Bowden P. (Trey) - , reviewed on 3/13/2010 + 260 more book reviews

I've had this for a few months now, and got around to reading it while sick. Like most of the Percy Jacksons series, this is entertaining and I could see running or playing a game in this setting.

This is the last volume of the current Percy Jackson series. The book starts with Percy leaving a driving lesson in a hurry for a mission against the Titans to blow up The Princess Andromeda. The mission does not go well. From there Percy heads to Poseidon's palace, then back to Camp Halfblood. There we learns that the Titans have freed Typhon and the Greek Gods are battling him across the country to slow him down. Which leaves the demigods at Camp Halfblood to defend Olympus while the Gods are away. Add in that the full text of the prophecy regarding Percy is revealed and it states that Percy may die on his birthday, coming up in a week.

The story is interesting and fun. Not very deep, but fun. I liked the characters, and Percy is a good character for YA books - likable, entertaining and bright (but not so bright that the readers wouldn't be a step ahead of him). I found the ending to be a bit odd - almost a double ending. It didn't disappoint but the pacing was weird. However, I loved Percy's reward for his efforts

Likes: Sense of desperation, Gods at their petty worst, not the same line up as the last Titanomachy (minor gods and 'good' Titans on the side of the Titans), Percy deciding to get an edge.

Dislikes: The addendum to the prophecy and the loop hole reading that Riordan uses.

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