The Chalice of the Gods

This book has no identity.

Percy ranting about brunch, pontificating about old age, cringing at Fergalicious, trying to go to college but still acting like a 12 year old...

Riordan clearly wanted to return to Percy but seemed unclear on who he actually is. Half the asides do not feel like something a person his age at his time would act like (speaking of: they mention Wandavision, so this is set in recent times, but Percy was 16 when the series ended in 2009? Hmm).

It feels like Riordan tried to age this series up with the fans but couldn't do it entirely because so much time has passed, so he had to stay in the YA lane, but didn't want to lose the middle grade charm, but wanted to appeal to the humor sensibilities of the people who grew up with the series (rants about boomers, anyone?) and so the result just feels tonally strange and overall very haphazard.

I will say, though - it made me laugh more than any of the others. So...mission accomplished, kinda sorta?