Now I am not sure why but I have never read the Percy Jackson series. Unless you count the one time I read a single page in the second grade. It didn't draw to me, I was definitely a Harry Potter kid. But after reading again a decade later, I don't know how it took me so long! This is a classic I think I'll come back to for the rest of my life whenever I need a pick-me-up or just bored and need an escape, as I do with my beloved Harry Potter books.