In 2005, the first Percy Jackson book, The Lightning Thief, written by Rick Riordan, was published. Four books followed in the series: The Sea of Monsters (2006), The Titan's Curse (2007), The Battle of the Labyrinth (2008), and The Last Olympian (2009). Begun as a bedtime story for his son, Riordan's story of Percy Jackson, a seemingly normal twelve-year-old boy who discovers that he is a demigod (a half god), son of a god of Olympus, has exploded into a worldwide phenomenon.
The first two books in the series were New York Times bestselling books, and these two titles (The Lightning Thief and The Sea of Monsters) are the ones most people are aware of. Everyone knows these books because they have both been made into movies for the silver screen. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief was released in 2010 and follows Percy and his friends (a satyr and a daughter of Athena) around the United States on the search for the all-powerful bolt of Zeus and the Lightning Thief himself.
What has occurred most recently is the release of the highly anticipated second movie, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. The movie opened in theaters on August 7, 2013. In this film, Percy now lives at Camp Half-Blood. He's training to be the best demigod he can be, but his schooling is interrupted when the safety barrier to the camp is disturbed. An invisible protective wall surrounds the camp and keeps out any intruders who are not demigods. It formed seven years prior with the death of a student, Thalia, who, when she got killed by an evil intruder, grew into a tree from which this barrier extends.
Fast-forward to the present, and during Percy's lunch with his newly recognized family member, a giant mechanical bull charges the camp, breaking the protective wall down for good. Many students attempt to defeat the bull, but at last, it is Percy who saves the day and finds the bull's weakness. To restore Thalia's tree, Percy and his friends set out on a quest to find the Golden Fleece, which they can use to heal her and fix the barrier.
I won't give away any more of the plot, but I can tell you that I was thoroughly entertained. The first film is easily one of my favorite movies of all time, so my expectations were quite high when I walked into the theater. It was funny, exciting, and interesting the whole way through. I personally prefer the first one over this, but that might just be because it's the original, and I've seen it more often. I still, however, very much loved Sea of Monsters, and if you're a fan of Percy Jackson or mythology, you're guaranteed to enjoy it as well!
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