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So welcome back! Once again thank you so much for all your love and support, it keeps us going. So today I really didn’t know what sort of content you guys would be expecting, so I thought I will review a book.

This is one of my most favourites. It is actually a series, a long and seemingly never ending series… Lol! If you had read my previous entry you might have already guessed the name of the series. If not am giving a one more easier clue… its based on Greek Mythology. Yes! Bingo! I’m talking about the Percy Jackson series. Today I will be reviewing the first book ie. Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief.

Just because it is based on greek myth, it does not mean you should have prior knowledge of it. Its ok if you don’t, you will still understand the story just fine. So a brief synopsis of the story based on just the title is as follows: The lightening bolt which is the weapon of power of Zeus (King of Olympian gods/greek gods) is stolen. Our hero Percy Jackson has to find and return it. But trust me the actual plot is not as simple as that!

Our hero Perseus Jackson is a 12 year old who lives in Manhattan and stays in a boarding school. All seems well till he goes on a field trip to a museum where his math teacher becomes a monster, a fury to be exact and attacks him while accusing him of stealing something. Though he is sure of what he saw, his best friend Grover Underwood, teacher Mr. Brunner and the entire class and school deny the happenings. That night he, Percy overhears them talking about protecting him and the next day, the last day of term, Grover insists on staying with him till he reaches his home. But Percy ditches him. Back at his home, he is with his loving mother Sally Jackson and an abusive step-father, Gabe Ugliano.

Sally and Percy manage to leave for their Montauk  beach house for a holiday. But tragedy strikes there. Percy has bizarre nightmares that night and his friend Grover appears at the front door urging them to leave the beach house immediately. They take Percy to a summer camp that his father wanted him to attend. On the way a minotaur attacks them which only Percy and Grover are able to survive.

Next day Percy finds himself in the camp. He meets many people like Argus, Annabeth (daughter of Athena) who gives him a tour of the camp, Clarisse (daughter of Ares) who tries to bully him but gets splashed with toilet water (read and find out), Luke (son of Hermes), who welcomes him with open arms, Dionysius the god of wine and camp director who gets everyone’s name wrong and many others. Also he comes to know that Grover is a Satyr (a half human and half goat), his teacher Mr. Brunner is Chiron, a Centaur, the teacher of all the Greek heroes and that the Greek gods are very much alive and the myths are real. A shocker for him. For a few days he mingles with the other campers and trains. He gets along well with Luke, Beckendroff (son of Hephaestus), Annabeth and the lot but not so well with Clarisse and her siblings. One night during the game of “Capture the Flag” he gets claimed by his father, Poseidon. Only then does he comes to know about the fall out among the gods.

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Zeus’ symbol of power the lightening bolt is missing. He accuses the son of Poseidon for the thievery. Percy is given the Summer Solstice as the deadline to return the lightening bolt. Meanwhile an unknown entity beckons Percy to the underworld with his mother Sally as the bait. A quest is issued to him with Grover and Annabeth as his fellow questers and Chiron gives him his weapon the Riptide a sword concealed as a ball point pen. Luke also gives them a present, his father Hermes’ magical flying shoe for good luck. In the course of this quest they face off against many enemies and monsters, meet a few friends and get to know more about each other. Percy is also accused of stealing Hades’ symbol of power the Helm of Darkness. Hades also demands that his helm be returned before the summer solstice. With many twists and turns the questers come to know of their true and fake friends. Is Percy the real thief? If yes, why? If no, then who is the thief? Why did they steal the weapon of the gods? Did Percy succeed in his quest? To know the answers for all these questions read and find out!

For easy understanding I’m also including a brief description of the gods that I have mentioned above.

Ares: God of war, Son of Zeus and Hera, Brother of Hephaestus.

Athena: Maiden goddess of wisdom, useful crafts, warfare and war strategy, Daughter of Zeus.

Dionysius: God of wine, grapes, fertility, ritual madness, theatre, religious ecstacy.

Hades: God of the dead, underworld, riches, brother of Zeus (one of the big three)

Hephaestus: God of fire, metal works, forges, sculpture, etc. Son of Zeus and Hera. Brother of Ares.

Hera: Queen of Olympian/Greek gods, goddess of marriage, family, consort of Zeus.

Hermes: The god of messengers, travel, thieves, Son of Zeus.

Poseidon: God of the oceans, earth shaker, storm bringer, Brother of Zeus (one of the big three).

Zeus: King of the Olympian/ Greek gods, God of the sky, lightening and thunder (one of the big three).

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