House of Hades, Heroes of Olympus Book 4, by Rick Riordan

So house of hades came out last week and asdfghjkl. its the fourth book in the heroes of olympus series, (The Lost Hero, The Son of Neptune, The Mark of Athena, and The House of Hades) which is a continuation of the percy jackson and the olympians books. and in case you havent already noticed im kind of a little bit slightly obsessed with them.

see look at the beautiful cover isnt he a genius

anyway.

im not going to do a background info for the percy jackson and the olympians series (only the heroes of olympus series) just because thats a lot of work and also im assuming yall have read that and if you havent dear youre missing out on one of the best parts of life

Background Info

After the demigods win the battle with the Titans, Rachel Elizabeth Dare (idk i just like using her full name)  (the oracle of delphi) delivers this prophecy

Seven half- bloods will answer the call

To storm or fire the world must fall

An oath to keep with a final breath

And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death

(did i mention hes a genius)

The halfbloods (Jason - son of Jupiter, Leo (my personal favorite i love leo okay) - son of Hephaestus, Piper - daughter of Aphrodite, Percy - son of Poseidon, Annabeth - daughter of Athena, Hazel Levesque - daughter of Pluto, and Frank Zhang - son of Mars) and also Nico di Angelo (hes my very very very close second favorite i love nico so much afhoiskjld) - son of Hades (even though hes not part of the prophecy he comes with them) are on a quest to close the Doors of Death (the doors to Tartarus which keep the dead monsters and demons and stuff dead - at least temporarily) Their main enemies are Gaea (the oldest goddess, the Earth Mother) and the giants. When The Mark of Athena ends, Percy and Annabeth have been thrown in to Tartarus (COMPLETELY UNFAIR OF RICK BTW BECAUSE WHO DOES THAT. LIKE HEYY IM GONNA THROW YOUR OTP IN TO TARTARUS AND LOL OKEI YOU WONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENS UNTIL NEXT FALL HAHAHAH *forced laughing* oh. youre. so. funny. haha. rick. im. laughing. so. hard. *sobbing*) and the rest of them are on the Argo II  and going to Greece. They're supposed to meet up with Percy and Annabeth  at the Doors of Death.

(side note - he also added a dedication in the beginning of this book that went like this:

To my wonderful readers: 

Sorry about that last cliff - hanger. 

Well no, not really. HAHAHAHA.

But seriously, I love you guys.

um do you thINK THAT EVEN BEGINS TO COVER THE AMOUNT OF EMOTIONAL STRESS WE WERE UNDER DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE ALREADY EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE YOU CANT JUST DO THIS TO US. )

SPOILER ALERT: DO NOT SCROLL BEYOND THIS POINT IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE BOOK SEE IM TYPING THIS IN REALLY BIG FONT TO GET THE POINT ACROSS TRUST ME DONT DO IT

 

 

 

 

Ship update

• Jason and Piper are still together :) :) :) and jason wants to go to CHB with piper after the war.
• Hazel and Frank are too :) :) 
• PERCABETH ASDFGHJKL THEYRE SO CUTE I CANNOT EVEN 
• Nico's bisexual and he has a crush on Percy (i dont ship it because i always thought of percy as kind of a big brother to nico but then once bianca died he got all mature and grown up and he hid his emotions really well and i guess theyre okay but PERCABETH) (i mildly ship nico with leo because they both feel like the dont belong and nobody wants them and they have self esteem issues and stuff and they've both been through so much but theyre so different and the only problem is leo is creeped out by nico and also)
• Leo meets Calypso and they start to like each other and leo promises he'll come back for her and asdfghjkl (tbh i just want leo to be happy and calypso does make him happy and thats good and im happy because seriously leo deserves to be happy and sometimes i just feel like giving him a huge hug and telling him dont worry everything will be okay in the end i have complete faith in Rick Riordan) (the amount of attraction i feel towards some of these characters scares me a little) 

Summary: 

this post is getting a bit long already so im just gonna tell you to go here because they have a really good summary.

WARNING THEY HAVE SPOILERS TOO OKAY

My Overall Opinion:

345678583468/10 it was so perfect asdfghjkl i cant. i loved loved loved the percabeth scenes of course. and i reeeaally especially loved Leo in this book because he's so funny and he's actually really sensitive but he hides it but in this one with calypso and everything he's starting to show it a little and asdfghjkl i love him. alssooo i loved Nico because he's like so insecure and he hates himself for being different but he's actually a really amazing person and also crucial to the mission but he's so sad and then jason was kind of insensitive when he was talking to him and nico was all sad and i was like come here nico its okay you just need a hug. (like i said. the amount of attraction for these characters scares me) and coach hedge is a daddy!!!! and idk that made me really happy. and also *round of applause for rick riordan* because he ended the book properly!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yay congratulations rick you learned  how to end a book without almost causing a mutiny in your own fandom!!!! (jk that was sarcasm i love you rick youre a genius and asdfghjkl) speaking of his geniusness the book was also absolutely amazingly written and i loved how everyone got POVs in it (i just kind of wish nico had gotten some)  and yeah this book was kind of completely perfect and while i do not want to wait an entire year to read the next one (The Blood of Olympus) its NOTHING compared to last time.

(thats my copy of the book. isnt it beautiful.)

If you have a request for a blog post, feel free to ask for it in the comments :) (note: it may take me a while because i may not have read the book yet) (but i probably have)