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Dear Ms. Monaco,
I recently read the book called The Last Olympian, by Rick Riordan. It is a fantasy book, and is about a demigod son of Poseidon named Percy Jackson. The Last Olympian is the last book of the series of five, and I rated the series +10/10. I think The Last Olympian is the best book of the series, so I gave it a +10/10, too. I really liked this book because the whole book is basically an epic fight between the Greek gods and demigods, and Kronos (the evil Titan lord) and his army of monsters. I also liked this book because it had a hint of romance. Throughout the whole series, Percy and Annabeth (Athena's daughter)'s relationship grows, and in the end, they end up in an air bubble at the bottom of Camp Half Blood's lake (you'll have to read the book to understand).
This is the quote I picked from page 336;
'The line from the Great Prophecy echoed in my head: A hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap. My whole world tipped upside down, and I gave the knife to Luke.
Grover yelped. "Percy? Are you...um..."
Crazy. Insane. Off my rocker. Probably.
But I watched as Luke grasped the hilt.
I stood before him-defenseless.
He unlatched the side straps of his armor, exposing a small bit of his skin just under his left arm, a place that would be very hard to hit. With difficulty, he stabbed himself.'
I picked this quote because it showed a lot of character development from the beginning of the series. In the first book, The Lightning Thief, you find out that Luke is evil, and serving Kronos. Later, Kronos takes over Luke's body, and Luke becomes Kronos. Throughout the whole series Luke had been trying to kill Percy and destroy Olympus and the demigod haven, Camp Half Blood. It really surprised me that Luke would kill himself to save Olympus in the end. Luke's decision changed my view of him and showed that he really did care about his former friends.
This book reminds me of the Hunger Games series, and the Gone series, because they all have 3 elements that are the same. The first thing is action. All three series keep you on the edge of your seat with endless fighting. The second thing is gore. Even though I have a week stomach, I like gore because it usually comes with action, so I read it, look away and gag, and then I am back to reading again because I am right in the middle of a fight. The last thing that I like in books is romance. In Hunger Games, Kat is caught in a love triangle with Peeta and Gale. In the Gone series, Sam and Astrid like each other, and Caine and Diana seem to like each other, too. And, in Percy Jackson, Percy and Annabeth like each other (there are other relationships, but there are a lot, so I won't name them all).
I wish the author would write more books in this series, because to me the end wasn't satisfying. It does kind of close up the book, but not completely. I would have liked to know more about the rest of Percy's and Annabeth's lives, to see how old they were when they died, if they got married, or if Kronos ever came back. It also would be a good idea to write another series on another child of Poseidon, or Percy's child.
I was really surprised by the part when Luke was about to die, and he asked Annabeth if she loved him. Since she had spent the whole series chasing after him, and letting him win battles because she didn't want him dead, I expected her to say yes. But, she said no, I thought that she did that maybe because Percy was in the room, and she didn't want to say that she didn't love Percy. I also thought that maybe she did love Luke before he turned into Kronos, and didn't want to admit that she didn't love him anymore, until she had to face the truth. I was glad that she said no, though because I didn't really like Luke, since he had tried several times to kill Percy.
Your Friend,
Erika L.
