I try very hard to be annoying! Don't insult my ability to annoy!
Well … Zeus approves, Aeolus muttered. He says … he says it would be better if you could avoid saving her until after the weekend, because he has a big party planned—Ow! That‘s Aphrodite yelling at hi...
What are these guys? He whisperedCanadians, Percy said. Frank leaned away from him. Excuse me?Uh, no offense, Percy said. That's what Annabeth called them when I fought them before. She said they live...
Eternity with Artemis? He heaved a big sigh.Thalia rolled her eyes. You satyrs. You're all in love with Artemis. Don't you get that she'll never love you back?But she's so…into nature, Grover swooned....
And there, shimmering in the Mist right next to us, was the last person I wanted to see: Mr. D, wearing his leopard-skin jogging suit and rummaging through the refrigerator. He looked up lazily. Do yo...
Frank couldn't breathe underwater.But where was he?Percy turned in a full circle. Nothing. Then he glanced up. Hovering above him was a giant goldfish. Frank had turned -clothes, backpack, and all- in...
Um... Hazel faltered. You mean you won't... you're not going to- Claim your life? Thantos asked. Well, let's see... He pulled a pure-black iPad from thin air. Death, tapped the screen a few times, an...
People usually asked her if she had a belly button. Of course she had a belly button. She couldn't explain how. She didn't really want to know.
Zoe ordered the Hunters to start loading. She picked up her camping pack, and Apollo said, Here, sweetheart. Let me get that.Zoe recoiled. Her eyes flashed murderously.Brother, Artemis chided. You do...
I'm so glad you're here, Aphrodite said. War is coming. Bloodshed is inevitable. So there's really only one thing to do.Uh... and that is? Annabeth ventured.Why, have tea and chat, obviously
Hermes gazed up at the stars. My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. It doesn't matter...
His face was gaunt, scraped and bloody, his hair dusted with cobwebs, but when he locked eyes with her, she thought he had never looked more handsome.Percy & Annabeth
Grover Underwood of the satyrs! Dionysus called.Grover came forward nervously.Oh, stop chewing your shirt, Dionysus chided. Honestly, I'm not going to blast you. For your bravery and sacrifice, blah,...
Nothing can slow them down, Leo mused. I wonder... What? Jason asked. Leo looked at the dwarfs. I'll make you a deal. Akmon's eyes lit up. Thirty percent? We'll leave you all the treasure, Leo said, e...
Jason took me by the shoulders—not out of anger, or in a clinging way, but as a brother. Promise me one thing. Whatever happens, when you get back to Olympus, when you’re a god again, remember. Rememb...
Piper McLean, [Annabeth] grumbled, that was without a doubt the dumbest risk I've ever seen anyone take, and I date a dumb risk-taker.
Piper was maybe the most impressive. She fenced with the giantess Periboia, sword against sword. Despite the fact that her opponent was five times larger, Piper seemed to be holding her own. The godde...
That's what being a demigod was all about, not quite belonging in the mortal world or on Mount Olympus but trying to make peace with both sides of their nature.
You do know how to play pinochle? Mr. D eyed me suspiciously.I'm afraid not, I said.I'm afraid not, sir, he said.Well, he told me, it is, along with gladiator fighting and Pac-Man, one of the greatest...
Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood.