The House of Hades (The Heros of Olympus, Book 4)

I think this is the best book in this Heroes of Olympus series so far.All emotions, all tension , (almost) all expectations and thrills and drama are included in this one.I almost forgot to breathe myself.The story took you to the peak position and keep you there, it's really wonderful.Since My favourite character always be Percy, I'm so thrilled that he had a chance to take a tour in Tartarus..(^_-)-☆Because after all, he had already met and negotiated and fight with nearly most of the gods and Titans on the land, I thought it must be a good experience for him to challenge the big boss of Tartarus to enhance his power, and utilize it when the time comes.All the chapters about his and Annabeth in Tartarus journey were so good.And I'm so glad I had a chance to meet Bob, Small Bob and Damasen.Especially Bob.He was so sweet, so gentle and a very wonderful character.His word 'say hello to the stars for me' was so powerful it still makes my eyes full of tears and squeeze my chest so tightly every time I thought about this book, even after more than a month since I finished it.You will love Bob and small Bob so dearly, I guarantee you.Anyway, cause I wrote this review after I finished all the books in this series, and because this 4th book is really great as I told you, I don't know whether I should make some caution for you to not expecting much for the next (final) book or not.Of course, you've come this far you should finish it for good, but some times I wondered it might be better if I had stopped reading at this book and let my imagination end the series.Especially if you are Percy Jackson's fan like me.

My son has loved this series, but when Mr. Riordon decided to introduce openly gay characters, we decided we were done with it. I understand that this is something else that others applaud and appreciate, but it is not something we want included in the books our children read.

I read this book as a college student and loved it. Being meant for young adults, the writing is pretty easy which makes it a quick read. However, the story is great! I've always enjoyed Greek mythology from my youth and was stoked when the the original Percy Jackson series came out. I personally enjoy this second series more because it includes both Roman and Greek mythology.One of my favorite parts about this series is that there is an Asian character as one of the main characters. He's not the stereotypical, nerdy Asian. He's a complete boss with awesome powers. He is so awesome that he is given a huge weakness to make things fair for the others.Most fictional books I have read very rarely incorporate races other than white as the main characters. Even if they are, they are often side, very minimal characters to the point where they can be killed off. (Except for Minho in the maze runner! Which is another interesting read btw). Here we have, Leo Valdez (Hispanic), Frank Zhang (Canadian/Chinese), and Hazel Levesque (African American). None of them die! They are all super important characters and each have a unique personality that many young adults can relate to.Overall, I think this is a great book which is a part of a great series! I look forward to more of Riordans work!

Okay first off I blew through this book in like three days. It was soo good and so totally different. We got to finally see in our minds what Tartarus is actually like. I never thought that Tartarus would actually be a body. Well Tartarus, the god Tartarus's body to be exact, I was happy to see Bob, the good Titan, again. Even if being in Tartarus he got his memories back but didn't return to being evil at all.We also find out with why Nico is so grumpy and not very talkative with Annabeth anymore like he used to as a preteen. I had my suspicions that Nico might have liked liked Percy throughout the book but they were confirmed in this book by Cupid himself.This book is really good and we learned a lot. Leo even visited Calypso and we learned what that line in the prophecy about a promise was really Leo promising Calypso to free her from her prison so that one day they could open up a car repair garage/food place.A lot of the characters developed in this book. Leo's ADHD hasn't been too bad, Piper can charmspeak things to being actual living things while also learning how to fight, and being in Tartarus both changed Percy and Annabeth while growing them more together. Rick Riordan did just a good job on this book that I can't believe that we will only have one last book of Percy Jackson/the Heroes of Olympus books left. It is just so sad in my opinion as I love both book series and I just don't want it to end at all.If you like this review please go to my blog to read some of my other reviews: http://baronessbooktrove.blogspot.com/

As we all know Riordan is an INCREDIBLE author. I read the olympians series as a beginning 5th grader and now I'm going in to 6th grade and I'm still reading it! My dad would get mad at me for not doing my homework first and just read read read. I would sleep at 11 instead of 9 and set an alarm to 6 just so I could read. This book I would give 999999 stars but I can only give 5. Bob was one of the best characters I feel like and I wish the series could go on forever! I recommend this for ages 10 and up unless ur a gifted reader like me, them read it in 4th grade. I never realized how good Riordan was until I had no books to read and finally decided to pick up the lightning thief. I was blown away and would not put the book down. I would definitely recommend this book as a read!Written by Sam, 6th grade?(I dunno if this counts, I'm in the summer between 5th and 6th) [im writing this on my dads account so I'm not Yi Sun]

