The Lost Hero

I'm really loving seeing this author grow and develop as a writer. I started with the Percy Jackson series and, while I did enjoy it, I was mostly underwhelmed. Then, upon reading The Kane Chronicles, pretty much fell in love with the series - both for the diversity as well as the use of Egyptian mythology.

Finally, I started this book and am blown away by the leaps and bounds of writing improvement between this book and The Lightning Thief. Not only is the writing itself better, but plotting is better too. Things feel a lot more involved this time around.

I'm not really going to comment on the characters, because, for me, that's one thing that Riordan has never gotten wrong. They're all fun, kind of snarky and sarcastic, smart mouthed kids.