This book was great. There was the usual jokes and gags. Sadie was caught up in boy trouble as she had to try and choose between Anubis and Walt. Apophis is rising and only the Kanes and their few allies can stop him. Worst of all, they have to trust the evil uncle Vinnie (Sadie's words, not mine). He is actually known as Setne. He reminds me of Hermes and his children, but he's a really eeeevil version.
The book was really well written, as usual. I had seen the Walt thing coming but wow! Ra was amazing! Ra ra ra ra ra! Roma- roma ma! And ooh... Sadie and Anubis, sitting in a graveyard... K-I-S-S-I-N-G! Love them! I really like Walt too. Man I had not expected Riordan to use a love triangle. And man he totally did a Melissa Marr with this triangle! Read the Wicked Lovely series and this to figure out what I mean.
Funniest god in this one was probably Neith and her Jelly Babies conspiracy. Oh only Sadie Kane could convince someone of that. And of course Carter has his own problems what with Zia. And aww... Felix is so cute. I love the way he uses penguins to fight his battles. But I would have really liked to know which god he would follow the path of.
I heard someone say that the Kane Chronicles was like a fake Percy Jackson. That is a lie. There are a lot of similarities: the same writing style, the fact that it is an adaptation on a mythology, and that it's the whole GOOD vs EVIL. But the characters are different. The adventures are different. For one, it is not restricted simply to America. These two go everywhere: Egypt, Russia, America, England. Must be fun, and life-threatening to be a Kane.
So important question:
WHO LIKES ZEBRAS? AND ARE YOU TEAM WALT OR TEAM ANUBIS?