“You
know Aeneas, son of Venus – the only surviving hero of Troy. When the Greeks burned down his city, he
escaped to Italy, where he founded the kingdom that would eventually become
Rome, blah, blah, blah. That’s what I meant.”
“I
don’t get it,” Jason admitted.
Aeolus rolled his eyes. “The
point being, I was thrown in the middle of that conflict, too! Juno calls up: Oh Aeolus, destroy Aeneas’s
ships for me. I don’t like him.’ Then Neptune says, ‘No, you don’t! That’s my territory. Calm the winds.’ Then Juno is like, ‘No, wreck his ships, or I’ll
tell Jupiter you’re uncooperative!’ Do
you think it’s easy juggling requests like that?”
“No,”
Jason said. “I guess not.”
“And
don’t get me started on Amelia Earhart!
I’m still getting angry calls
from Olympus about knocking her out
of the sky!”
(from The Lost
Hero by Rick Riordan)
8*/10. The
complete review is here.
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