Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian Book

Rick Riordan's excellent Percy Jackson and the Olympians series comes to an end with The Last Olympian, the fifth book in the series. Percy Jackson was just an ordinary twelve year old boy, struggling with dyslexia and getting into trouble at school, when the series began with Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief but Percy soon discovered that he was not so ordinary after all. Percy Jackson is in fact a demigod, his mother is a regular human but his father is Poseidon, god of the sea. It turns out that Percy's dyslexia is due to his brain being hardwired for ancient Greek rather than English and that he is naturally good at sport because he has an inbuilt ability for sword fighting and defence. After discovering his truth heritage Percy had to leave home and go to live at Camp Half-Blood, a camp for demigods, so that he will be safe from enemies of the gods such as Medusa and the Furies. Since the first book Percy, with the help of his friends Grover (a satyr) and Annabeth (daughter of Athena) has been battling to save the ancient Gods of Olympus and prevent the Titan Kronos from gaining power.

In the Last Olympian the great battle between the Olympian and the Titans finally begins. While the Olympians have many demigods and creatures from Greek mythology on their side, quite a few of the demigods have switched sides to join Kronos and with every new supporter that he recruits his power grows stronger. With the Olympians occupied trying to destroy the monster Typhon, Kronos attacks New York City and begins to advance on Mount Olympus which is left unguarded at the top of the Empire State Building. It is up to Percy Jackson and his loyal band of demigod friends to stop Kronos as battle rages on the streets of New York and the true meaning of the Great Prophecy is revealed.

The Last Olympian is a great book and even though I am sad that the series has ended I really enjoyed reading it. I think that the thing I like best about this series is that Percy Jackson himself has both dyslexia and ADHD but he is still the hero. I've not found another series where the hero has dyslexia and is treated with respect rather than being made to look stupid. I also love the way Rick Riordan has worked in the Greek myths so that they fit in perfectly with the modern world. I have always liked Greek mythology and so have enjoyed seeing the famous characters as if they were still alive in our times. There is always lots of excitement in the Percy Jackson books and the battles in the Last Olympian are really good. Apparently Rick Riordan is writing another series about demigods from Camp Half-Blood - I really hope that he hurries up with it!