Enjoy The House Of Hades (The Heroes Of Olympus, #4) Formulated By Rick Riordan Available As Publication
of my "Huge Bingek" aka trying to catch up on reviews I haven't done in the past two years
Date read: Decemberth,
Date reviewed: Julyth,
WARNING Probably contains spoilers for the Percy Jackson amp the Olympians series and the other Heroes of Olympus books.
And for this book. Sorry, not sorry.
So it's been a super long time since I read this, Additionally, since then I've also read theth book in the series, and the two kind of get mixed up in my head, But I will try not to get them confused,
Ah yes, don't you love it when your author literally ends a book by dumping your favorite characters straight into hell Well, that's exactly what Rick Riordan did in Mark of Athena, the precedent to The House of Hades.
This fourth installment in the series finds Annabeth and Percy trapped in Tartarus and trying to escape, Meanwhile, the other demigods are trying to fight through Gaea's forces and seal the doors of death,
Well, having now finished this whole series I can say this is one of the strongest of them, I think part of my enjoyment is that it focuses more on characters from the original Percy Jackson seriesmainly Percy, Annabeth, and Nico, My sweet babies. lt
There are a lot of Percabeth feels in this book, Goodness gracious, so many, I know I've gushed about this in reviews of the previous books but, they're just such a great couple, I love that they need each other without being completely dependent on one another, They have their own distinct personalities and histories, they're both kickass in their unique ways and they're just perfect, I love them. And in this book, we really get to see how strong their bond is and how much they've grown,
And NicoNicoooo! Mild spoilers So, I'm sure pretty much everyone knows what the big bombshell about Nico is in this book and if I recall correctly, the information was leaked before the book even came out but yeah, so.
Nico is gay! And that's so awesome! Not only because there was finally some LBGT representation in this series, but also, I felt like it made a lot of sense.
I don't know if Riordan knew this from the beginning, but regardless, it really works, And I love it. And I love Nico.
As for the other characters/demigods, I like them toowell, for the most part, I looove Leo. A lot. Hazel and Frank are both cool, too, I have to say I'm not a huge fan of Piper or Jason and they're both kinda MarySueish, but you know, they're fine, Still, I felt like there was good character development in this book and we get to know all the characters more,
I liked Riordan's portrayal of Tartarus and all the obstacles Percy and Annabeth have to face, It's definitely intense and scary, but still with that whacky Riordan flair,
And over all, it's a very exciting story, Like all of Riordan's other books, there's a lot going on and it never slows down, For a book that was a huge brick, it didn't feel very long because it all went by so quickly,
The Final Word:
Love this series, love the book, love the author, Good stuff.
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Pre Ranting under the cut:
Oh, these books are going to destroy me! However, despite loving this, there is something different which makes it a bit hard to decide on the rating.
I feel like there was something missing in this story, maybe too many characters, so something had to be cut, . . Because since there are so many of them, people tend to find favourites, and then they wish for more content about them,
This book had me totally destroyed, I did not see this coming at all and it was so painfully good, I just cannot take it,
I just wish there were more of Jason/Piper moments because so far they are quickly becoming my favourite couple, I adore Percy and Annabeth they are the original Riordan couple I could not wait for them to get together, And I'm so happy for them,
I hope that Percy and Nico will talk and everything will be all right forever,
I'm not a fan of Happily Ever After but I so much need a happy ending for Nico and a book for him as well,
I finally started to like Leo
However, I still don't like Hazel or Frank.
They just do not fit with the rest, to be honest,
Maybe this book wasn't perfect, but I'm not able to give only, I would feel terrible. Because these books are just so awesome and leave me grasping for the next book, Percy and Annabeth went to hell and back for each other, Literally Another amazing novel by Rick Riordan! Cant wait to start the next novel and see how this all ends! Post reading:
Long sigh
to come.
Edit:
I'm changing my mind about Frank's percentage,
I give him achance of survival,
But Lyza, you say, isn't Frank the most likely to die His life depends on a stick! It was explicitly stated in SoN that he would die holding the stick in his hand, and it would be sooner rather then later.
That implies that the stick is going to burn at some point in the series, right
Exactly, my friends, Exactly.
Rick Riordan has drawn so much attention to this stick that he's basically painted it orange and waved it around like, . . I don't know, what do you call those things that people use to signal airplanes Those things,
Uncle Rick has been basically, flat out telling us that Frank has a stick, the stick is going to burn, and Frank is going to die.
Forgive me if I find the fact that this is emphasized so much rather suspicious,
Then again, Riordan could always pull aand actually kill him, I could easily be wrong,
days to go!
EDIT:
COVERCOVERCOVERCOVERCOVERCOVERCOVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT'S SO PRETTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
, . . He's going to kill off Leo isn't he,
I mean, think about it, even though I'm a Leazel fan, I think it's pretty obvious that Frank and Hazel will end up together, and Percy and Annabeth.
. . You know what, I think I'm just going to state survival percentages because I'm still in a coma from MOA and I need to straighten out my mind, So.
Percychance of survival, I doubt that Uncle Rick would kill him off permanently, He's Percy after all.
Annabethchance of survival, Percy and Annabeth are the main characters, this is supossedly a childrens book, and besides, I just really think they're both going to live, It's the other characters I'm worried about, . .
Jason and Piperchance of survival each, I think they're more likely to die then Percy and Annabeth, but less likely then everyone else, To be honest, I don't care for them that much, Moving on.
Hazelchance of survival, She's already died once. Killing her off again would be extremely cruel, Then again, her being alive is sort of stretching the rules of nature a little bit, . .
Frankchance of survival, I mean, his life depends on a stick, folks, He's very vulnerable. However, I do think he's more likely to live than Leo, just because, well, he's obviously the easiest to kill, It would be a just a teensy bit, . . predictable.
Nico I would say it's/here,
And so we come to my poor baby:
Leo, Who I'm only giving aprobability of surviving, much as it breaks my heart to think about it, Why Several reasons.
. The fortune cookie. I am not convinced that Percy and Annabeth falling into Tartarus was the price, When Leo thought to himself that they had been the price he'd paid, I was thinking "Are you sure about that Leo Are you sure"
I'm not sure.
It seems to me that it would be very Ricklike to make us think that the price has been paid but it hasn't,
. The whole FrankHazelLeo love triangle extravaganza, I have a sneaking suspiscion that Hazel will have to go back to the underworld and someone is going to take her place, Or Frank and Hazel will end up together and Leo will just randomly die, Or
. Let us all remember that it was Leo who reflected that someone who had to close the doors from the Tartarus side would be stuck there, This makes me worried.
A side note: I wonder, have we really discovered all there is to the Sammy thing I am convinced that somehow, some part of Sammy's soul is in Leo.
NOTHING SHALL DISSUADE ME.
However, all this aside, I doubt that any of the seven will die until the last book,
So, yeah. Probably this book will end with Gaia awakening and everything looking very grim for our heros especially one or two of them, . .
But look on the bright side! We don't have to wait two years! Only one,
We can do it guys!!!!!!
maybe
Edit: OctoberWell, at least it's not the exact same week as the last Divergent book, but still probably same bookstore trip.
. .
I sense impending doom,
Edit March,:
GUYS,
ONLY SEVEN MORE MONTHS,
WE'RE ALMOST HALFWAY THERE,
GUYS.
The worst is behind us, since now we can look forward to the cover and blurb and page count and first chapter and aslfjdl
Edit March,
THERE'S A PAGE COUNT! Is it legit though It's exactly the same as the one for
MOA, and I really don't see how they could know it yet since the books probably not even finished yet.
. .
Edit April
SIX MONTHS PEOPLE,
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