The Battle of the Labyrinth

In the beginning of this book the author immediately throws in the action and mysteries. In the beginning Percy Jackson is getting ready to go to a new school called Goode for high school. And already Percy is worried because he is going to a new school and there is a red hair girl standing outside talking to the principal named Rachel Elizabeth Dare and she met Percy Jackson at Hoover Dam once when they were trying to get through guards. She saved his life and he almost tried to end her's (accident). So they sort of have a bad history together, so he tries to find another way into the school so that Rachel can't spot him. He tried to go through the side entrance, but there were two cheerleaders there. One cheerleader named Tammi had blonde hair and blue eyes that were beautiful to look at and the other cheerleader named Kelli had dark curly hair like Medusa. They asked Percy his name and when he told them it they look like they were about to attack him. And Percy was about to pull out his sword, but then their principal Paul Blofis (aka Percy's mom's boyfriend) yelled Percy and Percy just went towards Paul and the two cheerleaders were still at the door. But when Percy looked back the girls have already disappeared. So Percy then goes to the gym for a presentation to the school and he tries not to get crushed or crumbled by a crowd. He then sits down, but then notices that he is sitting right next to Rachel. He then starts to have an awkward conversation with her. He tries to enjoy the presentation, but then Tammi and Kelli are on stage saying things to the crowd. Then Rachel leaves with Percy to hide and she says that those girls are not human (she can tell because sees through mist that monsters have to protect their identity from humans/mortals). Then comes a fight part and Tammi and Kelli turn into these creatures called empousa which are like vampire, human, animal hybrid. They fight Percy and try to eat Rachel and Percy. Percy kills the two monsters and one goes up in flames which is very odd (when monsters are killed they turn to dust). Then Percy tries to leave the school when the sprinklers turn on and when leaves Annebeth is outside and he explains the whole story to her. Rachel tells Percy she will help cleaning up the mess that Percy made. Then the next they are in a cab going to camp half-blood. So this story starts off with a lot of action and old faces than the other books I've read. And there are some monsters in this book that I've never even heard of and when the monster turned to flames that is a big mystery. So in just one chapter there is already some action and some mystery.