Stop that, I told my brain. Also, the wedding is tomorrow, said my brain. Get out of my head. My brain refused to get out of my head. Inconsiderate brain. It took me quite a while to get into this book again. Once again, the chapter titles are amazing and the randomness of specific things annoyed me in the second book as well (for example Blitzen working on the bowling bag, the tournament against the giants that followed…) It’s can be a bit too much. I’m also starting to get annoyed by his portrayal of the Gods. However, as soon as the wedding came near, the book started to pick up pace and I was absolutely intrigued. What I liked most about this book was Alex. Alex was SUCH an interesting character and I love it that Riordan included a gender fluid character in a children’s book! With Alex being a child of Loki, it makes a lot of sense. I CAN’T WAIT FOR MAGNUS TO MEET PERCY Also, I ship Magnus and Alex so hard.