The son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

Titel: The son of Neptune
Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Hyperion
First published: 2011
Pages: 521
Series: Heroes of Olympus
Star rating: *****


Synopsis: 

Seven half-bloods shall answer the call, 
To storm or fire the world must fall. An oath to keep with a final breath, And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.

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 and evil purpose, Hazel couldn't say no. Now because of her mistake, the future of the world is at risk. Hazel wished 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 infront 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 Prophesy of Seven




So I have no idea why it took me so long to get along to reading this. I mean it is by Rick Riordan, Greek/Roman Mythology and PERCY! Whatever I finally read it, and I am so glad I did!! I had really high expectations for this book, but it surpassed them.

Lets see what was awesome about this book. PERCY! 
I missed him so much in the Lost Hero, I mean Jason, Piper and Leo were really cool too, but they just weren't Percy, but his parts were written in 3rd person, which was a little irritating because I had gotten so used to having him written in 1st person like in Percy Jackson and the Olympians, but aside from that it was just wonderful to get to read about Percy again. But on the otherhand I still miss Annabeth...

Then there was the other camp, it was just really cool, since it was structured to differently then Camp half-blood. Some parts of it was better, but definitely not all of it. It was just really cool to get some more of the Roman Myths I think I still prefer Greek but Roman mythology is very cool too. This other camp also helped explain a lot of about Jason, whereas when you have Percy Exploring Camp Jupiter you have Camp Half-blood to compare to, and such. 

There was also a bunch of new characters, which mostly were so so cool! I really liked Hazel I think she was just such an awesome character, and her background story was just brilliant! Reyna was actually quite awesome too, at first she seemed (At least to me) like just a new Clarisse, but she was so much more then that. After a while you get to see some of her backstory and then she just became so much more then just another Clarisse. Frank, well I didn't love him as I loved some of the other characters, but I mean I was quite cool, and so was is family gift (So COOL!) but I just couldn't really connect to him, like I could to some of the other characters. 

So this was just another wonderful book by Rick Riordan and I can't wait till October for the Mark of Athena, because of course Rick Riordan just had to end on a cliffhanger....