Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Here is what Amazon says about the book:

Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school...again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.
Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.

Well I really wanted to see this movie but I decided to read the book first and see what I thought about it and I must say I was hooked from the very beginning. I do admit that I was a little worried that it would try to be like Harry Potter but I love both of these books individually. I am soo excited to read the rest of the series and I also cannot wait to see the movie.
 
The characters are wonderful and genuine. What surprised me most was the humor in the books. I honestly and truly was not expecting to be laughing out loud throughout the book but Percy's take the world and the situations he finds himself in is just to funny.

This book is perfect for the younger crowd. Now there are monsters mentioned and everything but it isn't too extreme I don't think.  So now I'm off to read the second book in the series Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters and will have a review of that later!!

Also if you want to get a copy for yourself just go here ---> The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) (not only do you get the book but I get a commission from any book sold through this link so you can help a girl out while getting something awesome to read!!!)