The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and The Gods of Asgard Book 1)

So I just got finished with the first book in Rick Riordan's new series, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. The first book is called The Sword of Summer, which is a major hint as to who Magnus' father is! Yes, this series has basically the same plot as Percy Jackson... kid finds out he's a demigod, and has to go on a quest to save the world! However, Rick Riordan makes the book interesting and different than the Percy Jackson series.

I especially loved the humor in this book, as well as the nods to the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series plus the Heroes of Olympus series! Also, Doctor Who was mentioned... major plus in my book! And can we talk about the gorgeous cover for this book??

Mr. Riordan managed to make this an extremely entertaining book, while also staying very true to Norse mythology. I was very happy about that, since I'm a huge Norse mythology fan, and while Marvel does a very entertaining version of Thor, they cut out a ton of mythology from the story! Oh yeah, the Marvelverse Thor is mentioned in this too ;)

There was exceptional character building in this for the most part, and I fell in love with Sam as well as Hearth. Marvel truly messed with me though, and I can only see Hearth as a dark elf from the Thor The Dark World movie!

The ending was awesome, and made me very excited for Fall 2016!!

The next book is going to be called The Hammer of Thor, and I already have a feeling I know who will be the main focus in that book! I seriously can't wait for the Loki book though, and there's no way there won't be one!

Oh well, time to wait a year for book 2!

I gave Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard book 1: The Sword of Summer 5/5 stars!