This is the second book in the Percy Jackson series; which Rebecca and I both think is almost an exact copy of the structure of the Harry Potter series. Just in a mythology setting. But that doesn't make this a bad book: instead, the story keeps itself under control and poses some interesting plot conundrums which make this story a well written children's tale.
For all Harry Potter has going for itself, I have one soapbox that I never fail to raise: there are more tangents in those books than there is in the Pirates movies or in Spiderman 3. Good stories aren't told by giving you the kitchen sink and expecting you to sort things out, but by controlling the rhetoric of the piece.
That said (this isn't a Harry Potter rant page), Sea of Monsters is a good continuation of Percy Jackson's story, although I remember being a little more attached to the first story (read: on edge) than this one.
Percy meets his new friend, Tyson, who also happens to be a cyclops. They end up at camp half-blood and things are bad back at camp. Thalia's tree has been poisoned and someone needs to save it or there won't be many heroes left. So, naturally Percy leaves with Annabeth to save the day. And try and figure out what Kronos' (read: Voldemort) plans within plans are.
The San Jose public library system doesn't let us keep books for very long so we always have to chew through them quickly, without much of a chance to digest. Overall, this book was fun and entertaining, without being obsessed with itself.
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