The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

The second installment in the Heroes of Olympus, The Son of Neptune is arguably as intriguing as the first installment, The last hero. The Son of Neptune brings readers in by reuniting characters from the original Percy Jackson books, while incorporating new characters that make you stay up at night wondering what will happen to them next. There are three heroes in this second installment and one of them is the unusual, brave and amusing Percy Jackson from the original series. The second hero is new, but very interesting; Hazel; the mysterious girl with weird powers and Pluto for a father. She will definitely keep you on your toes and keep trying to guess what her background story is. Last, but not least, we have the third member, Frank; the sometimes confused, sometimes extremely brave Chinese-Canadian. As he searches for whom he is, what his true powers are, and who is his godly father is, you will want to go on the quest with him just to help figure out these questions. The twist in this series is that these books highlight Roman mythology, whereas the Percy Jackson series focused on Greek mythology. With the new mix of characters and new quests to be had you will not want to put The Son of Neptune down until you are done! - Amanda N., class of 2012