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I am a very big fan of the first book in this trilogy, ("The Shadow Thieves"). After a slow start it really moved into high gear and gave us two heroes who had a great dynamic, a strong plot, fascinating secondary characters and villains, and a very satisfying sense of humor and general good humor throughout the whole project.

This sequel falls below that standard in almost all respects. Almost nothing happens through the first quarter of the book. Zee pretty much doesn't exist as a character at all. The first half of the book is mostly griping by Charlotte about her parents and about how permanently grounded she has been because of her unexplained absences during the action from the first book. In fact, pretty much everything Charlotte does is complain and mope.

When the book does get going it consists mostly of cartoonish behavior by the few gods who make appearances. The first book had a lot of fun mythology and some very sly plotting. This one isn't even mythology-lite and once you learn Poseidon the Sea God is the number two Olympian after Zeus you've pretty much learned everything you're going to learn. There really is no actual plot until some action in the last fifty pages of the book.

There are some funny set scenes and some snappy dialogue, but just not enough to carry a whole book. I'd suggest reading "The Shadow Thieves", because it really is remarkably good. But this followup is for diehard fans only, and even they will probably be disappointed.


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The Siren Song The Cronus Chronicles Anne Ursu Eric Fortune 9781416905905 Books Reviews

5 stars I love it, it is a more old version of the Percy Jackson series 1
and more adventurous and heartbeating
I bought this book due to mainly curiosity concerning my 11 year old granddaughter who had read it previously. I am in my 60's and I found this book fascinating!
i read to my young son every night. We both are enjoying the story of two kids going up against immortals. Glad they are winning so far.
Exactly as expected.
These books just keep getting better. I loved the story and sense of humor. My one disappointment was that the book delivered didn't have the dust jacket shown. It had new artwork which didn't match the other books I have from the series.
This second installment in the Cronus Chronicles carries Zee and Charlotte on to new adventures, ever more dire decisions and we get to meet more Greek gods, particularly Poseidon. Philonecron is always, thankfully, about trying to wreak havoc and get his revenge on poor Charlotte.

The only low spot here was the romance element thrown in - I could have gladly done without it.
Again - I am a grandmother reading and discussing this with a granddaughter. She loves the series so far. This book in the series (2) tells the story of Charlotte who in the 1st book saved the world. She is grounded because her parents think she was disobeying them when she and her cousin Zee were keeping the world safe from the gods.
This time she saves her parents and a ship full of other adults from Posiden. How she gets into the predicament and how she gets out of it is what makes the story exciting.
I am a very big fan of the first book in this trilogy, ("The Shadow Thieves"). After a slow start it really moved into high gear and gave us two heroes who had a great dynamic, a strong plot, fascinating secondary characters and villains, and a very satisfying sense of humor and general good humor throughout the whole project.

This sequel falls below that standard in almost all respects. Almost nothing happens through the first quarter of the book. Zee pretty much doesn't exist as a character at all. The first half of the book is mostly griping by Charlotte about her parents and about how permanently grounded she has been because of her unexplained absences during the action from the first book. In fact, pretty much everything Charlotte does is complain and mope.

When the book does get going it consists mostly of cartoonish behavior by the few gods who make appearances. The first book had a lot of fun mythology and some very sly plotting. This one isn't even mythology-lite and once you learn Poseidon the Sea God is the number two Olympian after Zeus you've pretty much learned everything you're going to learn. There really is no actual plot until some action in the last fifty pages of the book.

There are some funny set scenes and some snappy dialogue, but just not enough to carry a whole book. I'd suggest reading "The Shadow Thieves", because it really is remarkably good. But this followup is for diehard fans only, and even they will probably be disappointed.