Greeks v Romans

Book 2 - A book from an author you love that you haven't read yet

 

The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

 

If you have never read a book by Uncle Rick then you are missing out.

You may not have heard about this book from the series The Heroes of Olympus, but I bet you have heard of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The first two have become Hollywood's creation of what Uncle Rick did such a wonderful job imagining. Don't watch them if you want to keep that beautiful picture of Camp Half-Blood in your mind. Hollywood did what Hollywood does best, and they ruined the storyline. Don't worry, the movies are enough different to make you think you aren't even talking about the same novel, so maybe that's a good thing.

Anyways, this novel is the fifth and final book in the series and I have to say; I'm not sure I was ready for it. Although, I was able to easily detective my way through the plot looking for clues as to what would happen next, I still wasn't prepared for the suspensefulness.

All the books that I've read by Uncle Rick are from that area of Chapters that says Ages 9-12. If you haven't already guessed it, I do not fit into this category but must say I would love to live in it. There is something so wonderful about reading a novel that's meant for children. There is, more than often, a happy ending. The characters are, without fail, faced with a challenge that they don't believe they will ever be able to overcome. Then with the help of teamwork and a finding of some sort of inner strength they realize that they are actually capable of much more.

The main characters in the novels are half-bloods, meaning half-human and half-god. The novel is based around a few teenagers from two camps in the United States, Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter. One camp is Roman, the other is Greek and have been separated from each other since the dawn of time, and for good reason. If you have read the books then you will know that the Greeks and Romans don't normally get along enough to live in the same town, let alone work together to defeat monsters. The Greeks and Romans soon realize that they each have different skills and abilities that will all benefit their journey to save the world from mass destruction.

I would love to write more about the storyline of the series but I can't as I know that a certain Nicool is working on book three. Don't worry, she'll catch up soon.

 

Happy reading! this is t-bear signing off