The Blood of Olympus by
Rick Riordan
My rating:
5 of 5 stars
*this review has spoilers*
Book Description:
Though the Greek and Roman crewmembers of the Argo II have made progress in their many quests, they still seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, Gaea. Her giants have risen—all of them—and they're stronger than ever. They must be stopped before the Feast of Spes, when Gaea plans to have two demigods sacrificed in Athens. She needs their blood—the blood of Olympus—in order to wake.The demigods are having more frequent visions of a terrible battle at Camp Half-Blood. The Roman legion from Camp Jupiter, led by Octavian, is almost within striking distance. Though it is tempting to take the Athena Parthenos to Athens to use as a secret weapon, the friends know that the huge statue belongs back on Long Island, where it "might" be able to stop a war between the two camps.The Athena Parthenos will go west; the Argo II will go east. The gods, still suffering from multiple personality disorder, are useless. How can a handful of young demigods hope to persevere against Gaea's army of powerful giants? As dangerous as it is to head to Athens, they have no other option. They have sacrificed too much already. And if Gaea wakes, it is game over.
My Review:
LOVE. THIS. BOOK. It was everything I imagined and more!!! This series is an AMAZING series, and I can't believe it's already over. Rick Riordan did an amazing job at making the plot so extremely exciting (as always) and I couldn't put it down till I finished the last word. THE ENDING... oh my gods, the ending was my ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE!!! Here's what I thought about the characters:
Percy and Annabeth:
PERCY FINALLY SAID "I LOVE YOU" TO ANNABETH!!! I've always thought that Annabeth was always the one who was more... romantic, I guess than Percy, and she always tells him she loves him first... so when Percy said that, I was all
hallelujah!!
Leo and Calypso:
It broke my heart when I thought Leo died... but then he didn't AND FESTUS CHANGED BACK INTO A DRAGON!!! That chapter was my ultimate favourite chapter of all!!! And it just happens to be that
in the same chapter Leo goes back to Ogygia to find Calypso and they fly away on Festus' back!!!!!! ♥♥♥
Nico:
NICO AND WILL SOLACE! I totally ship them together. I'm also really happy that Nico
finally got over his crush on Percy. I also really liked Nico and Reyna's newfound friendship.
Piper:
I admit that I really didn't like Piper until this book. I think how she was able to use her charmspeak on Gaea is super awesome and I admit she grew on me throughout the book, and I admit she's not that of a bad character as I thought she was.
Octavian:
HATE HIS GUTS. I admit that I was really happy when he died. What? He got the Roman camp to attack the Greeks! I mean, I never liked him, even when he was first introduced into the series, and when he got the Romans to attack Camp Half-Blood, I lost the last string of hope I had that he would become good at the end. I also secretly hoped that he would be the one that died instead of anyone else, but I'm still real happy that it all worked out in the end with Leo and the cure.
Reyna:
The only thing that I wanted to happen that didn't happen was Reyna falling in love with someone who she loves back! Though, I guess that never happened in the book, but in my mind, I imagine that she goes back to the Roman camp, where a new demigod arrives, and they fall in love. :D
Gaea:
When Gaea woke, I was all "WHAT?!?!" I never expected that she would wake, and I thought the book would end with her winning and overthrowing them all. That is, until Leo, Jason, and Piper fought her in the air, out of her "home territory". I honestly thought that they were going to kill her, that is until Octavian just
had to ruin it and fire a bomb that blew up the ship, *sobs* Leo, and himself.
So overall, AMAZING book!!! Perfect end to my favourite series and I'd recommend
The Entire Series to everyone (and yes, I know I say that for almost all my reviews, but that's because I mainly write reviews on spectacular books- I know, my taste in books is amazing *over-confident ego speaking there* ;P)!!!
Now don't mind me- I'm going to go and reread this book for the sixth time! Au revoir! :D