The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2) by Rick Riordan * * * *
I think I found this book more interesting than the previous one for some reason. Maybe because there were less explanations needed. I also watched the movie, the review for that I'll post on my general reviews page. I talked about the world in my review of the previous book. This time it gets a bit more expanded, but not a lot. The story is mostly a modern version of the Odyssey, with some modern twists and Percy's friends added in. I did love the modern changes this time as much as I did previously. The whole story seemed to pick up its stride. One thing I have to mention that I loved a lot was the Ironclad. It's a piece of history that I love, and even did a presentation on in high school. I was excited about mentally travelling on it. Percy was slowly coming to his own. He's only thirteen still, but feels more confident, and more of a leader. He had matured during his previous adventure. Annabeth was a more prominent character in this story. She was more in the bac...