Sea of Monsters

Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan, 279 pages 

Having recently seen this movie and read The Lightning Thief I continued my reading of the Percy Jackson series. The first thing I noticed was the movie did not follow the book. There were a lot of differences that changed the story in major ways. It might be cliché but the book was far better than the movie.

Camp Half-Blood is protected by a magical barrier generated from a tree. Someone has poisoned the tree allowing monsters to attack the camp. In a quest to save the tree Percy embarks on a quest to find the Golden Fleece as only it has the ability to save the tree and camp. Percy also has a new half-brother named Tyson. Tyson is a Cyclops.

What follows is a hilarious quest that involved undead confederate soldiers, an ironclad steamboat from the civil war, monsters of all shapes and sizes, interfering gods, a satyr in a dress, drunken centaurs, and some carnivorous sheep.

This book was well worth the read and better than The Lightning Thief.