The Lost Hero is the first book of the Heroes of Olympus book series. The Lost Hero is a fantasy and young-adult fiction novella and it was written by Rick Riordan and it was released on October 12, 2010. The Heroes of Olympus is a five-part series of books and it’s a sequel to Percy Jackson & Olympians. When Percy Jackson –books are telling only about the Greek mythology, the Heroes of the Olympus –books are telling both Greek and Roman mythology.
So, the Lost Hero is telling about Jason Grace who doesn’t remember his identity or how he got in the bus with a group taking a field trip to the Grand Canyon. Leo Valdez is his best friend and Piper McLean his girlfriend. Right in the first capture they get in the troubles with a Greek monster and seep in the world of the half-bloods, Greek and Roman gods and monsters. They met Annabeth Chase, from the Percy Jackson & the Olympians –books, who is searching his boyfriend Percy Jackson who has been missing couple months. Then Jason, Piper and Leo figure out that they are half-bloods, half man half god. Jason, Piper and Leo are taken to Camp Half-blood but soon they figure out that they doesn’t belong in there and soon they are in the adventure full of giants, gods, monsters and troubles.
Theme of the book was a friendship, and finding the true yourself in middle of everything confusing, even when you’re world is mixed up and you have to blend to the all changes. In the book, characters have to learn who they can trust and how to survive from the difficult situation, together as a group.
Riordan has been amazingly combine two antique world and write fine and modern story about them. Riordan’s books are also telling you facts about Greek and Roman mythology (and also Egyptian, in Kane Chronicles book series) and in that way you’ll learn a lot about gods and all kind stuffs about mythology. But you have to also remember that all that what Riordan is telling about gods and all that kind of stuffs isn’t necessarily true. Riordan has also a great way to tell a story and to keep reader’s interest.
The story and a plot were great and it kept interest throughout the whole book. I was all the time thinking and wondering and stretching what happens next. I couldn’t stop reading because I wanted to know how it’s end and what will happened to Jason, Piper and Leo. Story makes me also want to be part of the book and that world, but I’m a fantasia fan.