Truly the trio of all time.

Reading the book felt like coming home after a long and tiring day. I think the last Percy Jackson book I read was in 2014, so it has been almost 10 years since I last saw the character. Chalice of the Gods is about nostalgia. It is about missing simpler times from your childhood and missing the simplicity of youth but at the same time learning to embrace the fact that we all have to grow up. Rick Riordan writes about accepting the fact that childhood might be over but you have your entire life in front of you and how amazing is that! I loved how emotionally evocative Riordan was in showing Percy making peace with the fact that growing old is not the worst thing to happen to you, especially when it's a chance to spend your life with the people you love. Percy rejecting the gods' offer of immortality in The Last Olympian is such an integral part of his character and I'm really glad it was dissected even more here. I was not expecting to be crying over a PJO book in 2023 at 3 am but the world works in funny ways.

I missed these characters a lot, partly because they were such a big part of my childhood and we are always looking back to the "good old days" and it can be hard looking old age in the eye and saying "I see you, and I see how wonderful you are". The way Riordan puts that into perspective in terms of immortality for the Greek gods is wonderful. Glad to say that these books and these characters have not lost their magic. Truly a timeless classic.

I am really glad I picked this up, and I would encourage other fans of the PJO series to check this out, I'm sure you will love it as much as I did. Now begins the wait for the TV adaption...