In a word: awesome. While it didn't have the laugh-out-loud comedy of the Percy Jackson books, it still had those comedic parts, along with the epic awesomeness that made the Percy Jackson series great. And our heroes we had grown to love are going to play quite a big role in this series! Really, it doesn't seem like this follow-up is going to disappoint. I'm already counting down the days until Son of Neptune comes out!