The Lightning Thief

My daughter has read these and it's been driving her crazy that I haven't read them yet so we can watch the movies. I told her I would start reading them this month and ever since the 1st of February she's been asking how much I've read. While she doesn't love these as much as Harry Potter she sure does love them.

I love Greek mythology. It's probably one of my favorite things I learned about in school so this series already has a point in its favor just because of the subject matter. I love how Riordan brings the mythical characters into the real world. The story moved along quickly and there was always something to keep you biting your nails.

What I didn't like? The betrayer was too obvious to me. And I felt like it should have been obvious after what happens in the Underworld, but no one ever saw it until the end. Kinda lame.

But all in all I thought this was pretty good. It's no Harry Potter, but it'll do. ;)