In The Son of Neptune, the main character’s name is Percy Jackson, a half-human half-god (or demigod) living on the run. He eventually finds his way to a Roman camp for half-bloods like him, hidden in the United States. There’s just one problem - he can’t seem to remember anything about his past, except for one name: Annabeth. The book is mainly about him and two of his friends from camp going on a quest to stop the evil forces of Roman mythology, specifically a giant named Alcyoneus who has been brought to the mortal world and captured the god of death. During the time that the three go to Alaska, the giant's homeland, and try to stop him, Percy begins to uncover what he has forgotten...and who he really is.

 In my opinion, The Son of Neptune is well-written, engaging, and full of enjoyable moments, whether it be humor or action or courage from the characters. It is written for the teenage crowd, and is rather long and contains advanced language so it would be difficult for younger readers to understand. It was an interesting perspective to be reading it in, because as the readers we know who Percy really is because we've read the previous series but are still interested to watch him uncover it again. To be honest, the last book of the Heroes of Olympus series (The Blood of Olympus) is the best out of the five, but The Son of Neptune isn’t very far behind. The ending very well sets up the third book, The Mark of Athena (Greek goddess, hint, hint), and makes you want to continue reading the series, while the book itself is humorous, satisfying, and awesome all the way through.

Scarlet is based off of the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood, except in a futuristic setting. In the story, the main character Scarlet is living in a town in France called Rieux. Her grandmother had gone missing, and she will do anything to find her. Scarlet eventually encounters a street fighter named Wolf, and when she realizes that he might know where her grandmother is, the two of them set out to find her. The question is: what is Wolf’s real relationship with Scarlet’s grandmother Michelle, and who, in truth, is he?

I truly enjoyed this book and it was interesting to see the author intertwine the different fairy tales she used (the first book was about the fairy tale Cinderella, and the characters from this book reappear in Scarlet, everyone determined to bring downfall to the evil queen Levana, the leader of the Lunar people who live on the moon - no-longer humans that traveled there and made it their home). Scarlet has a relatively difficult reading level, so you would have to be a rather advanced reader to fully understand it. However, I fully enjoyed both books, Scarlet more than the other (which I would advise reading previously to understand Scarlet fully), and am extremely excited to continue the series (the Lunar Chronicles).