Even the characters who were not part of the Seven, like Nico and Reyna, captured my heart in this book. But every one of these characters is so multifaceted, with their own fears, strengths, and weaknesses, that it becomes nearly inconceivable not to resonate and empathize with each of them. When I first started HoO, I didn't expect to like all of the seven demigods chosen for the prophecy if three's a crowd, then seven's a population. Everything is so ridiculously satisfying, and the aftermath of the main climax point at the end feels so warm with a note of melancholy, truly perfect for this particular series.

Read our review of the final installment right here. The tension just keeps mounting until the ball finally drops and the event we've been waiting for for five novels finally happens. When Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan hit shelves, it marked the end of the Heroes of Olympus series. I truly could not stop reading each chapter starts off with such a darkly humorous sentence-'Dive-bombing a volcano was not on Reyna’s bucket list,' for example-that it's impossible not to get all the way through. The Blood of Olympus is the fifth book in the bestselling Heroes of Olympus series - set in the high-octane world of Percy Jackson.Though the Greek and Roman crew members of the Argo II have made progress in their many quests, they still seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, Gaea. Though the Greek and Roman crew members of the Argo II have made progress in their many quests, they still seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, Gaea. Truly a spellbinding finish to the bestselling Heroes of Olympus series! Rick Riordan flawlessly combines emotion, suspense, description, high stakes, romance, character development, and humor into five hundred unputdownable pages. The cover of the fifth and final book, The Blood of Olympus, to be released Oct. The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Blood of Olympus - the fifth book in the bestselling Heroes of Olympus series, set in the high-octane world of Percy Jackson.

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