i was way past the percy jacksons' euphoria when one of my friend, ririn, told me about rick's latest kick, the lost hero. I was like, girl you serious. Turned out, she was. LOADS of thanks to you Ririn for generously borrowing me the book :3
Anyway, the first few chapters of the book struck me like a dejaVu. The casts are so much like rick's first series 'The Camp Half-Blood". 3 People on a dangerous quest to save the world. Percy Jackson the son of Poseidon, the star of the story, charming, powerful and attractive. Annabeth the daughter of Athena, brave and 'unlike any other girl her age'. Grover the satyr, funny, silly, always do unexpected things. Well, The Lost Hero offers something quite similar to its descendant. Jason the son of Zeus (little improvement), amnesiac, another star of the story, another charming, another powerful and attractive cast. Piper the daughter of Aphrodite, another Brave and 'unlike any other girl her age' cast, but this time rick adds 'Naturally Beautiful' into her feature. And last, Leo the son of Hephaestus. I KNOW he's not a satyr, but Leo and Grover share so MUCH things in common. They both are funny, silly, and always ALWAYS do unexpected things. But obviously Leo can do a lot more than just blowing a magical satyr-flute.
Rick Riordan doesn't believe in a Happy Ending. At least that's what i could judge after reading the Lost Hero. I seriously thought that 'the camp half-blood' was the ultimate END of the Olympus conflicts and war prophecies. I mean, after Percy Jackson's heroic act in bringing and end to the rise of the Titan's Army, everyone must've thought that THAT's IT. That was the end of the EVIL attempts to take over Olympus and rule the goddamn world. Apparently that was SO NOT IT.
The Lost Hero reveals that actually the other great prophecies does not need a millenia to be true. It starts right in this very BOOK. This book tells you about the journey of Jason, Piper and Leo to save the world from the rise of the KING of Giants, Porphyrion, by saving the caged queen of the Goddess, Hera. During their way, they encountered Monsters and Evil Gods and brilliantly overcome them one by one. At the end of the book, you will be surprised to know that actually there is OTHER camp for demigods, just like camp Half-Blood (which was particularly for the Greek Demigods), but takes the Roman side of the gods. INTERESTING! For those of you who is LONGING for percy jackson's to appear once a while in this book, you will be disappointed. The so called percy NEVER appeared, not even once, because he is Apparently missing nowhere to be found.
To be honest, despite all the similarity to its previous series, i actually LOVE the book! The stories will make you hold-your breath but also manage to make you smile with the slapstick jokes at the same time. With most of my time reading a medical-related reference, this book is the PERFECT sunshine after the rain. Totally recommended for those who secretly fetishes the "camp half-blood" series. I might not good with stars, but TWO THUMBS up for The Lost Hero!!
P.S. The Son of Neptune (the sequel) will be out fall 2011 and i just cannot wait to land my hand on it!
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