![]() And I’ll stay close to them as they move through so that when they get to book 4 and 5 we can have some important discussion. The Heroes of Olympus series is A LOT of fun! The last book was disappointing, but I’ll still be recommending the series to my children who are at least 11 or 12. However, as I expressed in my review on The House of Hades, I feel it was presumptuous of the author to present this sensitive topic in a children’s book without giving parents a chance to discuss it with their kids first. Certainly the hope is that this will help them respond with an understanding heart when they encounter a similar situation in real life. Having a boyfriend and having problems with her mother. ![]() She is a very realistic teenager in America. The issue is treated positively, and I can appreciate that a youth reading about what goes on in Nico’s head would give them an important perspective on how someone experiencing same-gender attraction might feel. My favorite character in this book is Annabeth because she goes through denial with her mother and gets the job to follow the Mark of Athena. He tells Percy about his feelings, and in the last few pages forms a potentially romantic friendship with another boy. He finds acceptance in the end, and he discovers he really does have a place to belong after all. In the 5th book, Nico continues to struggle with feeling shame and guilt. We learn that the reason he stays distant and keeps to himself is because of his heartache and shame. He says he has had a “crush” on Percy for a long time. Which is such a bummer, because up until the last book, Heroes of Olympus was so much fun!Ī watch out from parent to parent: In the 4th book, The House of Hades, the character Nico, who is 14, reveals that he feels same-gender attraction to Percy Jackson. Somewhere along the way Nico’s personal problems replaced saving the world as the main conflict the series needed to resolve, and it’s felt from front cover to back cover of The Blood of Olympus. The ending, which should have been magnificent, was forced and anticlimactic. After four years of build up, everything about The Blood of Olympus felt rushed. Is it really so hard to write a satisfying ending? The Blood of Olympus, the fifth and final book of the Heroes of Olympus series, lost its way–and not even everyone’s favorite demigods could save this book from itself. ![]() What a disappointing end to an exceptionally fun series. Quite a cliffhanger though–I’m VERY glad I don’t have a to wait for the next book! Yep, that’s the best way to describe book three. The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus, #3) by Rick Riordan ![]()
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