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House of Hades

Overall: 5/5 Characters: 5/5 Setting: 5/5 Writing: 5/5 Plot and Themes: 5/5 Awesomeness: 5/5 Review in a Nutshell: House of Hades was an absolutely awesome book. Though of course, it’s by Uncle Rick, so of course it would be awesome. It makes you laugh and cry at random parts of the story (or maybe that’s just me.) Awesome quotes: “I am Bob,” said Bob. Tartarus hissed. What is that? What is Bob? “Also,” Bob announced, “I have a good cat.” Premise: House of Hades is told from a third person multiple point of view, and we see perspectives from Hazel Levesque, Frank Zhang, Leo Valdez, Jason Grace, Piper McLean, Annabeth Chase, and Percy Jackson. It is the fourth book in the Heroes of Olympus series, which is the second series after Percy Jackson and the Olympians. After Percy and Annabeth fall into Tartarus, Hazel, Frank, Leo, Piper, Nico, Jason, and Coach Hedge have to make their way to the mortal side of the Doors of Death, while Percy and Annabeth meet them on the other side. Of course, it makes it much harder when unexpected attacks launch on both parties, delaying them. And they have to unite the Greeks and Romans and return the Athena Parthenos before August 1, when Gaea plans to rise. Writing & Setting If I have a favorite author, it definitely would be Rick Riordan. Riordan’s style of writing makes you want to cry or laugh out loud—literally! His usual style is so funny, making the characters crack jokes that only Riordan would be able of. But not all of his writing is just humorous. Whenever he gets to the sad parts, the sadness behind it is so real, that the reader themselves feels it. And don’t even get me started on the setting. Just the amount of research he must’ve done for this makes my mind want to explode. He’s had to research on Greek, Roman, and even the tiniest bit of Chinese mythology as well. (And then he’d had to research it again, just to make sure the sources were correct.) He also writes everything in a way that all of this confusing Greek and Roman gibberish makes sense to me. Plot The plot line. The absolutely brilliant plot line. It’s unfathomable of how Rick Riordan thinks of these things! I could feel my mind piecing together things as I read on. It includes very mild romance, humor, action, very, very, very, mild violence, and adventure. This was about 400-500 pages long, but there were so many things packed in there. There wasn’t any point where it was getting boring or anything. Characters Whoo. This is gonna be hard. There are so many awesome characters. So first, obviously, we’ve got Percy. Percy is adorable and it’s so sweet to see how much he cares about Annabeth (and Bob). Though, in this book, we see a bit of his dark side when he kills Arachne and chokes Akhlys. Annabeth is clearly the one who keeps Percy from doing anything stupid in Tartarus and the one who creates all of the smart plans. Leo is his usual hilarious self, except for the part that he’s heartsick in this book since he met Calypso. It’s so sweet and sad watching him leave Calypso behind on Ogygia. In this book, Hazel seems to be one of my new favorite characters. It’s so cool watching her use the Mist and be way more confident. So…I’ll just say it. I don’t like Jason very much. I don’t why, but he just gives me a bad vibe for some reason. But he’s a pretty chill person I guess. Not much to say about him than that. Piper is definitely one of my favorites. I love how she makes up believable last minute plans just like Annabeth and how she’s her own person even though her mother is Aphrodite. Ok honestly, I wasn’t expecting what happened with Nico. Like I know that he was *SPOILER ALERTS!!!* gay, but I definitely didn’t expect him to have a crush on Percy. But I just love Nico. And it’s really nice that he let Jason warm up to him a little bit. A little bit. Also I just hate how much everyone is afraid of him! It’s just not fair. And Frank. I am very proud of him right now. Now he’s a *ANOTHER SPOILER ALERT(S)!!* praetor of the Twelfth Legion!!! He’s so god dam awesome. Also, I just loved it when he told Hazel and Nico that he killed all of the sheep-things in the city. Conclusion: So overall I would give this book a 5/5 star review! Be sure to check it out if you haven’t already.