Review: Fantastic Read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 25, 2012
Truthfully, I knew this book was going to be good.  I'd had the pleasure of reading the first in the series by Carter before, and you can read my review of it in the link at the top of the page.  I loved it.  As I mentioned before, I'm always on the look-out for fiction I can pass on to my kids.I'm not above children's and mid-grade fiction myself.  Believe me, I devoured the Harry Potter series like nothing, I chuckle to this day at the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, and Narnia will always be one of my favorite escapes.Eli Arnold, in my humble (or not so humble) opinion, fits along comfortably and happily in my library of children's books.  The main character himself is smarmy, even more-so in this book as he's gaining his foothold in the crazy adventures that lie ahead of him, but it's the smarmy that I see today with my twelve-year-old son when he discovers he's better at something than I am.  Which, to my great dismay, happens more than I want to admit.I have a massive soft-spot for mythology, so getting to read this adventure dealing with mythos and legends was even more exciting for me than the first book.  We're immediately introduced to a Cyclopes and the book just rushes forward from there,Normally the start to a series can be kind of rough, but Carter managed to find his writing groove with book one, and it only gets better from there on out.  If you like this genre, or have kids who are avid readers, get this book, it's very much worth it! I'm rating it five stars firmly and I can't wait to get my hands on book three!