Starting early

In the book "House of Hades",  I was debating whether or not I should read it but by chapter 2 I knew that I was right to read it.  It starts off right where it left off.  The action.  It starts out just by an attack on their ship.  And then it switches characters to Percy and Annebeth who are falling into Tartarus and finally reach the bottom.  I really like how he hooked me so quick.