Heroes of Olympus: The Son of Neptun

"THE SNAKE-HAIRED LADIES WERE starting to annoy Percy.
They should have died three days ago when he dropped a crate of bowling balls on them at the Napa Bargain Mart. They should have died two days ago when he ran over them with a police car in Martinez. They definitely should have died this morning when he cut off their heads in Tilden Park."

They are beautiful, right?

Percy has a couple of problems:

1. 2 gorgons are trying to kill him and have for days
2. He is going somewhere, he is not really sure where the end destination is
3. He has amnesia

"Percy hated tests. Since he’d lost his memory, his whole life was one big fill-in-the-blank. He was ____________________, from ____________________. He felt like ____________________, and if the monsters caught him, he’d be ____________________."

He comes to a hill... and he is trapped.

Snake lady's come, they try to kill him and he jumps of the hill on a metal tray... just a normal day for a demi-god

"As he fell toward the highway, a horrible scenario flashed through his mind: his body smashing against an SUV’s windshield, some annoyed commuter trying to push him off with the wipers. Stupid sixteen-year-old kid falling from the sky! I’m late!"

He gets to the highway without dying... an incredible task by it self.

U get the idea

There he meet's "the goddess of smelly, heavy, useless hippies", it's actually Juno in disguise.
He carries her all the way to Camp Jupiter, where one of the two guards that where at the gate gets caught by a gorgon, Percy does his thing with water and saves Frank.

Old bag lady becomes Juno everybody is in awe and all, but Percy is Percy and shows no respect what so ever.

He gets taken to the principia (Roman version HQ) he talks with Reyna praetor of the Twelfth Legion Fulminata,then he gets send to the Augur... that by the way is a creep and the stuff in teddy bear nightmares.

He meet's Nico DiAngelo (... again)  at Pluto's shrine 

They talk and Percy thinks he knows him, but he isn't sure for obvious reasons.

Hazel talks with her brother "the oh so brooding" Nico, we find out she was dead for 70 years before coming back to the world of the living.

They have a initiation thing with Percy, Hazel stands up for him and he gets put in the fifth cohort

“Thanks, Hazel,” he said. “Um, what exactly does it mean—your standing for me?” 

“I guarantee your good behavior,” Hazel explained. “I teach you the rules, answer your questions, make sure you don’t disgrace the legion.” 

“And…if I do something wrong?” 

“Then I get killed along with you,” Hazel said. “Hungry? Let’s eat.” 

Then they play war game - the fifth wins - Mars shows up and claims Frank as his son - much to Franks dismay.
They get send on a quest (no wonder) to save Death... in Alaska the land beyond the gods... where Hazel died... raising an immortal giant... that can't die... Well, let's see how that goes.

The only help they get from the Romans are the "great" roman navy... one old rowboat called Pax.

They row out to no man's land cause Hazel  is having a blackout like thing - she relives her life... old life - in no man's land Hazel gets kidnapped by a grass field...????

"HAZEL WAS AN EXPERT ON WEIRD. She’d seen her mother possessed by an earth goddess. She’d created a giant out of gold. She’d destroyed an island, died, and come back from the Underworld.

But getting kidnapped by a field of grass? That was new."

She escapes by summoning a pile of schist... did i forget to mention she can summon all the riches from the earth... with the little problem that if you touch them you die.

The guys rescue her, they see the armies in their way to Camp Jupiter, Percy gets a freak out so the go to a little shop close by... they only have to fight 3 basilisks.
They reach the place it is partially owned by Iris the rainbow goddess (BTW, she is thinking about becoming a Buddhist...???). Frank gets advice from Iris slays the basilisk with his dragon tooth spear.

They go on Portland to visit Phineas a blind man that sees the future, he also gets the title of seriously mother fucking creeper.

They  find a harpy named Ella Phineas wants, but they won't give her up so the make a bet with the dude that sees the future.
They have 2 vials with gorgon blood one from each side one cures all the other gives you a painful death.

Percy makes Gaea trick Phineas into choosing the wrong vial, they get the location of where Death is kept prisoner and of they go to Seattle to Amazon territory.
They get taken prisoners, escape on a untamable horse faster then the speed of sound, they ride all the way to Franks grandmothers house, outside a large quantity of "Canadians" - Laistrygonians -  and again dragon tooth spear to the rescue.

They get to the house, Mars is there and they have a loving father-to-son talk, Frank finds out about the family "power" he can change shape...Nice!!

They fight a smaller war on top of grandmas house they escape take a plane to Alaska.

Here they take a train and get attacked by griffins and get saved by sliding under the butt of a cute blue giant.

 Well and of the go to the city where Hazel lived last before she died and yet again get attacked, but
Arion saves their asses and get them to Death prison.

