<<Great victory requires great risk. >>
-The Lost Hero, Rick Riordan
The Lost Hero
⭐5/5
Synopsis
Jason has a problem.
He doesn’t remember anything before waking up in a bus full of kids on a field trip. Apparently he has a girlfriend named Piper, and a best friend named Leo. They’re all students at a boarding school for “bad kids.” What did Jason do to end up here? And where is here, exactly?
Piper has a secret.
Her father has been missing for three days, ever since she had that terrifying nightmare about his being in trouble. Piper doesn’t understand her dream, or why her boyfriend suddenly doesn’t recognize her. When a freak storm hits during the school trip, unleashing strange creatures and whisking her, Jason, and Leo away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood, she has a feeling she’s going to find out.
Leo has a way with tools.
When he sees his cabin at Camp Half-Blood, filled with power tools and machine parts, he feels right at home. But there’s weird stuff, too—like the curse everyone keeps talking about, and some camper who's gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist that each of them—including Leo—is related to a god. Does this have anything to do with Jason's amnesia, or the fact that Leo keeps seeing ghosts?
The Son of Neptune
⭐5/5
Synopsis
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 wishes 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 in front 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 Prophecy of Seven
The Mark of Athena
⭐5/5
Synopsis
Annabeth is terrified. Just when she's about to be reunited with Percy—after six months of being apart, thanks to Hera—it looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war. As Annabeth and her friends Jason, Piper, and Leo fly in on the Argo II, she can't blame the Roman demigods for thinking the ship is a Greek weapon. With its steaming bronze dragon figurehead, Leo's fantastical creation doesn't appear friendly. Annabeth hopes that the sight of their praetor Jason on deck will reassure the Romans that the visitors from Camp Half-Blood are coming in peace.
And that's only one of her worries. In her pocket, Annabeth carries a gift from her mother that came with an unnerving command: Follow the Mark of Athena. Avenge me. Annabeth already feels weighed down by the prophecy that will send seven demigods on a quest to find—and close—the Doors of Death. What more does Athena want from her?
Annabeth's biggest fear, though, is that Percy might have changed. What if he's now attached to Roman ways? Does he still need his old friends? As the daughter of the goddess of war and wisdom, Annabeth knows she was born to be a leader—but never again does she want to be without Seaweed Brain by her side
The House of Hades
⭐5/5
Synopsis
Hazel stands at a crossroads. She and the remaining crew of the Argo II could return home with the Athena Parthenos statue and try to stop Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter from going to war. Or they could continue their quest to find the House of Hades, where they might be able to open the Doors of Death, rescue their friends Percy and Annabeth from Tartarus, and prevent monsters from being reincarnated in the mortal world. Whichever road they decide to take, they have to hurry, because time is running out. Gaea, the bloodthirsty Earth Mother, has set the date of August 1 for her rise to power.
Annabeth and Percy are overwhelmed. How will the two of them make it through Tartarus? Starving, thirsty, and in pain, they are barely able to stumble on in the dark and poisonous landscape that holds new horrors at every turn. They have no way of locating the Doors of Death. Even if they did, a legion of Gaea's strongest monsters guards the Doors on the Tartarus side. Annabeth and Percy can't exactly launch a frontal assault.
Despite the terrible odds, Hazel, Annabeth, Percy, and the other demigods of the prophecy know that there is only one choice: to attempt the impossible. Not just for themselves, but for everyone they love. Even though love can be the riskiest choice of all.
The Blood of Olympus
⭐5/5
Synopsis
Nico had warned them. Going through the House of Hades would stir the demigods' worst memories. Their ghosts would become restless. Nico may actually become a ghost if he has to shadow-travel with Reyna and Coach Hedge one more time. But that might be better than the alternative: allowing someone else to die, as Hades foretold.
Jason's ghost is his mother, who abandoned him when he was little. He may not know how he is going to prove himself as a leader, but he does know that he will not break promises like she did. He will complete his line of the prophecy: To storm or fire the world must fall.
Reyna fears the ghosts of her ancestors, who radiate anger. But she can't allow them to distract her from getting the Athena Parthenos to Camp Half-Blood before war breaks out between the Romans and Greeks. Will she have enough strength to succeed, especially with a deadly hunter on her trail?
Leo fears that his plan won't work, that his friends might interfere. But there is no other way. All of them know that one of the Seven has to die in order to defeat Gaea, the Earth Mother.
Piper must learn to give herself over to fear. Only then will she be able to do her part at the end: utter a single word.
“Seven demigods will answer the call.
Under the storm or fire, the world must fall.
An oath to keep with one last breath,
and the enemies in arms at the gates of death ”
-The Last Hero of Olympus, Rick Riordan
Review
⭐ 5/5
Author: Rick Riordan
The Heroes of Olympus is the continuation of Percy Jackson and the Gods of Olympus, a saga where we met Percy and Annabeth and read their fight against Chronos, the titan of time .. Now in this saga, we meet Jason, Frank and Hazel, demigods of the Jupiter camp, a camp for the descendants of the Olympic gods in their Roman form. At the same time, we know Frank and Piper sons of gods in their Greek form.
These seven demigods have a very important task, defeating Gea, the mother of the Titans. A primordial goddess. A goddess who plans to destroy all humanity.
The Camp Half-Blood and the Jupiter Camp were never meant to meet, because every time they did the most important wars of humanity developed. Each time the demigods met and faced each other, they caused the Greek and Roman personalities of the gods to face each other, unable to decide which would be the dominant one.
This is fundamental, since the giants, the most devoted children of Gea, can only be defeated if a god and a demigod fight together.
Annabeth, Jason, Piper, Leo, Percy, Hazel and Frank are the demigods chosen by Hera to fulfill the Prophecy of the Seven. These demigods will have to travel through the ancient lands of the gods to prevent Gea from waking up. Lands even more dangerous than America, lands with forgotten gods, hungry monsters and spirits of the past willing to do everything in order to have their lives again.
A mission in which these demigods will have to face their greatest fears, where they will learn to use their abilities to survive.
This saga is narrated from the perspective of these seven demigods, so we don't miss out on anything that happens on their trip through Europe. We get to know through the pages of the books of this saga, as the characters think, what they feel when facing the situations of this mission.
Being the second time I read The Heroes of Olympus, I realized many details, of what Rick Riordan wants to teach his readers through the experiences of the characters in these books. And I was even more excited than the first time I read them. Also relate many details with the previous saga and the following sagas that Rick Riordan wrote.
This saga is undoubtedly a saga where you get attached to the characters, a saga full of adventures and dangers, a saga where you read how the characters mature and face everything they once feared. A saga were friendship develops.
It is undoubtedly a saga that you have to read, Dreamers.
-Daydream 🌻🌻
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