“Three new heroes. One missing demigod. A curse that threatens them all… ‘And if I fail?’ Jason asked. ‘Great victory requires great risk,’ Juno admitted. ‘Fail, and there will be bloodshed like we have never seen. Demigods will destroy one another. The giants will overrun Olympus. Gaia will awake, and the earth will shake off everything we have built over five millennia. It will be the end of us all.’ ‘Great. Just great.’”
What is the book about?
Percy Jackson is missing but, at the same time as his disappearance, three new heroes have risen. Piper, Leo and Jason have been together at camp for a few months, or at least that’s what Leo and Piper think while Jason has completely forgotten everything including his own identity. Just like every other demigod, monsters attack the three half-bloods but luckily they are extracted and taken to Camp Half-Blood. Camp Half-Blood is the one place where half-bloods can feel safe but with a curse threatening them all they can’t even relax in the one place they can call home. Newly claimed by their parents, Piper, Leo and Jason head off on a new quest to save a missing goddess and stop the world from ending, but they don’t know who the real threat is and don’t realise that it is a much bigger problem than they first anticipated. The Great Prophecy is beginning and the seven heroes must be gathered before it’s too late. The heroes must learn to work with their enemy or it will be the end and everything that has been built will be destroyed. But the heroes do not know the truth just yet and its discovery threatens their whole existence…
What were your initial thoughts on the book?
As soon as I heard that there was another series in the world of Percy Jackson I knew I had to read it. I didn’t know who would be in the series and I wasn’t exactly sure that Percy would be involved until I started to read, but I was still very excited to get to go on more adventures with some Half-bloods even if they weren’t the ones that I remembered. The blurb was not what I was expecting because it was a conversation between 2 characters I didn’t know rather than an intriguing summary about what was going to happen in the book, but I was still very interested in what the characters were talking about and I was very anxious to find out more. Once I started the book I immediately had 100 more questions that I needed answers to and I was still confused at who the characters were, especially Jason who knew nothing about himself so he was just as clueless as me. The first few chapters just left me even more curious and confused but they were still really interesting and absolutely amazing. As soon as I had started to read I knew that I would enjoy this series just as much as the Percy Jackson one, and I was excited to learn more.
Who was your favourite character and why?
My favourite character would probably be Piper who really surprised me with her personality compared to who her mother was. I had my doubts about Piper at first and I wasn’t really sure how she would turn out but I was very glad that I was wrong. Once I had heard about how Piper got into trouble and why she was sent to Wilderness School I had my own predictions about who her mother was and I was very happy to find that I was correct. Piper was not at all like her mother, or the type of goddess she appeared to be, and she was a really amazing character. She was brave and loyal and didn’t like being left on the side lines being protected by her friends. She went on a quest with two boys so she had to prove that she was just as strong as them and she really was. She was so much more powerful than I even thought and she was always ready to help her friends no matter what. Leo was also a really great character and he made the quest so much more entertaining. His sense of humour and his attitude made me laugh many times and he made the quest a lot less gloomy and miserable, even though they were riding to their death. He was also very sweet and a bit self-conscious, and he thought that he was useless compared to Jason who was a model hero. However, he really was very useful and brave, and he managed to get his friends out of lots of life or death situations with only his intelligence. He was a really good character and he always wanted to help, even when he thought he couldn’t.
What was your favourite part of the book and why?
All the parts in the book were really good but the ones that I enjoyed the most were when Piper, Leo and Jason were flying towards something dangerous. These were the parts when the half-bloods felt the safest because they were in the air with only the people they trusted and no monster anywhere in sight. I liked these parts because it was when the characters opened up to each other and explained some of the things that had happened in their lives. This meant that I got most of my questions answered during these parts and I got to understand what was going on. They were in the air quite a few times and, even though they were on the way to another dangerous monster, they felt calm, comfortable and they bonded during these parts. Although they weren’t action-packed, they were still extremely interesting and they were probably, to me, the most interesting parts in the book because a lot of things were explained and it meant that the characters weren’t hiding anything from each other which was a relief because it was bugging me that they were keeping secrets. I think the main reason I enjoyed this was because the demigods finally got a bit of peace and they got to relax a little which they really deserved because they were always fighting and almost dying, which takes a lot of energy.
What was your overall impression of the book?
Overall, I think the book was really incredible and I have no idea how it could be any more perfect. The book was exactly as amazing as I thought it would be and I was correct to think that I would enjoy reading it. One thing that I really liked about the book was the new characters. It’s not that I didn’t like the heroes from the Percy Jackson series but it would have been boring to have the same half-bloods on the quest, so I was very happy to get to meet new demigods and have another group of friends leading the adventures. It also made the book a lot more interesting because, since I knew nothing about the characters, I had more questions and was even more curious about them which kept me very excited throughout the whole book. Another thing that I liked about the book was that the book was written in 3 different perspectives but they were all in the third person. I really liked getting to see things from different people’s point of view because it gave me the opportunity to really get to know the characters a lot better. It was different to the Percy Jackson series which only had Percy’s view which gave it another unique quality. I also liked that the perspectives were in the third person because it meant that I didn’t get too confused at which person was ‘I’ like I sometimes do when I am reading other books and have gotten use to a specific person. One last thing that I really enjoyed about the book was that the characters from the Percy Jackson series were still involved, even if it was just for a little while. I really liked this because it gave me a chance to see some of my favourite characters from the eyes of an outsider and also it meant that the book was not too confusing, since I already knew some of the characters. There was only one thing that annoyed me in the whole book and that was the discovery of the real threat. I knew who was really responsible for everything from basically the first page, but it took the heroes more than half the book to find out the truth. This really irritated me because I was shouting at the characters but they could hear me and carried on being oblivious to the real monster. I wish they had found out earlier but I know that it was the best thing for the book to keep the truth hidden from the characters so there was more to the story. Apart from that, I really loved reading The Lost Hero and I can’t wait to read the next book in the Heroes of Olympus series.
Would you recommend this book?
I 100% recommend reading this book for readers 12 or older. I also suggest reading the Percy Jackson series first because it will explain a bit more about Camp Half-Blood and minimise the confusion. If you enjoy Greek mythology, action and suicide missions then I am sure you will enjoy this book.
Summarise the book in one sentence. (Verdict)
A legendary adventure with new heroes, new monsters and more adventures around every corner.
Reviewed by Jimena Gutierrez Reviriego
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