Of they go up the glacier to face a immortal giant and an army of ghost... nothing can go wrong.
Well, Hazel fights the giant, Frank melts Death chains and Percy faces an army.

Frank releases Death, helps Hazel by turning into a giant bear, they take "Golden boy" to Canada where he can be killed (He is immortal in his birth place...country or something).

They kill the giant find Percy get a golden carriage and a lot of deadly gold weapons.
They go back to Camp Jupiter in a couple of hours. They get in the fight and destroy all of their
enemies.


Stars:
4.38
It is a really good book and all it just has these... moments.
The first time in the presence of Octavian, actually him in general pisses me off
Thanatos is creepy and confusing
But in general a really good boom i love the whole Hazel/Frank thing (I'm a hopeless romantic) I also love Annabeth being Percy's only memory.
The whole back from the dead and the blackouts gives the story an interesting spin.
Franks burned wood stick and the whole old roots and magic make him an extremely interesting person in the book.
Gaea waking of course makes the quest even harder and therefore more interesting.

What can you use this book for in real life:
No secret is too big to share with friends, if they are real friends they will protect the secret the best they are capable of

A real life with pain, suffering but also possibilities are better than living a lie and sheltered from the pain of the world.


Nothing is impossible the word it self says "I'm possible"  - Audrey Hepburn

Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero

"EVEN BEFORE HE GOT ELECTROCUTED, Jason was having a rotten day..."

That is a great start for a book

The Lost Hero is about Jason, Piper and Leo

Well, Jason wakes up in a school bus... with no memory.

Piper thinks she is his girlfriend... but it is only a trick of the mist... that seriously sucks for her.

They get attacked by a classmate that turns out to be a wind monster a venti or anemoi thuella depending on who you ask.

The evil coach turns out to be half goat... a satyr or faun again depending on who you ask.

Jason has  a magic gold coin that turns in to a magic gold sword.

And Leo falls in to the Grand Canyon...

They get picked up by Annabeth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) that demands to know where Percy is... he is missing, if you hadn't guessed. 

They crash land in the lake and Leo gets claimed by Hephaestus (god of blacksmiths and fire)

Piper gets shown around camp by Annabeth... and that ends with Piper finding out every memory she has with Jason are fake... so of course that ends with tears... 

Leo gets shown around "cabin nine domain" and gets to know about " the cabin nine curse"... yeah they have there own curse... and a giant sycophantic metal dragon.

Piper meets Rachel (The oracle)... and that does not go so well, since Rachel is possessed by Hera  and Piper goes unconscious. And at the same time Juno (Roman version of Hera) shows herself for Jason.

“I hate to tell you this,” Jason said, “but I think your leopard just ate a goddess.”

Oh, and by the way Jason should be dead or Chiron thinks he should be dead.

They go to the camp fire Aphrodite claims Piper... which Piper finds rather horrifying... barbie doll mom and bitchy siblings... life is good...not

Piper Woke up and immediately grabbed a mirror. There were plenty of those in the Aphrodite cabin. 

She sat on her bunk, looked at her reflection and groaned.

She was still gorgeous.

We find out ho Jason's godly parent is ... and there comes a new quest YAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!

“Child of lightning, beware the earth, 

The giants’ revenge the seven shall birth, 

The forge and dove shall break the cage, 

And death unleash through Hera’s rage.”

Leo gets on the quest by repairing psycho dragon and the reason he can do that is that he has a bit of a fire problem... he busts out in flames from time to time.

"You named him Festus? You know that in Latin, ‘festus’ means ‘happy’? You want us to ride off to save the world on Happy the Dragon?” 

“That’s a yes, bro!” Leo said. 

Well and of they go, first to Boreas god of the North wind, there they meet Khione the Ice Princess

They don't get killed, yayy

They get goin' to on there way to Chicago... but they crash land in Detroit in an abandoned car warehouse... or something.

Festus crash lands on a  line of Porta-Potties toilets just behind the giant warehouse.

She might look cute
but she is EVIL!!!

There "Dirt lady" talks to Leo... she is the reason his mother died...

And he dumps a toilet on her face...o_ 0!?

And the warehouse turns out to be evil cyclops lair... not good.

Jason gets knocked out, Piper gets captured and Leo saves the day.

Leo goes all machine type hero makes it do stuff... like smash cyclops to dust... oh and he burns.

Next stop Chicago to an evil shopping center, there is a lot of crazy stuff like poisons and old armor and forget potions and remember potions and generally stuff like that.

Oh, she also sells long lost friends 

"Um, right. Actually, Your Highness …” He pointed to the gilded cage on the first floor. “That’s our friend down there, Gleeson Hedge. The satyr. Could we … have him back, please?"

