The Red Pyramid

This is not nearly as good as the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. The beginning was good and got me really excited for the book. The ending was epic and also very entertaining. The large majority of the book is not so great. The worst part by far for me was the way the characters were written. I spent a big part of the book absolutely hating the main children, Carter and Sadie. I felt they were rude and silly and not at all like the likeable characters Riordan has created before. In fact, I think the only character I actually liked was Bast.

Additionally, the Egyptian gods seem pretty pathetic compared with the Greek gods. I think Riordan was going for the same sort of thing as in his previous series but I just didn't feel it this time.

All that said, it wasn't terrible. I will probably read everything Riordan ever writes because the Percy Jackson series was spot on.