Novel Of The Week*HOO : The Lost Hero

This week's review is on the first book of Heroes Of Olympus series, The Lost Hero
written by Rick Riordan.

HEROES OF OLYMPUS : THE LOST HERO

The book starts with Jason, a 'demigod'  son of Zeus with no memories of who or

what he actually is. All he remembers are his two 'Best Friends' Piper and Leo and

that they were on a school trip. Things became complicated as they were attacked by

venti*roman wind spirits. Evenitually, Jason saved the day by driving the venties away

while also discovering his powers which is flying and summoning lightning*Pretty

awesome right?*. Being the 'son' of Zeus also bestowed him with the power to control 

the wind.

The plot developed deeper and more serious as it is revealed that Gaia*Ultra Powerful

Evil mother of Zeus* is awakening from her deep slumber and is seeking revenge on

Zeus and his siblings. Gaia is angry at Zeus and his generation of deities because they 

overthrew Gaia's favourite son Kronos, who is also Zeus's Evil Father. In this story,

Jason also realised that his best friends, Piper and Leo, are also 'demigods' daughter of

Aphrodite and Son of Hephaestus respectively.

Set in the same world of the Percy Jackson series*same author*, Jason and his friends 

faced challenges like never before in their quest to reach Camp Half-Blood, supposedly a 

safe place for 'demigods'*Half-human Half-deity. The book ends with Jason gaining

all of his memories back, they learned of a roman version of Camp Half-Blood, 

Camp Jupiter*Jason is the leader of Camp Jupiter and they acknowledge the missing 

leader of Camp Half-Blood, Percy Jackson.

3 Interesting Words

1. Cohort -

A group or company

Any group of warriors or soldiers

A division of Ancient Rome Legion

She has a cohort of admirers.

A cohort of soldiers sent by the Emperor is on the way.

The Tenth Cohort sacrificed themselves to make sure the mission is accomplished.

2. Cognac -

A French Brandy 

They imported the cognac illegally through cargo ships.

3. Praetor -

One of number of elected magistrates*Ancient Rome

The praetor was charged with a death penalty after taking so many bribes.

Response

To those who like Fantasy-Fiction genres, you surely wouldn't want to miss this one.

Since it is set in the same world of the Percy Jackson series*actually a continuation*

it's filled with characters that I'm familiar with and the new characters are also quite

interesting. This novel would probably have the first 'demigod' character that could 

really match up with the strengths of Percy Jackson because in the previous series,

Percy Jackson, the most powerful 'demigod' is the main guy, Percy, being the only 

child of the Big Three*Zeus, Poseidon and Hades* and all. While in this series, a new 

character child of Zeus is introduced! I'm expecting a great rivalry between this two

throughout the whole series :D.