Also, a surprisingly kino cover for a YA novel.

I've also been considering re-reading this.

From memory the last Olympian is pure kino

>>24951433
I remember more of reading the Heroes of Olympus series than I do reading the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. From what preliminary research I did online, apparently HoO has aged horribly with the exception of House of Hades, and PJO has aged well as can be expected for a YA series.

>>24951439
Never heard of Heroes of Olympus.
Is it typical sequel slop?

>>24951452
>Is it typical sequel slop?
Pretty much. It adds a bunch of new POV's and protagonists. Percy isn't even in the first book. It also starts to break the "lore" if you care about that sort of thing. It's also when Rick Riordan started to become libtarded.

>>24951452
>>24951459(me)
I should add that it's no coincidence that the book that focuses the most on Percy and Annabeth, House of Hades, is the best one in the sequel series.

>>24951382
I'm not going to tell you not to and it might be that that's the itch you need to scratch, but as far as YA goes it's pretty much "passable". Not something to truly cringe at at, but also aimed squarely at boys aged 13 +/- 2 years and with the dubious literary worth that that implies.

For my money, the YA series that have held up the best to me are
>His Dark Materials
>Mortal Engines quartet
>Bartimaeus trilogy
>A Series of Unfortunate Events

So yeah, if you want to indulge in YA I'd recommend one of those instead.

>>24951382
I think the prose is more the slog than anything. It's pretty fun reading the core case level up over time. Even passing knowledge makes the greek monster reveals a chore to get through. I would not reread it without double fisting with an actual Greek mythos book.
>>24951461
Ain't that the one that turned Nico gay for Percy?

>>24951487
>Ain't that the one that turned Nico gay for Percy?
I don't remember. It's possible. I just remember Percy and Annabeth being in hell for most of the novel being awesome.