The Son of Neptune

The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan, 521 pages

Book two of the Heroes of Olympus series and Percy Jackson has made his triumphant return. This book focuses on Percy as he meets the Roman equivalent of Camp-Half Blood. This camp is completely different and is divided into cohorts and is student run. There are also families living there and is more of a city than a summer camp.

Percy arrives at the camp after being chased by a pair of gorgons and is accepted into the fifth cohort. The fifth cohort is one of the worst and has the worst record in camp. Despite being on probation Percy ends up on a quest with Hazel, daughter of Pluto or Hades, and Frank, son of Ares or Mars. The quest introduces more new giants and mythological beings, see a pattern yet?

Where The Lost Hero touches on the different personas of the gods as seen from the Greek and Roman perspective, this book dives in almost overwhelmingly. As Percy is at the roman camp, the roman god names are used almost exclusively. This can make it difficult to follow at times but it’s worth sticking to it. My favorite character is the horse that eats gold and uses profanity.