When To Stories Cross

Many people know about Ric Riordans very successful series; The Lighting Thief. How Percy Jackson heroically saved Mt Olympus. Mt Olympus isn't just a legend among the demigods of Camp Half-Blood. It is the home to their very powerful Gods. What some people don't know is that there is another camp of Roman demigods that aren't known to the Greeks. Yet the Romans do not know of the Greeks themselves. Shortly after the end of The Lighting Thief series and the beginning of the Last Hero series, these stories begin to intertwine to create a very interesting story.

The Last Hero starts off with a confused and memory wiped main character. Throughout this series the character, Jason, begins to regain his memory and realizes that he was a roman and no he's a Greek. When he and his friends travel to camp half blood it creates very curious thoughts for the ready. For example when they arrive at camp, the readers beloved Percy Jackson is missing. This is a great way that Rick Riordan creates a little confusing with the reader thinking, "Oh where is he!" This is a great quality and a great way to get the reader hooked. A typical fan of Rick Riordon would be anxious to read on a find out where Percy really is. 

After these hero's go on a quest they come back and start working on a great battle ship for their next quest, but what they have just realized is that this quest requires the best Greeks, and the best Romans to work together. This is about the time when in the second book the point of view is switched over to Percy's. It was a really good idea to put in some new characters just to spice things up a bit with drama and some little crushes that are tried to be forgotten. While Percy is going through his battles in his own quest. He starts to get his memory back. During this stage in the book Rick Riordan, being the great author he is, still found a way to hook the reader in the book. Often while reading this the reader askes themselves, "Do I remember this?" This is a great quality to have a in a book, keeping the reader hooked during even the most anti-climax parts.

Throughout the book the flashbacks, or the newly remembered memories are often referred to as like a deja vu. If you've ever had a deja vu happen to you that you can remember, it's funny. This wasn't case for Percy and Jason. Another way these memories were referred to were feeling of having something on the tip of your tongue, but just can't remember it. For many people this is an uncomfortable feeling or it's very irritable. For Percy and Jason this was going on for months. 

When these two parties of people unite, the ready gets the feeling of excitement  There are so many more people to think about and so many more things happening. Finally these two stories have come together and are packed full of exciting things happening. This does really create an interesting story when the characters of a different series all come together within this series. As if The Lightning Thief wasn't a good enough story yet, and now here comes this new series which combines these two sets of characters and makes this story even more addicting.