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The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
5.0

I keep being surprised by this author. At first I was hesitant because Roman mythology is my least favorite mythology, and I saw that the PJO characters were barely in this. So yeah, I thought this would just be a series to get through so I could read the other series in the Riordanverse.

But man, I was wrong. I love being proven wrong like this.

I absolutely LOVED it. I loved how the author included Roman mythology in this. Me liking Roman mythology - well, never thought that would happen. I loved every twist and I really liked the three main characters.

One thing I also liked, you don't immediately know who their parents are. With some it's obvious, but you still get time to figure it out yourself before it's confirmed.

Another thing I loved: the point of view chapters were equally divided. If there is one thing I hate, it's when a book with multiple POVs is not equally divided. When 60% of the POVs is one character, and the other 40% is shared by the other characters. Because then it feels like you get to know one character and their story more than the others. But this book has a nice pattern (maybe it's my autism, but I also love patterns). 2 chapters about Jason, 2 chapters about Piper, 2 chapters about Leo.

And yeah, the thing with multiple POVs is that there is almost always one POV you like more than the other, and yeah I got the most excited when we were back at the Jason chapters, but that didn't matter. All 3 characters were interesting to read about.

Normally I don't immediately continue with a series. I need one book in between so I don't get too much of the same story (I know, sounds weird, but I've always had that, when jt takes too long, I get bored) but I'm definitely thinking about immediately continuing this series. I'm not sure yet, cause damn these books are big, but I'm thinking about it.