The Battle of the Labyrinth

I am reading The Battle of the Labyrinth, by Rick Riordan, which is the fourth book in the Percy Jackson series. It is a great book and I would recommend it to anyone! This book is unique, entertaining, and a bit nerve-racking.

In this book Percy and his friends are on a quest in a huge under-ground maze, called the Labyrinth, to stop an evil army from destroying everything Percy cares about. Although when I say it like that, it sounds scary and and boring but believe me, its just the opposite. Its not very gory at all, but its still action packed and exciting.

The reason this book is unique, is because its a perfect blend of Greek Mythology and the modern day. Like the god Dionysus, (god of wine) is wearing a suit and tie when he returns from his long journey. He is not in a toga and sandals, that would be all Greek mythology and no modern!

This book is entertaining because something is always happening to Percy and his friends. They have to fight a lot monsters in order to complete their quest and save their camp - that teaches new half bloods ( half god half human) how to fight and defend themselves.

This book can also be very nerve-racking! One time my mom made me stop reading and go to bed, but I was at a part where a centuar (a half human half horse) was about to be killed! There were other times when Percy was in trouble, and those were the worst cliff hangers!

There is one thing I don't like about Percy, as much as I love these books. I don't like the way he doesn't trust in himself. There was a time in the book where Percy and his friends are about to be killed by a dragon/woman/bat thing and the nararator -a.k.a. Percy- will say: The monster raised her green tinged swords and I new Annabeth and I were out of options. I mean like, come on, you're the son of a Greek God and this is all you can do for yourself!

However I think if you haven't read this book yet, or the series, you should diffinetly read them. I thought I didn't like reading very but I just needed a good book to read. Like this one!