author: Rick Riordan
published: October 4th 2011 by Disney-Hyperion Books
pages: 521
my rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Contains spoilers for the first book The Lost Hero!
The Lost Hero review
Percy is confused. When he awoke from his long sleep, he didn't know much more than his name. His brain fuzz is lingering, even after the wolf Lupa told him he is a demigod and trained him to fight with the pen/sword in his pocket. Somehow Percy manages to make it to a camp for half-bloods, despite the fact that he has to keep killing monsters along the way. But the camp doesn't ring any bells with him. The only thing he can recall from his past is another name: Annabeth
Hazel is supposed to be dead. When she lived before, she didn't do a very good job of it. Sure, she was an obedient daughter, even when her mother was possessed by greed. But that was the problem — when the Voice took over her mother and commanded Hazel to use her "gift" for an evil purpose, Hazel couldn't say no. Now because of her mistake, the future of the world is at risk. Hazel wished she could ride away from it all on the stallion that appears in her dreams.
Frank is a klutz. His grandmother says he is descended from heroes and can be anything he wants to be, but he doesn't see it. He doesn't even know who his father is. He keeps hoping Apollo will claim him, because the only thing he is good at is archery — although not good enough to win camp war games. His bulky physique makes him feel like an ox, especially infront of Hazel, his closest friend at camp. He trusts her completely — enough to share the secret he holds close to his heart.
Beginning at the "other" camp for half-bloods and extending as far as the land beyond the gods, this breathtaking second installment of the Heroes of Olympus series introduces new demigods, revives fearsome monsters, and features other remarkable creatures, all destined to play a part in the Prophesy of Seven.
When I first started reading this book just reading the first couple of sentences made me extremely happy. Percy is back and so is his humor!
Even though he too has lost his memory he's still the same Percy we all know from Percy Jackson. I absolutely love his narration, it always makes me laugh. All of Rick Riordan's books are funny but Percy has an unmistakable humorous narration I adore.
It also became clear that he and Annabeth truly are the perfect couple. Even though she wasn't even in the book herself, he continued to love her despite forgetting everything else.
In the end of The Lost Hero it becomes clear that there are roman demigods out there and that is where Percy ends up. He finds and joins Camp Jupiter and although it will never compare to Camp Half Blood in my mind it's still really awesome. It was really interesting to see a totally different Camp. The people in Camp Jupiter are way more into discipline and military life than the people in Camp Half Blood. They also have war games which is maybe my favorite part about the camp.
And, like in The Lost Hero, new characters are introduced: Frank and Hazel. They also have there own problems and secrets and are really cool characters. Especially Hazel's backstory blew my mind.
I have to say though, that this book isn't my favorite of the series. I liked it but for some reason this quest wasn't as epic as I think it could've been. Don't get me wrong, lots of parts where completely wicked but I still wasn't completely satisfied with the quest as a whole.
Nevertheless I really liked this book a lot and gave it five out of five stars (my rating system is a mess, I'm working on it, I swear!).
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