The Lost Hero.

[tatooine]

I...

I actually punched the wall while reading this book.

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[chibimarchy]

I'm actually really enjoying it (I'm to about chapter 30ish). The only thing I'm really disappointed about is a lack of Nico. HE BETTER BE BACK IN THE LATER BOOKS, DAMMIT. (But, in the meantime, we get Leo. Who I kind of love to death.)

[tatooine]

Did you realize that the chapters have roman numerals?

I'm mad about everyone but Annabeth, Rachel, and Thalia getting shafted. Yeah, Thalia deserves her extra page time. But FUCKIT I LIKE PERCY JACKSON.

[chibimarchy]

Is it bad that I didn't make that connection until you said it? ^^;

THALIA. I haven't gotten to her appearance yet, but I'm happy she's back-- especially considering she seriously got shafted in TLO. But Percy's got to show up in the series eventually. Has to.

(And at least it's not like The Red Pyramid, where I felt virtually no attachment to any characters...)

[tatooine]

I didn't realize until almost the end of the book, haha.

The good thing about it is that now I'm motivated to write "what happened to Percy during TLH."

[dwimmer]

so do the original crew show up at all?

I'm thinking I'm probably going to consider it AU whenever I get around to reading it because lala the PJO series has ended and everything I read so far does not seem good.

[tatooine]

Some. Thalia and Hera have the biggest parts of any returning characters. Annabeth and Rachel are secondary characters. Chiron is there a bit. Clarisse and Jake Mason make cameos. :)

[stigmatize]

not sure if want

[tatooine]

It was definitely a let-down, but to be perfectly fair to the book, that has more to do with me expecting something completely different than it does with the book being badly written or something.

[quiddative]

8(((

So I guess I shouldn't get that as an early Christmas gift for myself, huh?

[tatooine]

Sure you should. I... well, I realize that I should be less attached to the old characters.

[boxlawyer]

...I feel bad because I actually really enjoyed it. Maybe I am defective :(

[tatooine]

Now that I'm distanced from "Oh guess what. Percy will not be in the book" (WHY RIORDAN WHY) I can say that it's not a bad book, I was just disappointed by the lack of Percy. I think the series has a lot of potential, too, so I'm stoked for the next book.

Love Leo, though.

[boxlawyer]

I loved Leo. And man, I loved the undercurrent about Piper and her father, and being cut off from their cultural heritage.

Jason's age creates a plothole you can drive a truck through, but what can you do? It's hilarious.