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Title The Lost Hero
Author Rick Riordan
Cover Art John Rocco
Publisher Disney - Hyperion - 2012
First Printing Disney - Hyperion - 2010
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Title The Son of Neptune
Author Rick Riordan
Cover Art John Rocco
Publisher Disney - Hyperion - 2013
First Printing Disney - Hyperion - 2011
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Title The Mark of Athena
Author Rick Riordan
Cover Art John Rocco
Publisher Disney - Hyperion - 2014
First Printing Disney - Hyperion - 2012
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Title The House of Hades
Author Rick Riordan
Cover Art John Rocco
Publisher Disney - Hyperion - 2015
First Printing Disney - Hyperion - 2013
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Title The Blood of Olympus
Author Rick Riordan
Cover Art John Rocco
Publisher Disney - Hyperion - 2016
First Printing Disney - Hyperion - 2014
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Title The Demigod Diaries
Author Rick Riordan
Cover Art Steve James
Publisher Disney Hyperion - 2012
First Printing Disney Hyperion - 2012
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Title The Demigods & Magicians
Author Rick Riordan
Cover Art Steve James
Publisher Disney Hyperion - 2016
First Printing Disney Hyperion - 2016
Category Children/Young Adult
Warnings None
Main Characters Percy Jackson, Annabeth, Nico, Jason, Frank, Piper, Hazel, Leo, Rayna, and the Greek Gods & Monsters
Main Elements Gods, monsters
Website Rick Riordan Official Site




Click to read the summaryThe Lost Hero

Click to read the summaryThe Son of Neptune

Click to read the summaryThe Mark of Athena

Click to read the summaryThe House of Hades

Click to read the summaryThe Blood of Olympus

Click to read the summaryThe Demigod Diaries

Click to read the summaryDemigods & Magicians




It's been a while since I was able to get back to Percy's world of gods and monsters, but I wanted to wait for the series to be complete before jumping in since I knew I would be able to wait between books. And it was worth the wait, a whole new cast of characters along with the return of some familiar faces. In this series we delve into the dual nature of the Greek gods who were adapted and changed by the Romans...and what exactly does that mean for the gods themselves to have this kind of split personality (apparently it will matter quite a lot as the series goes along).

This series takes place a few years after the first one did, so in a sense, the charactes have gone from middle-grade to young adult. While Annabeth has always been Percy's girlfriend, Percy finds himself thinking of settling down already (given the short lifespans of demigod's, one has to consider having a family pretty early). We also get to encounter a huge variety of characters from Greek mythology from well known ones like Hercules to others I've never run across before (and who are pissed at being forgotten).

Of course, in the midst of all the series life-and-death stuff, there is plenty of humour which made me laugh out loud several times, and there were moments where I had to read out a couple lines to someone in my house. And there are a whole bunch of Canadian references! From one major character that comes from Vancouver, to finding out that the god of the north wind Boreas lives in the attic of the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City (wonder what he does in the summer though, sure Canada is cold in the winter, but it can get hotter than Jamaica in the summer!), and a Montreal reference that popped up when the villains were claiming parts of the world they wanted to own. Being Canadian it made me happy, though I had to cringe at the stereotypes (the dumb hockey loving, pizza eating son of Boreas...but then I guess all the rest of the characters are equally ridiculous so it's fair game).

By the end of the series I really didn't want it to stop. I was really into the world, Riordan came up with a great cast of characters, ok sure, the gods/monsters were ridiculous and often silly (they tricked Nyx by pretending to be tourists, and being vain, she wanted to know why she wasn't on the main tourist loop, etc) but at times he could be insightful as to how certain gods and monsters might adapt to the modern world, other times it was just goofy. I don't know if every one of these books should have won the Goodreads Choice Awards every year, I mean there are other middle grade books out there, but they are actually very good and I really enjoyed my romp through Greek/Roman mythology.

And of course to wrap up, there is the companion book, The Demigod Diaries, where you can read four short stories and a few games:

  • The Diary of Luke Castellan - goes back to the original series and give us Luke, Thalia and Annabeth's origin story
  • Percy Jackson and the Staff of Hermes - just a fun side story, taking place between the two series
  • Leo Valdez and the quest for Buford - a silly story of a table that ran away, but then becomes quickly series when the Maenads show up
  • Son of Magic - written by Riordan's son (for whom Riordan originally invent Percy Jackson), now 16 himself, about one of the demigods that fought on the side of Kronos and what happened to him after he lost, it was interesting because it was noticeably a different style, don't think there was anything funny in it at all, but at the same time expands the world in a meaningful way.

Looking forward to tackling the Magnus Chase series next year and learning more on the Norse gods, though I'm also eager to get to the Apollo series as that one clearly continues from the end of The Heroes of Olympus as we are left wondering what punishment Apollo will suffer.



The companion book, Demigods & Magicians takes place right after the end of The Heroes of Olympus and is an interesting trilogy of three short stories where the Greek Demigods have to work together with the Egyptians Magicians, Riordan's other series. The downside of buying this little book was that all the stories were included with the other books, there wasn't even one story that was specific to this edition, if I had known that I would have saved myself some money!




Posted: August 2020

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