After a year spent trying to prevent a catastropic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson finds his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson--a six-foot-three, mentally challenged homeless kid who follows Percy everywhere, making it hard for Percy to have any "normal" friends.
But things don't stay quiet for long. Percy soon discovers there is trouble at Camp Half-Blood: The magical borders which protect Half-Blood Hill have been poisoned by a mysterious enemy, and the only safe haven for demigods is on the verge of being overrun by mythological monsters. To save the camp, Percy needs the help of his best friend, Grover, who has been taken prisoner by the Cyclops Polyphemus on an island somewhere in the Sea of Monsters--the dangerous waters Greek heroes have sailed for millenia--only today, the Sea of Monsters goes by a new name...the Bermuda Triangle.
Now Percy and his friends--Grover, Annabeth, and Tyson--must retrieve the Golden Fleece from the Island of the Cyclopes by the end of the summer or Camp Half-Blood will be destroyed. But first, Percy will learn a stunning new secret about his family--one that makes him question whether being claimed as Poseidon's son is an honor or simply a cruel joke.
I love this series to death. First of all I love the whole Greek mythology thing. It’s fantastic. And I love how it’s used in this book. It’s a little modern and it makes it kind of funny sometimes. I LOVE the world the author created here.
I love how much time he puts into his characters too. He changes them but keeps them the same at the same time. They grow with the book. They get smarter but not perfect. I like that. Percy is amazing. He’ll do anything for his friends and family. Annabeth is great too. I feel like I know them both so much better now after reading this book. I loved the new characters introduced. Tyson is hilarious and I still hate Clarisse but a little bit less now.
What I loved most about the plot was that it was a mix of genres. It’s a fantasy book but there’s a lot of funny parts and I can feel some romance coming. Plus it’s got all these fancy morals in it everywhere. Like everything with Tyson. I like that when the characters grow, we do too because of all the new stuff we’re learning. Plus there’s action all throughout the book! I love it! You’ll never, ever get bored reading this!
