The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1)
Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently, she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids.” What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea—except that everything seems very wrong.
Piper has a secret. Her father has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he’s in terrible danger. Now, her boyfriend doesn’t recognize her, and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip, she, Jason, and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood. What is going on?
Leo has a way with tools. His new cabin at Camp Half-Blood is filled with them. Seriously, the place beats the Wilderness School hands down, with its weapons, training, monsters, and fine-looking girls. What’s troubling is the "curse" everyone keeps talking about, and that a camper’s gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist they are all—including Leo—related to a god.
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At first I wasn't sure if I'd like the introduction of roman gods into one of my favorite series but he pulled it off and I loved reading the book and it made me very excited for the Son of Neptune to come out since it ended with a cliff hanger
“You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.”
It is so nice to be back in the world of Percy Jackson. As always, Riordan’s wit and humor are a highlight of this book. The new characters that were introduced are very lovely. Jason is a strong, lovely lad. I appreciated that there is some indigenous representation with Piper. I hope to learn more about her in future books. Leo is my child and I want to protect him with my whole being. He deserves the world. It had us on a small cliffhanger. It was enough to keep me wanting more, but not wanting to pull my hair out.
It is so nice to be back in the world of Percy Jackson. As always, Riordan’s wit and humor are a highlight of this book. The new characters that were introduced are very lovely. Jason is a strong, lovely lad. I appreciated that there is some indigenous representation with Piper. I hope to learn more about her in future books. Leo is my child and I want to protect him with my whole being. He deserves the world. It had us on a small cliffhanger. It was enough to keep me wanting more, but not wanting to pull my hair out.
And a new adventure begins. Love this cast and the story. Can't wait to read book 2.
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The first fourth and third fourth went slowly for me, but I appreciated the resolution and the world that had been created mostly by that resolution.
Jason is a bit less developed than Percy, probably because he has memory loss. Piper is pretty well developed and Leo a little bit less so. I read this a long time after I read the first three Percy books and I was struggling to remember everyone at camp, though it wasn't strictly necessary. I also enjoyed the survey of mythological people as the heroes traveled from city to city in the US.
I'll probably read the next one in this series, though I'm not in a huge hurry to do so.
Jason is a bit less developed than Percy, probably because he has memory loss. Piper is pretty well developed and Leo a little bit less so. I read this a long time after I read the first three Percy books and I was struggling to remember everyone at camp, though it wasn't strictly necessary. I also enjoyed the survey of mythological people as the heroes traveled from city to city in the US.
I'll probably read the next one in this series, though I'm not in a huge hurry to do so.
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