The Byzantium Bazaar

Bridie is lost. Bridie is confused. Bridie is surprised. And Bridie is helped. Not necessarily in that order...

As Bridie travels through the sinister and cold streets of the eerie city that she has come across, Bridie seems to find the help and friendship she needs in the unlikeliest places! As she travels through places she and her 'upright' Aunt Dolly would have never thought 'proper', she finds herself being useful to the Byzantium Bazaar, the home of many animals without homes! As she comes across the wicked Crickbones twins whom have taken over her grandfather's yard and forced him from his home! As Bridie travels around looking for him, she seems to make friends with everything she comes across- even the animals she comes to take care of! Most important of all is Shah of the Byzantium Bazaar. As Amos and Deakin make things complicated for Bridie and her new-found friends, it's up to Bridie to make them right and restore order to the world she knew before.

Stephen Elboz creates a world of mystery and sinister energy. As Bridie plows on and on through the cluster of deep troubles that block her way to her grandfather, she seems to finally understand the true meaning of friendship, loyalty, and trust.

*** I give this book a 9.5 out of 10! Amazing book...***

The Son of Neptune

This book by Rick Riordan can perform magic on it's own. As Rick Riordan pulls the reader into the adventure of the brainwashed Percy Jackson, Hazel, who's supposed to be dead, and Frank, who's life belongs to a piece of wood, you can feel the pressure and action this adventure takes on. As the sequel of the Lost Hero, it's bound to be exciting!

As Percy and his newmade friends from Camp Jupiter make their way to Alaska to terminate the giant Alcyoneus. As things get tight between friendships, survival, greed, and well, death, they find that their loyalty and secrets run deeper than they thought. As Camp Jupiter and Camp Half-Blood get closer together than ever, history is being written- again. Gaea is rising, possibly bringing the end of the gods and goddesses, yet the goddesses and gods are being as unhelpful as ever. The fall or rise of Gaea lies in the demi-gods' hands. Yet without help from above (yes, and below, can't forget Pluto (Hades)), that kind of task is nearly impossible. Yet they all have secrets that they want to keep from each other. Frank's life is weirdly dependent on a piece of firewood, Hazel is a girl from very long ago, and Percy isn't even from this camp. As a story of loss, regret, and forgiveness unravels, they meet Death in a innumerable about of turns. Percy and his friends' lives are threatened at every moment, every hour, and every day. It seems unlikely that they will make it out of this quest with their lives.

Rick Riordan humors us with the adventurous tale of Percy Jackson, the Olympians, and his friends again. It is an amazing book for readers that want something exciting!

*** I give this book a 8.75 out of 10!***