Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Chalice of the Gods (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)

This book brought me back to a time when things were a little easier, and I was first dipping my toes into actually reading novels instead of flipping through picture books.I won’t give too much away, but as I was reading through some pages, I realized that a lot of the scenes in the book were vaguely familiar. It didn’t take me long to realize that this book resembled the first Percy Jackson book—The Lightning Thief.Don’t get me wrong, it’s a different book entirely, and it stands on its own pretty well, but it definitely has a similar spark to the first one. As I was reading through it, I felt like a kid again, cracking open the first book after getting my hands on the whole set from a scholastic book fair catalog order I had placed with my literature teacher.With that said, I couldn’t put the book down. It was a quick read, but delightful nonetheless. I highly recommend to anyone in the mood for something light and fictional, or a Percy Jackson fan wanting to add another classic Greek “myth” to their collection.

The story is as charming as a regular reader of Riordan has come to expect. (If you’re NOT a regular reader, why not?) There is less action than usual, but the snarky asides from the narrator (the ever reliable Percy Jackson) are definitely present, full humour quotient in place.But What The Hell is up with the changing fonts every few words??? From serif to non-serif and back and forth again and again. There are few things as annoying in a novel than anomalies that pull the reader out of the story, and this font switching is high on the annoyance list. If these were to stress some words, as seems to be the case in some instances, why not use italics in the common manner? This font thing is unacceptable!Or is this a problem in the formatting when uploading the digital version? If that’s the issue, for the sake of all the gods fix it and fix it now. Then arrange for a corrected version to be downloaded to every person who spent actual money for this. You can’t treat loyal fans this way.Cheers.

We have all the Percy Jackson books. Normally we purchase them through school and they are not the quality of this one we purchased through Amazon. It’s a very nice hardcover book. Our teen can not put the book down.

This book unexpected made me cry, because of the ending. Rick Riordan made a book well suited for new readers of the series and those of us who grew up reading the series. For new readers its easy to follow, and for those of us who grew up with it it has small nods to previous books and a beautiful message. It’s as if Rick is telling us its okay to grow up just as Percy is growing up.

WaHoo!!!What a joy and a wonder to be on yet another quest with Percy, Annabeth, and Grover!It has been way too long! And, just like it is when you are reunited with true, lifelong friends, being reunited feels as though no time or distance has passed, you pick up right where you left off, after a brief catch up phase, you hit the road running, and it it’s right back to the good ole days, except you’re in the now and present, older, wiser, and a tad bit slower…Yay, Rick! Please keep it up! I have MISSED these three!Can’t wait for the next quest to launch!