Review: The Staff of Serapis by Rick Riordan

There are two things I want to point out. The first one is that I am a huge fan of Riordan's books, I adore both series about Percy Jackson and I also really liked the Kane chronicles. When I first read the Percy Jackson series, I was blown away with it, because I found it to be different than anything I read before and also really funny and quite interesting. But, with all that, the second thing is that I did not like The Staff of Serapis. I wanted to like it, but I just didn't.

This is a short story in which Annabeth Chase and Sadie Kane meet, so it's a crossover between the Percy Jackson series and the Kane Chronicles. Now, I am not saying this is terrible, but I just didn't do anything to me. I read it quickly, because it was a short story, but I wasn't the least bit intrigued with it. It kind of seemed that the only reason it was written was to please fans who were crazy about a crossover happening, so the whole thing didn't really seem thought through. 

I liked the idea of a crossover, but it all seem a bit strained, like the two girls bonding instantly, and becoming fast friends. It just didn't feel very natural. And the whole story behind it, the god of Alexandria, Serapis, awakening and trying to reclaim his position as the ultimate deity was boring to me.

I wasn't even sure if I should write anything about this, since it's a short story, but I was kind of disappointed in it, and wanted to share that. I found that a lot of people did like it, but to me is just wasn't good and it was really a letdown.