Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan

Published by Puffin Books: London, England, 2008 (2006).
Book 2 in the 'Percy Jackson' series. Preceded by 'Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.' Followed by 'Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse.'

As with the previous entry in this series, Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters follows the titular Percy Jackson, son of the Greek god Poseidon, as he journeys around modern day America facing updated versions of various Greek legends. In this entry, Percy Jackson's satyr friend Grover has gone missing, and Camp Half-Blood is coming under attack by more and more monsters as its border-magic is beginning to weaken. Percy and Annabeth, along with Tyson (a young Cyclops) set out to the Sea of Monsters to both save Grover and hopefully retrieve the Golden Fleece, which will be able to help strengthen the camp's border-magic.

Once again Luke, son of Hermes, appears as one of the villains, and the over-arching plot of Kronos seeking to be resurrected is also touched upon. This time around Percy also faces off against a hydra, one of the creatures that appeared in the movie version of Lightning Thief without appearing in that book. Having not seen the movie version of Sea of Monsters I'm unsure whether they chose to include the hydra again, but I doubt it.

To be honest, this book isn't all that exciting. It feels more like a "moving the pieces" book, with the intent of setting up future installments. There are elements I enjoyed, but overall it was just 'okay.'

Completed 8 July 2022.

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