Anyway, The Last Olympian is the fifth book in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series. Here are all five books, listed in order, and linked to my reviews of the earlier books:
The Lightning Thief
The Sea of Monsters
The Titan's Curse
The Battle of the Labyrinth
The Last Olympian
Of course, the way everything was built up throughout the series, but especially in the previous book (The Battle of the Labyrinth), The Last Olympian was the classic final showdown between good and evil, kind of like The Last Battle in the Chronicles of Narnia. The chosen demigod in a terrible prophecy, Percy is dealing with the pressures of having the future of Olympus resting on his shoulders. And though he does play a pivotal role in the conclusion of the novel, it's different than you might think, and very cleverly done on the author's part.
Having finished the entire series, I have nothing but good things to say about it, and plan on reading the author's other books. (The end of The Last Olympian leaves the story open for future installments, and there is a new series now, Heroes of Olympus — The Lost Hero
In any case, I'm on the hold list for The Lost Hero at my library, and looking forward to reading about the next set of adventures!
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