The Red Pyramid

The narrators maybe can't be trusted (or can they?), and it is fun to switch back between Carter and Sadie Kane as they tell us about their adventures. I listened to the story on audible, so I can't speak to the pacing as a reader. The story goes by fairly quickly, as the young narrators tell us about their quest. The tale is imaginative, and you can almost feel the joy and terror, and gushy teenager-ness just pouring out of the narrators.

Readers of the Percy Jackson or Heroes of Olympus sets will be interested to meet a new set of gods and a new mythology - this time out of Egypt.

I'd recommend this one to middle grade readers, but I would probably offer up the Percy Jackson series first for reluctant readers. Switching perspectives continuously may be hard for some. In addition to a fun story, this book (and Kane series) is a useful reinforcement for kid's Egyptian mythology and ancient history studies.