The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

I was so excited to start The Titan’s Curse after finishing The Sea of Monsters, and it did not disappoint. I keep being amazed at the fact that I am enjoying a very young adults series, but Riordan is a brilliant author who could make the most boring subject interesting.

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It is just before Christmas when Percy, Annabeth, and Thalia meet Grover at a private school where he has found two Demi-gods whom he needs help bringing safely to Camp Half-Blood. However, trouble ensues and Annabeth is kidnapped. Artemis, goddess of the hunt, goes after the monster that took Annabeth because she knows this monster will bring down Olympus, but when Artemis is captured as well, it is up to the other three, plus Zoë of Artemis’s huntresses and Bianca di Angelo, one of the new Demi-gods who has joined the huntresses instead of staying at Camp Half-Blood, to find Artemis, Annabeth, and stop an unknown, powerful monster. But the prophecy given by the Oracle says that two will not return from this trip.

This book really packs the shock value. While there were things that I figured out early on, the reveal was brilliant. The biggest reveal is that the new Demi-gods, Bianca and Nico di Angelo, are Hades kids. However, unlike Thalia and Percy, they were born before the big three made the deal to not have anymore children; they have been living in the Locust Hotel from book number one since before World War II. But now the big thing to figure out is who is the person who saved them from the hotel? Bianca only remembers him as a lawyer. I don’t really think that Hades saved them as he made such a fuss about the amount of work he has going on in the Underworld, but who knows. I also don’t think it’s Ares. I just don’t see him passing as a lawyer type, but gods can change their appearances. Whoever it is, it is someone who has bid their time and waited until Percy and Thalia were close to being 16. I also wonder is Hades knows that Bianca and Nico exist.

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Again, I really love the Greek mythology. Artemis and her huntresses are a big part of this book. Artemis (or Diana in Roman mythology) has always been my favorite. She is the maiden goddess who protects young girls, which is something I have always felt a kinship with. She is also the goddess of the moon, and her twin, Apollo, is the god of the sun. In the book, Artemis is tricked into taking Atlas’s place holding up the sky. Now, I know that he sounds like a wonderful candidate for who would take Hades’s kids out of the hotel, but Atlas can’t just stop holding the sky, someone has to take it from him. So obviously the person is working with him, but I don’t know who it could be.

This has been my favorite of the Percy Jackson books so far. There has been so much character growth, the plot is always entertaining, the characters are relatable and likable. Really, I just love it. I am mad at myself for waiting so long to write the review (you’d think it would be easier to write while quarantined, but it’s not), because that means that I had to wait to start the next book, but now I am all ready to dive into The Battle of the Labyrinth and I cannot wait!

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Rating: 9/10
Author: Rick Riordan
Series: Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Book 3 of 5)
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Mythology
Dates Read: March 24-26, 2020