Tori Wright’s Reviews > The Sea of Monsters > Status Update

"Percy, some of the chains [stores] multiply so fast because all their locations are magically linked to the life force of a monster."

Gah, I just love how Riordan connects our modern world to kids of Greek gods and their world. It's especially perfect since so much of their mythology is just explaining why things are, and I love this explanation of how franchises happen so fast.