Well it ends up with the boys almost killing each other but Piper charm speaking them out of it. 

The whole thing explodes... KABOOM

And King Midas is up next, he turns Piper and Leo to gold and Jason fights Midas's son Lit (short for Lityerses), they escape and end at Pikes Peak, Colorado where Aeolus’s floating palace should be anchored.

They meet the very first werewolf in the world Lycaon and his pack of not so friendly wolves... they almost get killed... but the last minute The Hunters come and save the lead by Thalia... did I mention she is Jason's long-lost sister... or he is her long-lost brother... whatever

They talk and we find out Jason/Thalia's mother was messed up... as in seriously fucked up. 

She gave Jason to Hera and told Thalia that he was dead... 

WTF happened to a loving and pie baking mother?!!?!??!?

They go to Aeolus castle and Leo accidentally spontaneously combusts and melts the bridge... and of course the god is MAAAAD, as in nutty, kooky, batty, psychotic, lunatic, mental, rabid, wacky.

They end up getting his personal assistant fired, almost get killed and generally causing mayhem.

They get whirled to California. They go to Mount Diablo slay a giant and save Pipers dad that has been captured... all in a couple of hours.

They go of to the wolf house to save Hera... There is a  battle an other giant, wolves and Frosty the princess... They save the world and all is well... more or les



Stars:
4.86

I love the new blood in the Percy Jackson universe.
Piper is the shit I love her anti-heartbreaking thing
Leo with his heart breaking story of life
but Jason can from time to time piss me the fuck off

1. Piper - Reyna thing
2. Memory loss (though not entirely his fault)
3. He is too perfect

Festus is awesome too I was really sad when he "died"

The gods going silent and Zeus being a paranoid ass doesn't help at all

What can you use this book for in real life:

Get your feelings out or the will end up boiling and you might try to for example stab your best friend

Don't let any one beat you out or break you spirit

If you got a bitch in your life, she fucks with you fuck back even worse.

There is a difference between being hot and beautiful. If you are hot your appearance is pretty, but if you are beautiful it is your soul.

I-Team: Extreme exposiure

Kara McMillan single mother of 4 year old Connor, she is a journalist at the "Denver Independent"  She is a member of the I-Team - thus the title.

"Kara talked to people all the time. In the ten years she’d been a journalist she’d talked to literally thousands of people—corporate CEOs, government officials, convicted drug smugglers, war survivors, rock stars, even a retired assassin. She’d gotten angry phone calls, hate mail, death threats. None of it fazed her."

Senator Reece Sheridan is as the title so nicely announces a senator, in Colorado, he is "The Tree hugger" senator. 

Kara has interviewed Reece over the phone a couple of times but the first time they meet in person... is so unofficial, it's a bar...

Kara is there with her best friend "Horny" Holly in "The Rio" she gets a drink and sees Reece enter, they start chit chatting .. until a pretty Barbie shows up...                                                                                           The girls get dinner and Kara gets more and more hammered, they start talking about sex, and Reece shows up and he gets in the discussion... Well lets just say it gets veeerry colorful...

Well the night ends with Holly abandoning her with Reece, he drives her home, but he is a perfect gentle man and doesn't sleep with her... or an almost perfect gentle man

"When she had asked him in for tea, her eyes smoky with female sensuality, he’d been hard pressed to refuse her. But he’d been certain they’d end up sharing more than tea, and he’d always made it a policy never to have sex with a woman who might wake up the next morning and claim she didn’t know how he’d gotten into her bed."

Reece is sponsoring a bill for TexaMent, not so much for them as for the environment, so that companies can burn waste tires instead of coal... and the weird thing Devlin, practical Reece's archenemy is in on the bill... the plot thickens... dam dam dam daaaam (supposed to be scary music)...

To those of us that can't lip read he is saying "WTF" 

"I’m a bit startled myself,’ Perhaps someone ought to check the weather report in Hell.’ ”

And Kara is investigating a company called Northstrup... there is this guy going whistleblower... cause they are dumping tocsins in the water... noooot good.

Just fast info they dump tocsins in the water and living around the plant gets you sick... again... noooooot good in the league of mother fucking shit

“Borated polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride nitrogen, ethylene-propene copolymer, and methyl ethyl ketone—these are common components in engine oil, the kind one uses in heavy industrial machinery. They’re in the water in high concentrations.”

“So they’re dumping waste oil in the water instead of paying to have it removed or recycled.”

“That’s my guess. But there’s more. The water has dangerously high levels of methylene chloride. Methylene chloride is an extremely toxic substance found in solvents used to degrease industrial machinery. It looks like Northrup is changing the oil on their machinery, cleaning up, then dumping everything—oil and solvents—into the water.”

