Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 1: The Sword of Summer

Honestly, I went into this book expecting exactly what I got: A rehash of every single plotline he's done. Except now, he getting into the political arena, and honestly, the book wasn't that great. People worship Riordan, because of the huge hits that PJO , the Heroes of Olympus, and The Kane Chronicles were. This book left a lot to be wanted. Making the gods, especially Thor, jokes, seemed to me to be a cheap plot device, and made me long for the days of Are, and the battle on the beach. The characters were not even slightly interesting, and completely unrelatable. Come on, at least the Argo 2 group actually fought. This series seems to be just running around doing random things, and the fights are way off from his usual work. But, everyone treats Riordan like another Stephanie Meyers.

This book is full of cliches and full of really predictable plot twists. The author uses a lot of concepts and schemes from prior books yet makes little attempt to hide him ripping himself off. Not to mention he makes the grave error of trying to be hip and even worse he makes the old mistake of making references that are supposed to be jokes just because they reference something that exists in real life. If you really like Riodens other books and want more of the same thing go ahead.

I expected more. I really love some characters (only three tbh) but not the main one. He's just a rehash of Kane and Jackson. The story left something to be desired, read like he was bored when writing it, ending seemed rushed, and I hated how he made all the gods of this book seem like jokes - he didn't do that in the previous two myth series so it seems incredibly disrespectful. Will read the second book to see if things get better but I'm not holding my breath.