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sersi 's review for:
The Son of Sobek
by Rick Riordan
Having loved the Kane Chronicles and Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Heroes of Olympus, while good, hasn’t ~enchanted me thus far), I was really excited for this. A short story officially crossing over Rick’s Egyptian and Greek/Roman universes…
So, yeah, my expectations were fairly high. And while the plot of this story is kind of just there, it still managed to meet a lot of them. By making the incredibly set-up, excuse for a crossover nature of the story part of the plot itself, Riordan manages to somewhat mitigate its weaknesses. In terms of the character side of things, Percy and Carter’s interactions are quite fun, even if I’m not sure I like the power imbalance that seems to have been set up. (Assuming we actually get a full crossover series, I’m really hoping that this turns out to a product more of Carter being a flop/off his game than anything larger). Further, the ending seems like a pretty clear declaration of a larger crossover book/series sometimes in the near future, which YAY.
In short: Fun, but fairly inconsequential bit of fan service excepting, of course, its promise of something bigger/better in the future.
So, yeah, my expectations were fairly high. And while the plot of this story is kind of just there, it still managed to meet a lot of them. By making the incredibly set-up, excuse for a crossover nature of the story part of the plot itself, Riordan manages to somewhat mitigate its weaknesses. In terms of the character side of things, Percy and Carter’s interactions are quite fun, even if I’m not sure I like the power imbalance that seems to have been set up. (Assuming we actually get a full crossover series, I’m really hoping that this turns out to a product more of Carter being a flop/off his game than anything larger). Further, the ending seems like a pretty clear declaration of a larger crossover book/series sometimes in the near future, which YAY.
In short: Fun, but fairly inconsequential bit of fan service excepting, of course, its promise of something bigger/better in the future.