I really enjoyed The Lightning Thief, it is one of the most humorous and fun books I've read in a while. Usually starting a new series means emptying your brain for a ton of facts and world building dumped on you but it was actually the opposite. The world and characters were really well done.

I love mythology though I don't get much time to get in to it, so I adored that I got to simultaneously read a great book while also reading about the Gods, Olympians, etc.

Percy was a funny yet self aware character and his thoughts made me ugly laugh in the middle of the night and make everyone else think I snorted up some dust. Annabelle and Grover were fun too thought I definitely think they could be developed better.

I also loved the scenes which had the Gods in them, Poseidon, Ares, Hades, etc. They were written really well considering some authors stumble when it comes to writing mythological or powerful characters.

Really fun read!