The Heroes of Olympus, Book Five: The Blood of Olympus (Unabridged‪)‬

I love the way it progresses through the book with different points of view. I love it!

I finished Percy Jackson and the Olympians in January and was so excited to start reading it’s sister series, Hero’s of Olympus. I was even more excited when I held The Lost Hero in my hands. Long story short I didn’t finish it as fast as I could’ve because the story bored me. The insufferable characters (*cough* Piper *cough*), the unfamiliar, boring writing style, and just the plot wasn’t what I expected. I had similar feelings about the rest of them.

Nonetheless I was thrilled to read The Blood of Olympus. First of all, I very much enjoyed Reyna and Nico’s POVs. Very well written in my opinion. But oh boy… the rest of this book. Piper’s chapters were as insufferable as ever and the whole Physician’s Cure thing? Yeah.. no.

I was still excited when I got to the final battle. I even stayed up late to finish it. I was left confused and betrayed. Disappointed and frustrated. Fear not! I’m not going to spoil the ending but be warned it’s horribly anticlimactic. The final battle with Gaea lasted a few pages. The main antagonist, the MOST POWERFUL DEITY IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY DEFEATED SO QUICKLY?

Also what about the rule of no more than three on a quest? There were seven demigods. Seven questers. And yes the prophecy DID call for seven demigods. What other prophecy called for more then three demigods? That’s right, the prophecy in The Titan’s Curse. Two of the five died. Leaving THREE survivors. My oh my Rick. Breaking/forgetting about a rule YOU MADE UP.

I wouldn’t recommend purchasing this book, rather I’d suggest seeing if you can borrow it from a friend or local library. Or I’d suggest downloading the app Libby. All you do is sign in with ur library card and BAM all the e-books and audiobooks ur library has available! Definitely would recommend.

In conclusion The Blood of Olympus was a disappointing and anticlimactic book. Definitely not one that deserves a place on my shelf or even a reread.

This book is full of adventure and will make you feel like you might have powers too. Rick Riordan must have put so much time into making this and that’s evident because he has made all these references and words that make since with the book. Like characters in the book might say something like, “Holy Hera!” If they’re surprised. I think that is so cool, and I could never do that in any of the papers my mom makes my write for homeschool. I love the slang, but that’s not all, there is so much possibility in this book and so little flaws. (And I also love the way he does the chapters with the name of the chapter being the character’s name in the book, in their perspective). I just want to say thank you to Rick Riordan for giving us something to read/ listen to when we’re bored.