I’m cutting it short of a five star purely because it took me a minute to get into this at the beginning. 

I know I’ve read some Percy Jackson books in my youth but I honestly barely remember doing it and I have no idea if I read them in order or just picked up one when I saw it on the shelves in the library. So, to be honest there’s not really nostalgia for the series beyond the movies. That being said I really enjoyed this first book and wouldn’t mind bingeing the rest of the series. I actually just checked out the audiobook for The Sea of Monsters on Libby to do this.

I went the audiobook route as I just didn’t feel like reading physically at the time and I would recommend it. Jesse Bernstein does a great job.