I have recently finished reading Rick Riordan's The Lost Hero. The book itself is engaging from the start. Rick Riordan is well known for his Percy Jackson series. The Lost Hero is book one of the second series The Heroes of Olympus, was published on October 12, 2010.
The Lost Hero is a fantasy book. It's based on mythological gods and goddess and their children who are called demigods who have a mortal parent and the other parent is either a god or a goddess. The book contains so many worthwhile adventures that will make you feel as if you're in that situation or a part of the book. It seems to be like the continuation of the Percy Jackson series but with new characters.
The three main characters are Jason, who is son Zeus, Piper,who is daughter of Aphrodite, and Leo, son of Hephaestus. All three of them are chosen to go on a quest they didn't want but they had no other choice. All three of them have to go together to save one of the highest goddess before all else ends and the world becomes a dark place overruled by a much stronger god/dess. The three demigods who have nothing in common but a goddess, and they go off on a timed adventure to help save Olympus and the world. One of them has a strange history, another has a hidden secret, and another has no memory.
The fascinating parts in the book are found at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end. I like how the beginning starts off in media res. It starts with Jason waking up in the bus and not knowing who he is or where he is at. Then, he meets Piper and Leo who seems to know him as if they were friends for a long time, but he hasn't has the slightest clue as to who they are and who he was. The second most fascinating part was the middle when the three Demigods are on their adventure heading towards the Bay Area Oakland to save Piper's dad and Festus, the mechanical dragon, ends up spiraling down and crashing into another god's house. That is how they get to King Midas's house. The fascinating part is the fight between Jason and king Midas. So whatever King Midas touched turned to gold. The only way to break the gold touch was to wash it off with fresh water. King Midas wanted to build his collection of gold statues and Jason, Leo, and Piper were the unlucky ones who happened to stumble upon his house. Midas turned Leo and Piper to gold, but with Jason's knowledge about lightening and gold he was able to shock Midas opening up the ceiling and letting in the rain to pour on Midas gold collection. Towards the end of the book comes a funny part. In this part Hera has released her rage and made Jason unconscious. The scene where Thalia is arguing with Hera is hilarious. It was funny because Hera could have killed Thalia for talking the way she did to her, but she didn't. Second reason was because Thalia and most of the other demigods dislike Hera because she dislikes demigods especially if they were Zeus's kids.
I would recommend you read this book if you like stories about Greek or Roman mythology, series, or fantasy books. I would recommend you to also read all of his other series that he has written because it has amazing adventures in them just like this one.
Riordan’s The Lost Hero is an amazing book with a nonstop action filled adventure that will keep you wanting more.
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