Author: Rick Riordan
Published: October 12th 2010
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Genre: YA, Children, Fantasy
Pages: 557
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Synopsis: (Via Goodreads)
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. Piper doesn’t understand her dream, or why her boyfriend suddenly doesn’t recognize her. When a freak storm hits, 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. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist that each of them—including Leo—is related to a god.
Jason has lost his memory due to a god. Piper's father has been kidnapped because the bad guy believes that will help him get Piper to betray her friends. Leo has a secret which has made a god interested in him and something that has made him hate himself. The characters go through hardships where they lean on their friends, without knowing sometimes, and that helped show great character growth throughout the book.
This book captured my attention from the first page. Rick Riordan has a magical way of writing about the Greek Gods and their Roman sides as well. Throughout the book the point of view changes between the three main characters and that helps to give more insight on each of the characters as individuals. This book did justice to the Percy Jackson series and it carried on with the beautiful story of demigods and the hardships of prophecies. The characters were amazing and it was very nostalgic to read about the other characters from the Percy Jackson series.
Rick Riordan's writing displayed the emotions of the characters beautifully and gave an amazing plot that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. I will definitely pick up the second book soon, and I highly recommend this book to you.
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