Since his mother's death six years ago, Carter Kane has been living out of a suitcase, traveling the globe with his father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane. But while Carter's been homeschooled, his younger sister, Sadie, has been living with their grandparents in London. Sadie has just what Carter wants—school friends and a chance at a "normal" life. But Carter has just what Sadie longs for—time with their father. After six years of living apart, the siblings have almost nothing in common. Until now.
On Christmas Eve, Sadie and Carter are reunited when their father brings them to the British Museum, with a promise that he's going to "make things right." But all does not go according to plan: Carter and Sadie watch as Julius summons a mysterious figure, who quickly banishes their father and causes a fiery explosion.
Soon Carter and Sadie discover that the gods of Ancient Egypt are waking, and the worst of them—Set—has a frightening scheme. To save their father, they must embark on a dangerous journey—a quest that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family and its links to the House of Life, a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.

Yay guys, it’s time for me to get back to Rick Riordan’s stunning world of mythology and sassy “I-don’t-actually-want-to-be-here-but-the-gods-made-me” teenagers. Only this time, instead of demi-gods and Olympus, the journey takes us to the Kanes – a family that combines blood of two lines of ancient pharaohs. Carter has always been an odd kid, traveling with his archeologist father and studying Egyptian ruins, never meeting any friends because he was home-schooled. His sister Sadie was raised by her grandparents because they hated her father after their mother’s death, seeing her brother and father only twice a year and having a pretty distant and strained relationship with them. But after a catastrophe in London museum in which Julius freed the most powerful of gods, Sadie and Carter will need each other to figure out how to be magicians and control the gods who have taken hosts in their bodies.

After Greek, from Roman to Egyptian, Riordan’s ability to turn mythology to a playground for his mind is amazing. I just love how these books bring me back a few years and I don’t care that they’re middle-grade literature because their humor is an absolute topper. I just want to keep reading. I simply don’t think I’ll ever get enough of this brilliant world full of vicious gods and evil monsters that are all to be stopped by few kids who have literally no idea what are they doing.

It’s really amazing how almost every character Riordan creates can get under my skin almost immediately – so you can only imagine my love for them after three books. Sadie, Carter, Zia and the rest of their apprentices are another amazing squads of magically gifted kids that I won’t ever forget.
Carter’s story is where it all started and he definitely goes for my favorite magician. He can be the biggest dumbass in the universe at the same time as taking care of his sister as well as a dozen of children he practically adopted. He really misses his dad, but he has to stay strong for his sister and the rest of the Nome. You know, it’s hard not ever being able to be a teenager, especially if he never got a chance in being one. After all, his relationship with Zia began with a pretty rocky start, especially the plot twist at the end of the first book that made everything complicated. But what is a Riordan book without a gods-are-messing-with-my-love-life ship?

And then there is Sadie Kane, a brave sassy 13-year-old who could also use a hand in organizing her love life. My opinion towards her has been varying between “YAS da queen, I love her what an icon” to 12 y.o. the brat who should learn her place. I’m all for sass and badassness but there are just some things you can’t possibly have a 13 y.o. saying without sounding like a brat. On that note, I definitely wasn’t a fan of that Anubis/Walt love triangle, but it wasn’t much of a triangle in the end so…

This was my review for the all three Kane Chronicles books since I don’t have that much to say about them to write three reviews. I’m so glad there are cross overs because I am so not ready to say goodbye to the Kanes yet.