Review: Demigods & Magicians: Percy and Annabeth Meet the Kanes

Demigods & Magicians: Percy and Annabeth Meet the Kanes by Rick Riordan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I read the first of these 3 stories in the Kane's series but it was nice to remember the time when Percy and Carter met while battling the Son of Sobek. At first I thought that this stories diverted from the main theme of Riordan's books: Mythology; and focused on the demigods and magicians meeting just for the sake of it. But I was wrong, this was another opportunity for us to learn about Mythology and how Ptolomey tried to merge Greek and Egiptian gods into a new cult. The characters themselves share similarities and work together perfectly to assure that Setne does not become a god. Percy is questined for his decision of rejecting godhood.
I sometimes forget that Percy and Annabeth are around 17 years old... the same with the Kanes, and I also forget some of the details of their previous quests. Here they revisit some characters from the Kane's Chronicles mainly, the story is driven by what we have read about the Egiptian gods. Nonetheless, greek words and magic is important for the development of the actions, and I loved Percy calling chicken to Carter because of his avatar of Horus. I wonder if the fact that Percy has been used as channeling for a vulture egiptian goddess will change him in any way? I guess I'd have to keep on reading Riordan's works to find out.
As all that Rick Riordan writes, is a delicious reading for me, still, I did not like much the drawings of the boys and girls because I think their faces were not well drawn, but it was a nice touch to have some color pages in there, just to remember how the characters look like.

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