The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The book is written in a different style - as a recording made by the Kane sibling - Carter and Sadie Kane. The story starts with Carter and his father Julius Kane visiting Sadie in London. Sadie lives with her Grandparents after the death of her Mother. And Julius according to the court ruling can visit her only twice a year. Carter notices weird things happening around his dad and his extremely cautionary movements. Julius feels that he is being followed, then goes to British Museum to study the Rosetta Stone. But he actually he tries to summon Osiris, the Egyptian God of the Underworld by using the stone. But everything goes wrong and when all the four major gods are released and Set, the Egyptian god of storms and chaos, imprisons Julius (he is now a host of Osiris) in a coffin.

Carter and Sadie are taken to Brooklyn by their uncle, Amos. He goes to find Set, leaving the two siblings alone with a baboon called Khufu. In the library of the Brooklyn mansion, they discover signs that they are descended from famous pharaohs. Julius' side of the family was descended from Narmer while their dead mother, Ruby, had a family originated from Ramesses the Great.
Just then, the mansion is attacked. Sadie's cat, Muffin, turns out be the cat goddess Bast. She tries to protect them from Serquet, Goddess of Scorpion. In the museum, Carter and Sadie find Zia Rashid. She is the scribe of the First Nome, the main nome of the House of Life, that had magicians trying to protect people and fight gods. Carter develops a crush on Zia in the book.

Soon, Sadie and Carter discover that the Most evil of the Gods —Set— has his sights on the Kanes. And learns that he plans to unleash chaos during the demon days, and also that he is building a pyramid at Phoenix, Arizona, which will help him destroy North America, plunging world in Chaos. To stop him, the siblings embark on a dangerous journey across the globe - a quest that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs, while being hunted by the House of Life for siding with the Gods.

As usual, Riordan does a wonderful job using the Egyptian myth and concocting it into a delightful story similar to the Percy Jackson series.


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The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Epic Conclusion to “Percy Jackson and The Olympian Series”.

The Book starts differently than other Percy Books, with Percy and Beckendorf attacking Princess Andromeda (‘Luke’s Ship’), which is now Kronos’s ship, since Kronos is being hosted in Luke’s Body (that is Kronos controls Luke’s Body). Unfortunately Kronos was aware of the attack and is not caught off guard, and captures them both.
Beckendorf sacrifices his life to destroy the ship. Percy is sent deep underwater to Poseidon’s Palace (by the force), which is under siege by the forces of Titan Oceanus.
Percy later returns to camp Half-Blood and mentions that there is a spy in the camp who is giving information to Kronos (since the Titan Lord mentioned it himself and also because he knew of the attack before it happened). And he comes to hear the words of the Prophecy.

"A half-blood of the eldest gods
Shall reach sixteen against all odds
And see the world in endless sleep
The hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap
A single choice shall end his days
Olympus to preserve or raze."

Later Percy leaves with Nico with a Plan which Nico concocted in the previous book. They first goes to Luke’s mother’s house and learns about a lot about Luke, also meet Hestia (the last Olympian). Percy procures a blessing from his mother, descends into the Underworld for the second time. Here, Nico betrays Percy for information on his past, but he helps Percy with the original plan and Percy bathes in the River Styx like Achilles and Luke before him. Percy becomes incredible powerful with only a single weak point (like Achilles Heel in case of Achilles). He Single-handedly defeats the personal guard of Hades and Hades himself.

Percy and Annabeth organize the campers and prepare for urban warfare, at New York City to protect the entrance to Olympus. Meanwhile the Gods fight Typhon who moves towards the east coast (toward New York).
What will happen on Percy’s Birthday? Do the campers stand a chance against the forces of the Titan Lord? What does the forces of underworld plan to do? Can Annabeth save Luke? What about Percy and Annabeth? Who is the Spy? What does Percy decide – whom does he side with?

Percy must rise to the occasion to save the modern civilization from the wrath of Kronos. And the long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy’s sixteenth birthday unfolds.


With awesome battles and fast paced storytelling, this book brings all the characters together and ends the series in style which makes it the best book of the series.

If I could amass up more than 5 stars for this delightful book, I would.

P.S: Percy Jackson series is my third favourite series after Harry Potter, Song of Ice & Fire series…Its is a very addictive series of books and definitely will quench your thirst for a thriller book…



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The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Book starts like the usual Percy Jackson Novels by Percy getting attacked by mythical creatures. In this book, it happens to be sexy cheerleaders who turn out to be empousa (almost similar to a vampire, but with lot more features). And he also has a chance encounter with the clear-sighted Mortal girl Rachel again at his school.
Percy returns to Camp Half-Blood and learns about the Labyrinth; part of the palace of King Minos in Crete that was designed by Daedalus. You can travel from any part of the world to any other part within a small amount of time than would be possible, using the Labyrinth (Provided there is portals at both the places). Also the Labyrinth is so confusing and people can get lost inside it unless they have Adriane’s String which years ago helped Theseus (I think) to traverse the Labyrinth and kill the Minotaur. Percy becomes quite friendly with the Hellhound of the new sword master Quintus, but he still doubts Quintus of being a double agent. Later Percy and Annabeth learns that there is a portal inside the compound of camp half-blood, that Luke know of, which in turns means that if Luke’s army attacks they will be caught off guard and with no magical boundaries to protect them this time…

So Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and Tyson embark on a quest to find Daedalus so that Luke cannot get Ariadne's string, which would guide him through the labyrinth. Meanwhile Percy starts dreaming as usual that helps him in his Journey. And Percy also learns that Nico is in the underworld on a quest of his own, which is to resurrect his sister Bianca Di Angelo with the help of Minos. And that Kronos and Typhon is near resurrection.

All of these and more happens in a tense environment with the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos drawing near, which also brings Percy closer to the prophecy.

The book is filled with Mythical characters like Kampe, Daedalus, Minos, Briares, Calypso, Kronos and the other gods, which makes it a fascinating read. As usual the book is filled with awesome twists, a fast paced storytelling and a large number of new interesting characters. And As usual Riordan delivers…..


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