May 13, 2012

The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan (Awesome)

I wrote an amazing post about this, then it deleted it.  I spend at least half an hour on it.  I'm really frustrated, so you get the short version now.

The cover has Carter and Zia (who the cover guy made Sadie) looking out at the Sea of Chaos, which has Apophis's shadow held back by the obelisk.

*SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE FIRST 2 KANE CHRONICLES BOOKS*
My other summary was better, but here you go.  Carter and Sadie have the task of stopping Apophis from swallowing the sun, and they could easily kill themselves completing their assignment.  The hardest part is picking the right guy.  Dying guy or god that's forbidden to talk to you?  the answer is a twist.  Find out what happens in this very penguin-y adventure.

I would suggest reading this book.  It was really good.  The chapter titles were as entertaining as ever. 

Now the interesting part.  Remember how Rick Riordan answered my question ?  Well, around page 80 (give or take 20 pages), they are at a dance and Drew and Lacey show up from The Lost Hero.  Drew is that girl that called everyone "honey" and flirted with Jason; Lacey is the nice one from Aphrodite that had to wear nurse's shoes.  It's pretty minor, but exciting.  It makes you wonder if Carter and Sadie will be mentioned in The Heroes of Olympus series. 

I'm taking this as an opertunity to tell you to read all of Rick Riordan's books.  I probably won't have time to review the one's that are already out, so I'm telling you now.  You won't regreat it. 

My next post will be on The Invaders by John Flanagan.  See you then.