I particularly enjoyed this novel! Everything was really unexpected! Amazing!PERCY JACKSON, SON OF POSEIDONPercy was reallllllly awesome in this book. Really he was just fantastic, though I'm not sure if he'll have a POV in the next book since he had one in this book. He and Annabeth's experience in Tartarus obviously brought them closer than ever before, and I found Percy's "death scene" so dramatic!!!!!ANNABETH CHASE, DAUGHTER OF ATHENAMy gurl Anna was great in Tartarus, but if she had her knife she would'nt have been the damsel in distress. Poor Annabeth was isolated from her mother,who, like a couple other gods and goddesses, is torn between her Greek and Roman sides. Overall she was amazing and a worthy daughter of the wisdom goddess. Also, after this book I realized she has LONG hair not SHORT hair. Darn fanfictions!JASON GRACE, SON OF JUPITERJason... oh..... uh....... Sorry fans of Jason....... I gotta be honest.HE IS A RIDICULOUS BLONDE SUPERMAN WHO IS FULL OF HIMSELF!!! HE HAAAAAATES PERCY BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT PERCY IS MORE POWERFUL!!! HE TOYED WITH REYNA'S HEART! HE MADE HER FEEL LIKE HE LOVED HER THAN STARTED DATING PIPER!! AGHHHHHH I HATE YOU JASON GRACE!!!!!!PIPER MCLEAN, DAUGHTER OF APHRODITEI know what I said about Jason, but I actually like Piper. She's not really like children, especially daughters, of the love goddess are portrayed most of the time. In the previous book, I enjoyed how Piper was torn between saving herself and Jason, or herself and Percy. It's the usual "one-girl-two-boys" situation that you'd find in most of these type of books. Piper slays with that charmspeak too!LEO VALDEZ, SON OF HEPHAESTUSThe only thing I didn't like about Leo: He nearly got in the way of my precious Frank/Hazel ship, and that was pure EVIL....... anyway, I think he will succeed in getting back to Ogygia to find Calypso (how cute!) and Caleo will come true! Not much more to say about this joker, except......DON'T EVER GET IN THE WAY OF MY FRANK/HAZEL SHIP AGAIN!!!!!!!FRANK ZHANG, SON OF MARSB

I love this book i have read it about 7 times i cried when Annabeth punged into the tartrus and Percy loved her soooooooooo much he also plunged into the pit of horrors so Annabeth would not go through it alone. I think jason is too much of a goody-too-shoes and Piper deserves a better boyfriend though i was still sad when they killed him off in trials of Apollo. Leo is hilliarious I think Calypso and him make a great couple and i am gland he found her again. I love tbe fact Leo is like a brother to Piper. I feel really bad for Piper because she has been through so much especially when her ex-boyfriend dies. YES THIS IS RIGHT EX THEY BREAK UP!!! Which i was a little sad about. Nico is awesome he went to tartrus alone a son of Hades can summon zombies out of the ground put him self in a coma to stay alive and on top of all of that still has the energy to shadow travel. I think Couch Hedge os great a very comical character and i think his baby sounds very cute and sweet. I think Reyna is awesome she lends strength for others she is not selfish and she has an amazon sister.Thanks for reading this very long reviewbye!

Rick Riordan is an amazing author for all ages inspiring all who read his amazing work. I love the entire mythoogyverse by RR from Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief all the way to The Trials of Apollo The Tyrants Tomb(and ofcourse the son to be released Tower of Nero) but this is one of the greaest of all of his books. Among one of the most enjoyable and best reads ever! For all ages this book cn be appreciated as a masterpeice despite being aimed for kids and teens. The characters are perfect and the plot is epic and satisfying. With surprising twist, new characters and arcs aswell as fantastic description this book is a must read for all kids, teens, mythology lovers an basically everyone wishing to have a great time enjoying Percy and Annabeth facetheir gravest challenge yet.

This is the last book before The Blood of Olympus and it is a stunner. Oh wow there were so many things that happened in this book that I just didn't expect. After the Mark of Athena ended I was thinking that things could not get worse than that ending but they did...and it was great. I was shocked and stunned and gripped and wanting more from the very start to the very end of this book.I loved that there were characters that appeared in the previous books briefly mentioned, in some cases like Grover, but also sort of a main character like Bob. I loved Bob he was so cute. I also loved how we got more information from Nico and eveything made much more sense when his secret came out. It was brilliant.Just like the rest of the series this book was completely and totally brilliant. It grabbed you from the first page and did not let you go until the very end. It was fantastic with its twists that I just did not see coming and it really makes you excited and impatient for the last book in the series because you just cannot wait to find out what will happen with these heroes.

I settled down on the sofa this morning for a wonderful day with 'The House of Hades'. Rick Riordan tracks the simultaneous adventures of Percy and Annabeth in Tartarus, and the crew of the Argo II, without a dull moment between them. The book starts in the middle of the action. The first line of the book says it all - "During the third attack, Hazel almost ate a boulder" - and excitement-levels remain high throughout.The adventures feature exotic creatures, including a magical farting polecat, a stealth turtle and a bunch of dwarf monkeys. Not to mention all the hell-monsters from Tartarus, which Riordan describes with his usual dry humour, exemplified by Bob the amnesiac Titan janitor's description of his job: "Bob, mop up these tortured souls. Bob, a zombie exploded in the dining room ...''The House of Hades' gives a truly original portrayal of love and of the love god Cupid. AT LAST Leo (one of my favourite characters) gets a love story, and the tale of the developing feelings between the two of them is incredibly sweet. My one issue with Riordan's exploration of feelings between characters is that his presentation of Nico's crush as some kind of life-shattering, shameful secret is probably not helpful to kids in similar positions.Moving on from the lovey-dovey /tortured-soul stuff, there are some fantastic fight scenes in which Rick Riordan masterfully builds his characters through their actions and decisions. Frank grows in stature when he takes the lead of the ghostly Roman army; and Annabeth's luring of Nix's children into a 'darkness competition' so she and Percy can slip away, is a brilliant illustration of her smart thinking.All in all, a well-written, hilarious, 5 star-tastic tale of adventure.I was genuinely sad when "The Argo II sailed into the night," knowing that I won't be able to find out what happens next for another year.