Book Review : The Son of Neptune

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

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:

The Son of Neptune is a book written by Rick Riordan, based on Greek and Roman Mythology. It is the second book in The Heroes of Olympus series. The story follows the adventures of amnesiac Percy Jackson, a demigod son of Neptune also known as Posiedon, 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.

•    Percy Jackson: A demigod son of Posiedon (Neptune), who is the main protagonist in the Percy Jackson and The Olympians series. He and Jason Grace have been swapped, because Hera (Juno in Roman form) has wiped their memories away to unite the two demigod camps. Percy is sent from Camp Half Blood to Camp Jupiter, Jason’s home. He goes on a quest with Frank Zhang, son of Mars, and Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto, to save Thanatos, Pluto’s lieutenant and the deity of death. He succeeds and at the end of the book leads the Roman camp into battle against Gaea’s forces and is made praetor  by the campers. His memories are restored at around the middle of the book, as Percy drinks gorgon’s blood when he challenges Phineas.

• Hazel Levesque: daughter of Pluto and Nico’s half-sister. She has been recently resurrected by Nico from her death in 1942 at the age of 13 and lives in Camp Jupiter.  She is an African American demigod from New Orleans.

• Frank Zhang: a son of Mars and a legacy (distant descendant) of Poseidon on his mother’s side. A notable ancestor of Frank is Periclymenus, who was given the ability of shapeshifting by his grandfather, Poseidon. It is revealed that the descendants of Periclymenus have inherited this ability, and Frank learns to use it late in the novel. Frank is a Roman demigod at Camp Jupiter, a camp for Roman demigods.  He is a Chinese Canadian.

• Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano: daughter of Bellona, the Roman goddess of war, and praetor of Camp Jupiter. It is found that Reyna and her sister Hylla were servants of the witch Circe, whom Annabeth and Percy had killed in The Sea of Monsters. Reyna goes on to Camp Jupiter, and Hylla goes to the Amazons, where she later becomes queen.

• Nico Di Angelo: half brother of Hazel Levesque. Son of Pluto (Hades) the god of death and riches. He lost his real sister when he was 10. He was originally a happy boy, but after this he became melancholic. After a while, he lived in the Underworld, which caused him to become dark, pale, and scary.

MY THOUGHTS: 

I love this book. It was funny. I recommend it to people who like comedy and mythology.

WARNING! 

DO not read if yOU don’t want spoilers!!!

I was surprised when we found out that Jason was the praetor (leader) of Camp Jupiter. And I really like Reyna and how she is very brave and determined. I wonder if the visiting campers from Camp Half Blood will be attacked by the campers at Camp Jupiter. I can’t wait to read the third book: The Mark of Athena 

If you haven’t read the prequel: The Lost Hero check out my previous review.

IS THERE A SEQUEL?: 

Yes, there is a sequel. I listed them below. I even put their summaries.  I hope you enjoy these books! Happy reading!

• 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?