Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus Book 1)

No cover — Rick Riordan: Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus Book 1) (2010, Penguin Books, Limited)

English language

Published 2010 by Penguin Books, Limited.

ISBN:: 978-0-14-196555-0

(2 reviews)

Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently, she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids.” What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea—except that everything seems very wrong.

Piper has a secret. Her father has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he’s in terrible danger. Now, her boyfriend doesn’t recognize her, and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip, she, Jason, and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood. What is going on?

Leo has a way with tools. His new cabin at Camp Half-Blood is filled with them. Seriously, the place beats the Wilderness School hands down, with its weapons, training, …

Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently, she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids.” What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea—except that everything seems very wrong.

Piper has a secret. Her father has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he’s in terrible danger. Now, her boyfriend doesn’t recognize her, and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip, she, Jason, and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood. What is going on?

Leo has a way with tools. His new cabin at Camp Half-Blood is filled with them. Seriously, the place beats the Wilderness School hands down, with its weapons, training, monsters, and fine-looking girls. What’s troubling is the "curse" everyone keeps talking about, and that a camper’s gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist they are all—including Leo—related to a god.

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✨Timelord Iroh(she/her)🏳️‍⚧️✨ reviewed Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus Book 1) by Rick Riordan

Very enjoyable

5 stars

I loved this story. It's a great follow-on from the PJO pentalogy and a great start to expand upon what Uncle Rick started way back in The Lightning Thief. I can't wait to continue the series.

I enjoyed the expansion of having the Roman pantheon and the improvement to Aphrodite and her cabin. I love Piper, Leo, and Jason. Piper is great in showing that sometimes words are as powerful as celestial bronze. Leo is just pure sass (very similar to Percy, i really hope we get interactions between them) and with all the pain he's dealt with, I see him being a great hero. Jason is a great addition, having him be Thalia's brother. The retconn is nearly seamless in that Thalia never told anyone, even Luke or Annabeth about him. Though with them traveling around for a year or more, I find it hard to believe that she'd …

I loved this story. It's a great follow-on from the PJO pentalogy and a great start to expand upon what Uncle Rick started way back in The Lightning Thief. I can't wait to continue the series.

I enjoyed the expansion of having the Roman pantheon and the improvement to Aphrodite and her cabin. I love Piper, Leo, and Jason. Piper is great in showing that sometimes words are as powerful as celestial bronze. Leo is just pure sass (very similar to Percy, i really hope we get interactions between them) and with all the pain he's dealt with, I see him being a great hero. Jason is a great addition, having him be Thalia's brother. The retconn is nearly seamless in that Thalia never told anyone, even Luke or Annabeth about him. Though with them traveling around for a year or more, I find it hard to believe that she'd never confide in them about having a brother. Oh well.

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June 28, 2013