Rick Riordan never disappoints with his rip-roaring humor, and giving Leo that gift really pleased me. Leo's now my favorite character, because he's a silly and hilarious Steve Jobs character. Who doesn't love a Steve Jobs/tech genius character who drives the perfect and flawless hero and his beautiful beauty queen girlfriend insane with his annoyingness and rip-roaring humor in adventure books? 
 But about girlfriends: from the start, there's stuff about romance. [Groans.] No. Just no. Save the sappy time for later, thank you very much. A little cute romance is okay, but definitely not any "All that sappy time we supposedly had was a dream? [Sobs.] Does he really love me, then? My whole life has just been destroyed" or "Does he love me? Does he love other girls? I really wanna be his girlfriend, so I hope he really wants to be my boyfriend" stuff. PLEASE. Yeah, this book is for kids who're just starting to figure out what crushes, boyfriends and girlfriends, and dates literally are, but please don't overdo the romance. It gets super annoying after awhile.