It wasn't too bad. I think it was littered with too many pop culture references. It's something that places the book directly in the here and now but restrains it from being timeless. I think the concept is cool. I like the idea of gods and demigods since I've always been interested in paganism. However, the writing just wasn't as good as I was expecting. There were a couple of chapters that I wanted to rip out, hand back to the author and tell him to make it better. Overall, I think it's a good storyline even though it didn't have me compelled enough to want to read the second one.