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The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Compared to the Percy Jackson Series, I enjoyed this book a lot more. I think it was mainly due to the different characters, they are so drastically different from one another, with completely different pasts. This makes it all the more interesting when the points of view change, and when they do we usually get further insights into each character. I did find the characters, two "lovebirds," annoying at first, but over time they grew on me. Also, be warned that the moments they have about one another can be particularly cringy at times, but that might also just be me.
There's so much that happened in this book and I'm on the edge of my seat! Like how did it go with Percy? Jason's memory is starting to slowly come back, he's remembering his friends' names now. Also, how does current Jason connect to past Jason? They seem to be the same person, however, Jason, from what we know is mostly related to the Roman side and the other camp, we've yet to find out about. Like was he reincarnated or what?? The bonding moments between Piper and her dad were somber and sweet at the same time. On that note about Piper, I get her having to stand up to Drew, but did it have to be so corny? No hate to Piper/Jason, they're disgustingly cute together, but that crossed a line... I know this book also dipped its toes into Leo's backstory but I want to know more! He ran away like what 6 times?? There has to be something that happened in that time period that could be important to Leo's character. Anyway, this was an amazing read! Though it took me months, literally, it was 100% worth it and I can't wait to read the rest of this series!