Well, Kara and Reece go out... oooh myyy gawd, who would have guessed...

before the date even starts Kara gets embarrassed as her son found her vibrator and ran out with it...

"Mommy, what’s this jiggle stick?”

She looked up to see her son standing not two feet away from Reece with her purple jelly vibrator in his hand. And he was shaking it, making it waggle back and forth."

They go to a Italian place, and it all ends with them making out in his car... YAAAAY :) and decide next date night - Friday

The next night is not as... pleasurable?, as the night before since there is this creep is calling her and giving death threats

“Listen, little girl, you have no idea what you’ve gotten yourself into,” a man whispered, his voice a malevolent hiss. “You can’t handle this, and if you try you’re going to end up dead. Back off now, or face the heat.”

Reece calls her and she thinks he is "The caller" (cool name, right) screams a little at him and he gets all macho man protective and comes over, they kiss and make out... until Holly calls yelling about her sex life...

Kara is going as chaperon for her sons field trip... but she has to cancel cause Northrup is at the state health department...

"Northrup is crawling all over this place. They’ve been here since Monday. You need to get down here. Their attorneys are scouring through our records, telling the state attorney which documents they can include in your open-records request and which they can’t."

She gets over there with Joaquin the papers (best) photographer and there she goes all Commando Ice
Princess on them... is that actually a thing?..
Well and there we meet Galen a 40 something year old lawyer... and also Conner's father... shock, right?..

"She felt the blood drain from her face and fought to keep her expression neutral.

“Allowing my client access to these documents before making them public is completely within the bounds of the law, Ms. McMillan. According to Colorado Revised Statutes—” 

Ms. McMillan. You had his baby, and he calls you Ms. McMillan. 

Cold rage flared in her belly, and she exploded. “Listen, lawyer boy, don’t quote statute at me. I know open-records law inside and out, and there is no provision that entitles a corporation to pick and choose which public documents the public gets to see. Public records are public. Period.”

Galen looked stunned and sputtered. 

I’m not the naive college grad you screwed and dumped, am I?"

Take that asshole.

And she is so exhausted she can't get herself to look pretty or anything so she calls Reece to cancel, but he comes to her place and make dinner and is generally a super nice, cute and gentlemanly... they yet again make out and it yet again ends because someone is calling though this time it is "The Caller"...
The cops come but she can't tell them anything, but they give her a panic button.

Reece invites her to his "cabin" in the woods for a long weekend and of course she says yes.
And they practically fuck 3 days in a row...

When they come back Kara's house is totaled, she goes to Reece's place.
And the next day the happy bobble gets pricked by a police report about the b&e... with both Reece's name and hers...

The next night Kara sleeps at her mothers place and she convinces Kara about Reece...
She comes to the senate, she invites Reece over, when she leaves Galen sees her and get all... MOTHER FUCKING ASSHOLE like

“Yeah. I know her—if you take my meaning.” Prentice nodded, a self-satisfied smirk spreading across his face. “Watch out for her. She’s a hot piece of ass, for sure, but she’s not worth it. All she wants is to snag herself a successful husband. She tried trapping me a few years back. Got knocked up, then looked at me like I was supposed to marry her or some damned thing. I made it real clear I wasn’t going to fall for that old trick, and—”

He comes over and the usual happens... the next morning Reece forgets about the confrontation with Galen and doesn't tell her... let's just say Kara gets more than mildly pissed

She gets ambushed by the girl for a girls night out,
At shit o'clock at night she wakes thinking there are raccoon on her porch, it turns out to be a man (if you can call him that) with a gun... she breaks his nose and he tries to rape her, but gets killed before he can... YAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!... am I evil for being happy about that?


 She goes to the hospital, police cheif Iring and Tom decide she has to go under protective custody, but before she leaves of course she has to be a bitch to Reece that would do anything for her.

And then Reece is accused of murder... uhmm, WHAT!!

She gets over the being angry with him and breaks the whole cloak and dagger thing by telling him how to get to her hotel, they get going on the investigation and get a pretty big lead.

Kara get kidnapped by the CEO of Northrup... and lets see how that ends

Stars:

4 stars
I have never really thought about what investigating reporters do, so it was nice with all the detail... but it kind of took the attention away from the whole "relationship thing" which was kind of irritating not much but a bit...

I love that both Kara and Reece take their job so seriously and love what they do.
I also adore Connor he is so freaking innocent and Kara is such a the best mother she can be and loves him to bits which is so damn lovely.

The relationship problems weren't like big world shattering problems which was really nice.

What can you use this book for in real life:
Stand for what is right and stand strong.

Do what love and love what you do.