"Wrath of the Triple Goddess" by Rick Riordan

Wrath of the Triple Goddess (Sept. 24, 2024) by Rick Riordan.

<This is the second novel in a sub-series.>

<This is the seventh novel in a series.>

To earn his next letter of recommendation for New Rome University, all Percy Jackson has to do is pet-sit Hecate’s babies. (She’s the Greek goddess of magic, crossroads and necromancy and also ghosts, nighttime and manipulating the Mist.) Those not-actual-babies include a hellhound called Hecuba, a gassy polecat named Gale and four mischievous eels dubbed Larry, Fortunato, Bigwig and Janet. Percy, Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood get to know the terrifying animals and set themselves up at The Manse, Gramercy Park West. There are bathrooms that don’t make sense (one’s toilet is on the ceiling, but the shower works normally, and in another, the shower sprays sideways at the toilet), conflicting door knockers (“Wait! We work fine! PORK RINDS!”) and a strawberry-flavored potion in Hecate’s lab that Grover can’t resist despite its being off-limits. Chaos ensues. The mansion is in shambles, Hecuba and Gale are missing, and they’ve forgotten to cancel the Halloween party that they invited their Camp Half-Blood friends to (they’re in a mansion, after all, how could they not throw a massive Halloween party?). They must retrieve Hecate’s fur babies and restore the mansion by Saturday, lest they be incinerated by the Triple Goddess (Maiden, Mother, Crone). They’re going to need all of their demigod craftiness, luck, friends and reluctant ghosts to set things to rights.

            Chaos tornado. That is so often Percy Jackson’s life. All he needs are two more recommendation letters. Surely Hermes would help him out? (He would’ve, actually.) This newest from Riordan is full of rip-roaring adventure, glass-always-full action and the over-the-top drama that we so readily expect from gods, goddesses and anything associated with them. The seventh novel in the Percy Jackson series and the second in The Senior Year Adventures sub-series will have readers laughing aloud with its humor and cheering for our heroes.  Like all of Riordan’s stories, this one is highly entertaining and is an excellent reminder of the importance of friendship.

            Percy Jackson: Books 1-5

            Book 6 / The Senior Year Adventures Book 1: The Chalice of the Gods