The Blood Of Olympus by Rick Riordan

This will have spoilers. It is the fifth and final book in a series of 5, which follows a series of 5 other books.

Rating: 3 stars

    I didn't like this. The choices he made made me angry and just seemed wrong. Before I go into the nitty gritty of my dislike let me give you some background. I've been reading Percy Jackson since I was in 4th grade. Percy Jackson was and is my childhood. I read this in about six hours and still feel numb to it days later. Although some of it made me angry overall I just feel...I dont know what word i'm looking for, monotone? okay? the book was just there.

  First off, I didn't like the POVs he chose. I think we should've gotten at least one POV from everyone and have less Reyna. Although I do love Reyna I think the info dump wasn't necessary. It seemed rushed trying to do it in so little time, with no foreshadowing in the before books. I think it was out of place in this book, the final one, and was a misuse of space. Since i'm already talking about characters i'll do a quick review of my thoughts on each.

Nico: He seemed out of character sometimes, and they used Nico falling asleep to skip time at least twice, which was annoying, but  I really liked his chapters.Will Solace/Nico is one of the cutest things ever and Nico telling Percy about his crush may be the best conversation in  the Heroes of Olympus series as a whole.

Jason: I really reallly enjoyed all the Jason getting knocked out jokes. The parallels between Percy in The Last Olympian and Jason in this book were kind of weird, wasn't done well and I honestly dont remember anything else.

Piper: Is my favorite out of the seven, but I don't really understand/remember why she had a POV. She didn't really overcome anything or have major character development like the others and she didn't really have that many chapters.

Leo: Okay, Calypso and Leo were my favorite ship in HOO (not counting percabeth of course) but Leo's inability to shut up about her was soo annoying. His plan was stupid and not telling Piper and Jason until the last minute was stupid and dangerous. How he came back to life was a stupid loophole. Stealing the death cure was selfish and stupid. How once he came back to life his first plan after finding Calypso wasn't find his friends was stupid. Leo still calling himself the seventh wheel is stupid. 

Hazel, Frank, Annabeth, and Percy: Didn't do anything. More so Annabeth and Percy. 

   I understand the lack on focus on Hazel and Frank, they did their big character development in the last book but Percy and Annabeth just came out of hell and there was little of showing them coming back from that experience. They seemed forced, "The rivalry ends here," Percy said, "I love you, Wise Girl." may be the worst line I've ever read and was probably pulled straight out of a fanfiction. The whole scene in general was awkward since it was in Piper's POV. The most important thing Percy did was get a nosebleed and Annabeth talked about Percy to Piper. This book, to my knowledge, definitely did not pass the bechdel test. 

  My overall complaint is the simplicity of the book. Riordan had so many choices (I forgot to add why was Frank's death fire stick so anticlimactic?) but chose the most simple, boring ones. The end of Gaea was quick and not surprising, the lack of death was predictable with it being technically a children's book. (PJO is targeted to a younger audience but has more death, but whatvever). 

   I should probably add some good things. It was really funny, and....I can't really think of anything else. I know I enjoyed it, I didn't stop drop the book. I'm not even as sad as thought I would be with my childhood over but the total lack of Percy and lack of good writing made me not connect with it and not feel like I just read the final Percy Jackson book. (Even though they'll probably be in the next series).