No doubt Carter would describe the underground city in excruciating detail, with exact measurements of each room, boring history on every statue and hieroglyph, and background notes on the construction of the magical headquarters of the House of Life. I will spare you that pain. It's big. It's full of magic. It's underground. There. Sorted.

Getting eaten by a giant crocodile was bad enough. The kid with the glowing sword only made my day worse.

She reached into her coat pocket and felt two things she hadn't expected.... One was a wad of cash... she brought out the money. Leo whistled. "Allowance? Piper, your mom rocks!

Stop!" he yelled at the others. "Multigrain fighting is not allowed!

I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the level of success I've had. I was just writing stories for my own sons.

All of my characters tend to be montages of different people I've met: little bits and pieces of their personalities put together.

Well … Zeus approves, Aeolus muttered. ―He says … he says it would be better if you could avoid saving her until after the weekend, because he has a big party planned—Ow! That‘s Aphrodite yelling at him, reminding him that the solstice starts at dawn. She says I should help you. And Hephaestus… yes. Hmm. Very rare they agree on anything. Hold on