
The Titan’s Curse is definitely the game changing book in this series. The characters are all starting to mature emotionally, physically, and mentally. Percy especially is shedding the rash decision-making that made up so much of who he was in the first two books. He’s starting to look at how his decisions affect others and is learning to take that into consideration. We also see him begin to come to terms with his feelings for Annabeth and what hiding those feelings could result in. Annabeth as well is learning what hiding her feelings could cost.
The other great thing about The Titan’s Curse is the new glimpses we get at the Gods. The meeting held up at Olympus introduces us to all the Gods at once, and as such gives us a bit more information on each of them. Each book seems to give us a meeting between Percy and another God, expanding the mythology lessons we get. Artemis, Apollo, and Aphrodite are the big three we meet here. We learn about how Artemis and Apollo got their duties with the Sun and Moon (the importance of these tales come into play in the later books). Altogether, this interesting and pertinent background in mythology combines with the excitement of Riordan’s action scenes to make a wonderful third book in this series. It definitely made me excited to try the next book (so much so that I made Todd go out and get me the next two books). I highly recommend getting the young adults in your life hooked on this series; there’s much to gain from it.
4 out of 5 Stars
You are right about this one being the game changer of the series. Five was my favorite, but this is definitely in second place.
You had me at Artemis. She;s my favorite of the Greek pantheon!
Shamed to say, I haven’t read this series yet. I’ve bought the first book, but just haven’t gotten around to reading it yet. I think I’m gonna have to rectify that, soon.
Smiles!
Lori
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