Reading progress update: I've read 63%.

The House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus, Book Four) - Rick Riordan

"Annabeth had never been scared of the dark. 

But normally the dark wasn't forty feet tall. It didn't have black wings, a whip made out of stars, and a shadowy chariot pulled by vampire horses."

 

Well, as someone who often has been scared of the dark, that is imagery that is going to stick with me awhile. Wow.