I loved the action in this book. Typical fantastic writing and originality by Riordan. The only thing that still got me was the lack of differentiation between Carter and Sadie's POVs. I still had trouble figuring out who was narrating unless I flipped back to the beginning of the chapter or they mentioned the other sibling by name. It would be nice to have a little more obvious changes in personality or thoughts. I loved Bes, and the hippo lady, and senile Ra. Can't wait to read the final book!