I was totally unprepared to like the Percy Jackson series, just as I was the Harry Potter series. Very pleasant surprises for me!
If you like mythology, it’s so fun to see the tongue-in-cheek modern correlations Riorden does. The entrance to Hades being in L.A. is just funny.
I just love all those updates - Poseidon wears tropical shirts and thongs, Amazon actually being run by Amazon women - Apollo drives a Lamborghini, the wild centaurs party in Fl in a trailer park with horse trailers!- I think that’s my favorite aspect of the books. But do try the Kanes. The Bes parts are really quite funny.