Reviews

The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

loveascension's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

dontstopreadin's review against another edition

5.0

I know some people who really didn't like this book- but I found it to be such a fitting, worthwhile and wonderful conclusion. It was so much more than I expected. I still loved HoH way more, but I'd say this was my second favorite. So much character development, so much reflection on the entire journey. It was like reflecting back on the last few years or something, I just adored the nostalgia factor it provided even though I read these books within months of each other.

emis_ascension's review against another edition

4.0

I would like to first say I LOVED most of this book, so much new content added to the world that we as consumers of the series can apply to our personal theries and headcanons. My beef with this book lies not with the writing but with a personal preference, nothing against Rick Riordan. I just wish we could have seen more of Percy towards the end! I partially understand wanting to end off the series with the characters you began with but Percy and Annabeth are such important characters to the entirety of the HOO series, it feels so... uneventful to leave them out like that. Great book, but i'll never be able to get over the heartbreak I felt in reading it, so 4 stars but I loved the series!

andromeda_729's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

cj_lovesbooks's review against another edition

4.0

A respectable end to the series. All the characters have my heart but Nico and Reyna’s friendship is the best thing ever. 
Thank goodness this is a middle grade novel.

I kept waiting for the moment a main character would die. My YA and Adult books made me think the worst. I don’t even care how unrealistic it is that they all survived this book. I’m just happy.

guacsextra's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

starlinafhwudbeka's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

sheawelb's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

3.75

persephonestar's review against another edition

4.0

As a book it was great but as the conclusion of a series it felt a bit rushed
While I did love getting to know these new characters I don’t think I will pickup this series again when re-reading PJO (maybe house of hades and mark of athena, those were great)
Still excited to try TOA!

hurrikanekathrina's review against another edition

4.0

6.7/10

I finally finished this series! For some reason, I never quite warmed up to this series as I did to Percy Jackson, which I loved! But this one was the best yet, for a very simple reason: Reyna and Nico's plotline.

Their POVs were the best in the book and I was so happy to read about their quest whenever it came on. I never really paid much attention to Reyna, but she really won me over in this book. I'm really disappointed in the ending though. The whole Will/Nico thing just felt rush and false to me. After being with Nico for 8 books now and watching him always being a loner, afraid to show his feelings, pushing everyone away, unable to open up to anyone, we see him finally find a companion in Reyna, who is just as lonely and rejected as he is and knows just as well what it is like to deal with demons from the past (and in the presence) just to have him fall for some random guy at the end in a matter of two days. WTF??? Okay, so I know that Nico is gay, so I'm not pushing a Reyna/Nico ship, though I think they would go well together. Simply because both of them have been secretly craving for love all their lifes, but never showed it to anyone out of fear for hurt or rejection. Reyna was the first person Nico opened up to and vice versa. Since there are many fandoms that ship a slash ship with canon heterosexual characters (or at least characters that were at some point in love with a person of the opposite gender) I don't see how you cannot ship a heterosexual ship with one person that has been in love with someone of the same gender.
But as I said, the whole "romantic" aspect of their relationship doesn't matter too much to me, however I am so so disappointed with how their paths just split at the end. Why am I following their awesome chemistry and relationship building through 500 pages only to have them be like "Was nice to meet you, BYE!" at the end? And Nico being in love with a guy who isn't more than an OC. WHAT THE HELL?

I would have wished for them to stay a team, maybe go on future quests together or something, but at least stay close to each other. And we were just left off in the dark with the whole prophecy around Reyna not finding love in a demigod. Why have the fandom conspire about a prophecy if it's just not going to be said at the end?

So yeah, the book was good, the ending... meh, slightly disappointing.