With what looks to be five books planned in a new series by Rick Riordan, people have some good fantasy ahead of them.

I just finished the first installment in this new series and must say that I am pleased with the story line.  New characters, new aspects of mythology and a third series revolving around those principles.  Rick Riordan has got a really hot topic and something working for him with all three of his series.

In this series we are introduced to the Roman versions of the mythological gods.  With the Roman aspects of these gods, we also get a new class of “evil god.”  Book one takes off from the final prophecy in the Percy Jackson series and brings three new demigods as the central focus.  I like the powers of these new demigods.  I also like the personalities of each.  Rick has done a great job of illustrating their characteristics without making them sound too much like heroes from prior books.

I did not like the grammatical problems constantly repeated throughout this book.  The same thing happened in the Percy Jackson series and got better with each book.  This is not an issue with the dialog but more to do with editing.  An example would be “Jason sat to next to the tree.”  Stuff like that is easily skipped by many people but sticks out like a sore thumb to me.

Overall, I highly recommend the book if you enjoy mythology and fantasy.