The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan- Review

Book- The Lost Hero

Author- Rick Riordan

Genre- Greek mythology, young adult, fantasy.

Series- The Heroes of Olympus

My rating- 4 STARS

This book is the first book in The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan, this series is a spin off from the Percy Jackson series. However, I would call it a continuation, as it has the same characters along with others.

I love the Percy Jackson series, and I read it last year and loved it, the world building and characters in the books is just amazing and I recommend the books to anyone. It is a fantastic adventure that the reader can experience with the characters.

So, a little about this book. The Lost Hero is from three perspectives, Jason, Piper and Leo. The book starts with Jason, waking up to having no idea where he is or who he is. He does not know who his supposed girlfriend is, Piper. He has know idea who his supposed best friend is, Leo. Whilst on a trip with his school for 'bad kids', Jason, Piper and Leo are thrown right into action and are taken to Camp Half Blood. They find out everything is not as it seems, they are Demi-Gods and there is trouble ahead.

So, I highly recommend this book, as well as the Percy Jackson series if you have not yet read them. The Lost Hero is an extremely good follow up from the Percy Jackson series and I am so excited to read the rest of the series. These books also teach you things about Greek Mythology, which I love. We hear about the different stories and Greek myths which is something that is extremely interesting. Learning about the different Gods is awesome, I think my Godly parent would be Athena. 

I ordered the rest of the series immediately after finishing this book and am already quite far into The Son of Neptune, the second book. 

So now I am going to give spoilers... So if you have not yet read The Lost Hero, you should, and I advise you to stop reading this! If you have read it, then do carry on!

Wow...

So, firstly, Percy. Was. Not. In. This. Book.

The reason I gave this book 4 stars was admittedly because I missed Percy. Also, many of my favourite characters from the previous series were not in this book... I know they are coming soon and all, but I did miss them. I am glad we had Annabeth though, I would have been sad if she were not in the book.

 Other than missing Percy and other characters, I did really enjoy this book. Jason, Piper and Leo are really great characters and I think I liked Piper's chapters the best. I was so curious at the start of the book as to who their parents was. When Piper was revealed as a child of Aphrodite, I didn't know what to expect from her. But I really like Piper's character, I think she and Jason should get together right away! 

Leo is a really likable character, I found his attachment to Festus really sweet. Finding out about his back story was interesting and I was really sad when I found out how his Mother had died.

Jason is still a bit of a mystery, though. We know nothing about his back story and I hope to Gods that he doesn't have a girl friend at the Roman camp! Seriously though, Piper and Jason. I love that Thalia has a brother! Ofcourse they are nothing alike, but it gave us a bit of Thalia's past as well as Jason's. 

One thing I love, is when the Gods are there for their children. Ofcourse we had Hephaestus who broke Zeus' rule and spoke to Leo. Aphrodite also came to Piper in her dream which was a really good bit. I loved when Aphrodite gave them all clothes.  The Gods are really interesting in themselves and I love learning about their characteristics.

Something I am looking forward to in the next books is seeing the Roman side of things, it is amazing that there are more demigods that we have never met! They could be completely different to the demigods we know, which is fantastic.

This book has left us knowing there will be so much more to come, with the Giants and Gaia, we know that these characters have not just given up and we will definitely be seeing more of them... One thing I will say is I hope Gaia never wakes up... That would be very bad.

So, we find out that Percy is in the Roman camp, meaning he has completely forgotten about everything like Jason... NOPE NOPE, I refuse to believe it!

I leave you on that, as I am going to go and read more of The Son of Neptune and hopefully have something new up soon! Thankyou for reading.

-Darcy