Book Review: The Lost Hero

ABOUT THE AUTHOR OF THE LOST HERO:

Rick Riordan is an American author, best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. Riordan’s books have been translated into forty-two languages and sold more than thirty million copies in the United States.

BOOK SUMMARY:

This story follows Jason Grace, a Roman demigod with no memory of his past. He, along with Piper Mclean, a daughter of Aphrodite, and Leo Valdez, a son of Hephaestus, are given a quest to rescue Hera, the queen of gods, from the clutches of Gaea, the primordial goddess of the earth. It is the first book in the Heroes of Olympus series.The narration switches between the points of view of Jason, Piper, and Leo. 

•    Jason Grace – son of Jupiter, king of roman gods, and Beryl Grace, younger brother of Thalia Grace and Hera’s champion. As son of Jupiter, Jason can manipulate the air, control the weather and create lightning.
• Piper Mclean – daughter of Aphrodite, goddess of love, and Tristan McLean, a Cherokee film actor. She is in love with Jason Grace and has a dagger named Katoptris, previously wielded by Helen of Troy. She also has the rare gift of charmspeak
• Leo Valdez – son of Hephaestus, god of blacksmithing, and Esperanza Valdez. He has a magical tool belt that will produce any tool that can be found in an average mechanical shop. He can also create fire from nothing, a rare ability sometimes found in Hephaestus’s children
• Annabeth Chase – demigod daughter of Athena, goddess of wisdom,  She rescues Jason, Piper, and Leo while on the search for Percy Jackson, her missing friend.
• Gleeson Hedge – satyr, half goat half human,  who was assigned to watch over two demigods, Piper and Leo, until they could be safely brought to Camp Half-Blood, and suddenly has to guard a third, Jason. He is taken captive after saving Leo’s life twice
• Thalia Grace – Jason’s sister and lieutenant of the Hunters of Artemis, goddess of the Hunt and Moon.

MY REVIEW: 

I really liked this book! 5 out of 5 stars for sure!  I recommend this book to people who like mythology. This book is also funny.

WARNING! 

DO NOT read if you don’t want spoilers!!!

I really liked this book. I was really surprised when I found out that Percy had gone missing. And Annabeth said that he’d gone missing just 4 months after the Battle of Manhattan( You have to read the Percy Jackson and the Olympian series to read about that) which is sad. It wasn’t hard to believe that there was a Roman camp. I mean, this is in a world where  gods are real and horses fly, of course there’s a Roman camp. At the end it was so obvious that Percy is at the Roman camp. I sure hope Percy survives there.   

IS THERE A SEQUEL?: 

Yes, there is a sequel. The series is called the Heroes of Olympus. I listed them below. I even put their summaries.  I hope you enjoy these books! Happy reading!

• The Son of Neptune

 The story follows the adventures of amnesiac Percy Jackson, a demigod son of Neptune also known as Poseidon, as he meets a camp of Roman demigods and goes to Alaska with his new friends Hazel Levesque and Frank Zhang to free the Greek god of death, Thanatos, and help save the world from Gaea, the earth goddess. The novel is narrated in third-person, switching between the points of view of Percy, Frank, and Hazel. Read to find out what happens next!

• Mark Of Athena

Six months after the events of The Lost Hero, Leo Valdez has constructed a flying ship named Argo II, for use in the quest to Greece and Rome to stop Gaea from awakening. Leo, Jason Grace, Piper McLean, and Annabeth Chase, accompanied by Coach Hedge, arrive at Camp Jupiter to rendezvous with Percy Jackson and Roman demigods Frank Zhang and Hazel Levesque. Camp Jupiter’s praetor Reyna tells Annabeth that in order to unite Greek and Roman demigods against Gaea, they have to retrieve the Athena Parthenos, a giant statue of Athena that was stolen by the Romans from the Greeks in ancient times. The statue can only be retrieved by the demigod children of Athena through the help of the Mark of Athena, and no one has succeeded. The seven demigods left Camp Jupiter and headed on their journey to Greece.  Do they make it to Greece?

• The House of Hades

The story follows the Greek demigods Annabeth Chase, Leo Valdez, Piper McLean, Nico di Angelo, and Percy Jackson; and the Roman demigods Jason Grace, Hazel Levesque, and Frank Zhang on their quest to close the Doors of Death, stop the Giants from raising Gaea, and prevent war between Camp Jupiter and Camp Half-Blood. The novel is narrated in third-person, alternating between the points of view by the seven demigods of the “Prophecy of Seven”. Do they get separated?

• The Blood of Olympus

The seven demigods of the Prophecy of Seven—Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Jason Grace, Leo Valdez, Piper McLean, Hazel Levesque, and Frank Zhang—go on their final adventure to defeat gaea/Terra while Nico di Angelo, Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano(also known by her initials RARA), and Coach Gleeson Hedge attempt to bring the Athena Parthenos to Camp Half-Blood in order to prevent a war between the Roman and Greek demigods. The novel is narrated in third-person, alternating between the points of view of Jason, Piper, Leo, Reyna, and Nico, making it the first time in the series that someone other than one of the seven demigods of the prophecy is the viewpoint character. Do they all make it out alive?