It was hilarious watching Annabeth with Sadie. Her path crosses with that of Sadie Kane - Carter's sister - and they join forces to stop the rise of Serapis.
A funky monster catches her attention in the subway station - a strange blending for Greek and Egyptian - so using that big brain of hers, Annabeth deduces that it's somehow related to Percy's adventures a month earlier with some Egyptian guy and resolves to take care of it. The Staff of Serapis was the second novella and told from the pov of Annabeth. It was funny, it was exciting and I immediately wanted more! It was made clear that they are different but neither of them is better or worse for being/not being the child of a god. I loved how, despite being super short, the Son of Sobek highlighted the strengths and weakness of both characters and didn't elevate one above the other. (Little Percy Jackson has grown into one kick ass dude and I love him.) It was told from the pov of Carter and I almost died in happiness at seeing Percy through his eyes. The story was pretty basic - giant crocodile terrorising an area - but it provided all that was needed to introduce both worlds while opening the door to future co-operation. Up first was the Son of Sobek - a kick-ass adventure featuring Carter Kane and Percy Jackson. I've been super excited at the thought of the Egyptian magicians meeting the Greek demigods since Carter's uncle Amos made a comment about "Manhatten having its own problems" - all the way back in the first book of the Kane Chronicles - and the meeting of the two worlds didn't disappoint! However! You get used to it pretty quickly and the content of the novellas more than made up for any complaints about the narration. Soothing and nice but not what you'd expect of an audiobook. It was like being read a bedtime story by your dad. The Kane Chronicles have amazingly talented narrators and therefore I was gutted to find out the narrator for these novellas was none other than Rick Riordan himself and while he didn't do a bad job - in that they were easy to listen to - he didn't do a great job either. First up, I need to say that I started listening to this novella collection immediately after finishing the Kane Chronicles.
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