The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians book 5)

In the fifth, and final book in this series, the evil Titan, Kronos, and his army has risen and become very strong. After driving many half-bloods out of camp, Kronos is looking to destroy Olympus now. In order to fight the Titans, Percy must bathe in the River Styx, in the underworld, to become strong. He does this, and he is ready to fight. Percy and his friends from camp half-blood go to New York City, to the Empire State building, which is the secret home of Olympus. 

    Percy figures out that he "is not the hero". This means that he will not be the destined one to kill Kronos.  During the fight, Kronos occasionally shifts back to Luke. What I mean by that, is this: because Kronos took Luke's body, Luke is still deep down struggling to get out. Sometimes Kronos, inhabiting Luke's body, will falter. His eyes change from Titan gold, to Luke's blue. his voice changes and he says things as Luke. In the end, Luke ends up killing himself, which means that he is also killing Kronos. 

      The book series was absolutely fabulous. They were all action-packed page-turners, with comedy too. These books are also very educational because they taught me all about Greek Mythology, and the gods and the ancient stories. I loved this book series so much. 

The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians book 4)

     In the fourth book in the series about the demigod Percy and his friends, Kronos, the evil Titan, has formed an army and his army is rising. In this book, Kronos takes a human form. Kronos steals Luke, percy's enemy, and inhabits his body.
     In this novel, Percy and a few of his friends must go into the infamous confusing labyrinth, built by Daedalus, made to drive people who enter crazy. There is an entrance to the Labyrinth at camp Half-Blood, so Kronos and his army have a goal to invade camp that way. The only way that the army can navigate the maze is to get help from Daedalus himself. So Percy and his friends must get to Daedalus first, and convince him not to help the evil ones. In the maze, they have near-death experiences, intense battles, and they find the lost god. One of Percy's friends, Grover, is on a search for the nature god, Pan, who had disappeared eons ago. Pan tells them that he wants to be dead, so Grover should send the message to everyone.
     The end of the book leaves you at a cliffhanger, knowing that when Kronos is strong enough, he will attack Olympus, the home of all the gods.

Dial L For Loser by Lisi Harrison

This is the 6th book in The Clique series, that follows Massie Block, and her clique: Dylan, Kristen, Alicia, and Kuh-laire. In this book, Massie and the girls get invited to L.A. to audition for a movie, "Dial L For Loser". Dylan and Kristen are left behind. Surprisingly, Claire gets the starring role, leaving Massie and Alicia in a mixture of anger and awe. After all, the role they wanted was the role of a loser, and Alicia was too beautiful, and Massie was too confident. Fuming, Massie and Alicia want to get right back to Westchester, until an offer comes up. Dylan's mother, Meri-Lee, has a show of her own, "The Daily Grind", and Alicia and Massie are the newest members on the set. When the shooting is over, and Massie's and Alicia's gig is over, the girls go home together and realize how important true best friends are, instead of fake friends, in Hollywood.
I would recommend this to anybody who likes fun page-turners, and loser-becomes-accepted stories.

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

        Belly and her family have been going to Cousins beach every summer for as long as she can remember. After all, it's her favorite place, with her favorite people: her sweet and caring mother, Laurel, her funny brother, Steven, and her mother's best friend, Susannah. Susannah's children, Jeremiah and Conrad, are Belly's friends too. Belly has been in love with Conrad for years, and Jeremiah was her friend for ever, but this summer at Cousins is different. Belly is older, and maturing beautifully, and she receives different attention from Jeremiah. She meets a new guy, Cam, whom she likes, but her heart belongs to Conrad. It all comes down to the intense question of "Whom will she end up with?"
       I loved this book, because I love romantic comedy stories. This was a novel that I felt like I could really relate to, and I could understand Belly and what she was going through. The author, Jenny Han, does a great job of developing Belly's character.
      I would recommend this book to anybody who likes touching stories about love and friendship.

The Titan's Curse (Percy jackson and the Olympians book 3)

      Percy's friend Grover, the satyr, discovers more half-blood children. When Percy, Annabeth, and Thalia (daughter of Zeus, former pine tree) try to help mysterious Bianca and Nico di Angelo, they get attacked by a vicious manticore, which is a lion-like monster. During the fight, Annabeth falls off of a cliff and is mysteriously gone. 

   Artemis, the goddess of the hunt and the moon, visits camp half-blood with her immortal huntresses. Bianca di Angelo, the newly discovered half-blood joins her group of hunters. Percy and his friends discover that while Artemis was hunting, she had been captured. Zoe, the head of Artemis's hunters, Bianca di Angelo, Percy, Thalia, and Grover go on a quest to save Artemis. 

     Percy saves an Ophiotaurus, which is half sea-serpent and half cow. Later, he discovers that this creature he has nick-names "Bessie" could destroy Olympus. 

        With help from Apollo, the god of the sun, and Artemis’s twin brother,  the five get to New Mexico. There, Percy meets with Aphrodite, the godess of love, who tells Percy to focus on finding Annabeth. In New Mexico, Percy meets a mortal girl, Rachel, who saves Percy's life.

      They continue to a mountain, where they see Artemis, holding the weight of the sky, which is the Titan Atlas's job. They discover that Annabeth had been holding the sky earlier, after she had been kidnapped. During an intense battle between Atlas, and Zoe the hunter, Atlas's daughter, Percy must withstand the Titan's curse of holding the sky. 

   In the end of the book, Artemis is freed and Annabeth gets back to camp safely!