Yang here, I am here for what I am here every time. To give you the review on the second book of the series, The Son of Neptune. I hope you enjoy it. If my writing is getting 'not-interesting' tell me, I would be happy to read the hate mail. At least I'll get mail. *sobs as if having years of practice*
So to begin with, our sassy, Greek-ily hot, sea green eyed, loving boyfriend is back. The one and only, Percy Jackson. What's the catch Yang? Even though he is Greek he happens to bump in on a Roman camp (Read the intro for the brief explanation of our two beloved empires). That sounds interesting, how did that happen? Of course, our one and only, Queen jealous-of-her-husband's-girlfriend, Hera (She should give classes to possessive people on how to take revenge, you can partner too Yin. Yin? are you possessed? why do you have the death stare? don't take a step forward! The power of Christ compels you! Ahhh! My will - My four pair of socks, some couple of T-shirts and Jeans and a couple of hundred bucks go to charity. The rest of my possessions are my undergarments, they go to the garbage can). She takes his memory and dumps him into a pack of wolves so that later he can go to the Roman Camp of demigods (Camp Jupiter). Why wolves? Because apparently that's how Romans roll, they are left with the pack of wolves whose queen is the god of wolves, Lupa. She trains them until she thinks they are ready and then leaves them to go on their own and survive the cruel world till they reach camp. All this is done while the child is with wolves and they have their own principals, like if any child showed weakness then demigod special would be available in the dinner menu. She got the award of the most desirable nanny ever (okay Yin, I'll get off the ride of 'Humor on wolf' and get on the ride of 'book reviews' just not the lamp, it hurts.)
Getting back to the review, all that Percy remembers is Annabeth. Now he just has to find a way to get to her. Should be a piece a cake right? Only that it's anything but that. Percy fights Gorgons (they're related to Medusa) and reaches Camp Jupiter with an old lady on his back who turns out to be the Roman counterpart of Hera, Juno. Lot to process yes. There he meets Hazel and Frank who help him at Camp. Soon news spreads that a son of Neptune (counterpart of Posiedon) has come to camp and their camp head or Praetor, Reyna takes charge. She invites Percy to a nice friendly chat and tries extracting all the information she can but is left with none because he can't remember a thing! A few days later, Mars (counterpart of Ares) comes and gives a simple prophecy to Frank (who happens to be his son. Told you these Greeks and Romans are no different). His mission is to go to the land beyond the gods, Alaska, save a god, defeat a giant and bring back a Roman flag which will be vital for the future. Easy stuff. To bring it down a bit, Frank is the guy who is hungry, Alaska is a fridge (it actually is cold there) and saving a god, defeating a giant and getting the flag is the snack in the fridge. He does not have a choice because if he does not get the snack, the big prophecy would be useless (that's for another time).
As is the norm, every quest should have three demigods and Frank obviously chooses Hazel and Percy and the three set off on their adventure, hoping to find this god free him and get back to Camp alive. More than that Percy just wanted to get back to his old life, his old home, his old friends and his Annabeth.
This book is better that the first. The way Percy gets his memory back is one amazing ride. Frank and Hazel surprise us at every opportunity and the trio become really close by the end of their quest. And as to whether my distant brother gets his memory back or not, you'll get the answer in the book. That's right, MY distant brother *beaming with pride*. Anyway, that's all from me. Yin will see you here next week with the review of Mark of Athena (she's kinda sentimental about writing about her distant sister's adventure. Dont worry Yin, it would be alright. You just have to feel the pen and keyboard the rest will be done). See you readers!
So to begin with, our sassy, Greek-ily hot, sea green eyed, loving boyfriend is back. The one and only, Percy Jackson. What's the catch Yang? Even though he is Greek he happens to bump in on a Roman camp (Read the intro for the brief explanation of our two beloved empires). That sounds interesting, how did that happen? Of course, our one and only, Queen jealous-of-her-husband's-girlfriend, Hera (She should give classes to possessive people on how to take revenge, you can partner too Yin. Yin? are you possessed? why do you have the death stare? don't take a step forward! The power of Christ compels you! Ahhh! My will - My four pair of socks, some couple of T-shirts and Jeans and a couple of hundred bucks go to charity. The rest of my possessions are my undergarments, they go to the garbage can). She takes his memory and dumps him into a pack of wolves so that later he can go to the Roman Camp of demigods (Camp Jupiter). Why wolves? Because apparently that's how Romans roll, they are left with the pack of wolves whose queen is the god of wolves, Lupa. She trains them until she thinks they are ready and then leaves them to go on their own and survive the cruel world till they reach camp. All this is done while the child is with wolves and they have their own principals, like if any child showed weakness then demigod special would be available in the dinner menu. She got the award of the most desirable nanny ever (okay Yin, I'll get off the ride of 'Humor on wolf' and get on the ride of 'book reviews' just not the lamp, it hurts.)
Getting back to the review, all that Percy remembers is Annabeth. Now he just has to find a way to get to her. Should be a piece a cake right? Only that it's anything but that. Percy fights Gorgons (they're related to Medusa) and reaches Camp Jupiter with an old lady on his back who turns out to be the Roman counterpart of Hera, Juno. Lot to process yes. There he meets Hazel and Frank who help him at Camp. Soon news spreads that a son of Neptune (counterpart of Posiedon) has come to camp and their camp head or Praetor, Reyna takes charge. She invites Percy to a nice friendly chat and tries extracting all the information she can but is left with none because he can't remember a thing! A few days later, Mars (counterpart of Ares) comes and gives a simple prophecy to Frank (who happens to be his son. Told you these Greeks and Romans are no different). His mission is to go to the land beyond the gods, Alaska, save a god, defeat a giant and bring back a Roman flag which will be vital for the future. Easy stuff. To bring it down a bit, Frank is the guy who is hungry, Alaska is a fridge (it actually is cold there) and saving a god, defeating a giant and getting the flag is the snack in the fridge. He does not have a choice because if he does not get the snack, the big prophecy would be useless (that's for another time).
As is the norm, every quest should have three demigods and Frank obviously chooses Hazel and Percy and the three set off on their adventure, hoping to find this god free him and get back to Camp alive. More than that Percy just wanted to get back to his old life, his old home, his old friends and his Annabeth.
This book is better that the first. The way Percy gets his memory back is one amazing ride. Frank and Hazel surprise us at every opportunity and the trio become really close by the end of their quest. And as to whether my distant brother gets his memory back or not, you'll get the answer in the book. That's right, MY distant brother *beaming with pride*. Anyway, that's all from me. Yin will see you here next week with the review of Mark of Athena (she's kinda sentimental about writing about her distant sister's adventure. Dont worry Yin, it would be alright. You just have to feel the pen and keyboard the rest will be done). See you readers!
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