chemistry between the three main characters, Percy, Annabeth and Grover. The relationship builds up gradually, which I think makes for a much more interesting story. They disagree, just like normal friends would, they pick on each other, just like normal friends would. They have very normal relationships, which I love!

The only real negative to this book is the lack of build up to fights. Most of the time, Percy turns round, there's a monster, and he fights it. Then he moves a bit ,there's a monster, and he fights it. On and on and on. I'd just love for there to be a bit more meat on the confrontations the trio encounters as they are all over and done with so quickly!

To wrap this up, the book was great, and I'd recommend it to anyone that likes Young - Adult novels, and I'll definitely be reading the next one in the series. You may even learn something new about ancient Greek mythology, which is always fun! So what are you waiting for?  Read away nerdlings.

Do you agree with my review? Prefer the book or the movie? Have you finished this 5 book series yet? Comment down below what you think!

You can find the review for the second book in the series, Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters, here!

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