Rick Riordan has written another great installment in the Percy Jackson saga. I liked the new characters that he introduced, and I liked the returning characters I already knew. I am looking forward to see how the two camps of demigods work together.

Just finished listening to it 2 days ago and loved it. I was a bit disappointed he left out something I wanted to catch the camps reaction through instead skipping the reaction and and starting right on the argument. And still don't like the narrator, but could be worse, they could have used Sam Tsoutsouvas still can't stand to even listen to his narration. And I think this book was much better than the first of the series. I was getting worried near the end that he just gave up advancing Percy and it was just going to be about the other character surprising skills.

I can't wait for the next book. I hope this time we get Annabeth's point of view. It is looking like she might be the seventh but it is hard to tell, I hope so. It also seems like Gaea may use her to blackmail Percy or something like that.

Loved the story, great listen while traveling. Once again Mr Riordan does not disappoint.

Joshua Swanson does need to work on his range, but he has definitely made improvements since The Lost Hero (Book 1). Many of those passages sounded computer generated, a quality not found in this performance. Perfection would be nice, but improvement is good enough for now.

A big issue with audio books is that when you have a book that isn't in first person and only one reader it tends to not work on it's own without the book to read along. Actors like Swanson don't have much range in voicing so many of the characters sound like the same ones from the first book.

Outside of that the story is solid if only a little disappointing since my expectations were too high, and Swanson does well enough to make it worth the use of a credit, though I don't reccomend it to anyone who isn't a member getting at least a reduced price since this audio book isn't worth over 30 dollars.

The Wonderful Story

Everything I have been waiting years for this book to come out

His terrible character voices

The Very Very End

So many character quirks, granted that's what happens when you have a god for a parent!

I love these stories and how they follow Percy Jackson storyline, but not it's no all about him. there are 7!!

I really enjoyed the production on this. The story was very strong but the nearly seamless editing job made listening to this a treat. Swanson’s voice seemed to be recorded from the same distance from the mic. I wasn’t able to tell if what I was listening to was recorded at the beginning or end of the day. Swanson also was able to capture differences in intensity and energy without getting extremely loud. It wasn’t perfect, there were very few moments where the words were mushed together and a couple of times where the audio jumped slightly but that could have easily been from my headphones.

This is the second book in this series I've listened to. I was a little concerned starting out that I wouldn't be able to finish it because of the narrator (he's not bad, I'm just used to a different voice actor). Swanson did a good job. His voice added to the excitement of the story and his acting was really good. His voices were consistent and I could always tell who was talking. The only reason I have this 4 stars instead of 5 is because of the length and pace. This story seemed to drag on. I like details, but there's something to be said for getting to the point. Other than that, so far this has been a good series. I can't wait to share it with my son.

This book is absurd it’s so good it’s just like absolutely ridiculous awesome job rick riorda