Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Demigod Files gave me a wildly ambivalent reaction. It was just a teasing taste of more adventures—a brief relief of finding more of Percy’s world to explore only to find out that it was extremely short and over with within a single trip to the library! Oh, Rick Riordan, you must provide me with more Percy (and co.) before I start going into Harry Potter withdrawals again! (Well, there are still more Septimus Heap books to come, at least…)

The Demigod Files is a cute little book Riordan concocted to further explain Camp Halfblood, the series characters, and the ins and outs of being a demigod. It doesn’t go into much detail, but there are some fun (albeit short) adventures within the book worth experiencing. (Spoilers ahead.) These include Percy Jackson and the Stolen Chariot, Percy Jackson and the Bronze Dragon, and Percy Jackson and the Sword of Hades.

In the first tale, Percy helps his nemesis, Clarisse, in defying the dangerous pranks that her two god brothers are playing on her. In the second, he has a fun adventure with Beckendorf (whom I was incredibly sad to see killed in the final book; this adventure was a nice little homage to him) with some giant ants and a bronze dragon; and in the final adventure, he takes another trip to Hades (whoohoo! Aren’t those the best adventures in the series?) in which he plays the funniest trick ever on a Titan.

Other fun pieces in the book include interviews with campers—including Percy, Annabeth, and Grover, of course—as well as Clarisse and the Stoll twins. The book also contains a quick chart on the Olympian gods, a few games to play, a map of the camp, and more.

The book also contains pictures of several key characters, including Zeus, Poseidon, Annabeth, Grover, Percy, and others. Normally I don’t like this kind of thing since it detracts from the imagination, but given that I was so disappointed with the film I relished in this depiction, since it coincided with my perception of the crew much more than the film characters did. I ended up shoving these pictures in my husband’s face, whining, “See! See! Look how young and blonde and tomboyish Annabeth is! She’s not at all like that movie girl!” To which he, of course, replied, “I’m never taking you to see a movie of a book you’ve already read again,” (again), whilst rolling his eyes.

At any rate, if you’re looking for another tidbit into the Percy Jackson world, this is it! Be warned, tis a brief foray, with less than 150 pages—but still worth it for the mini-adventures within.