The Heroes of Olympus//Series Review

*Disclaimer/Apology*

Sorry for not posting any new blog posts for quite sometime, I’ll try to not do this sort of infrequent posting thing again. If you want any new content from me or reading updates. You can follow me on Instagram (@themostlybookishblog). Because I’m much more active on those platforms.

With that out of the way; last time I posted something on this blog it was a review of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan. At the end of that post I mentioned that I was going to review the Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan. 

So, without dragging this out any longer than it needs to be. This is my individual reviews for each book in the series. 

                         The Lost Hero

The first book in this series is actually one of my least favourite books in the series and one of my least favourite books from Rick Riordan. The book had a plot issue the characters would do something big (in terms of plot progression) and then the book would change perspective and that character would be doing something different and they would only learn what happened much later on. Resulting in a plot that feels meandering and making the book feel long in my opinion. Other issues that I had with this book was the the amount of exposition & the main characters. I like them in the later in the series but in this first book I found them annoying.

Rating: 2/5

               The Son of Neptune

This was a huge step-up from the first book, in the sense that the problems that featured in the first book was pretty much nonexistent in the second book; and petty much the rest of the series. I liked the trio of characters that lead this book, their arcs were some best out of all the characters. Where the first book had a problem with plot progression, the second book flowed nicely; and instead of the perspective changing every chapter, the perspective changes every 4 chapters. Definitely one of my favourite in the series.

Rating: 4/5

                The Mark of Athena

There wasn’t much I liked or disliked about this book, it was just a enjoyable read for me. The part I hear most people talk about is the ending scene (that had Percy & Annabeth hanging on the edge of Tartaraus) honestly, it was surprising, but I was spoiled for the ending by just being on book Instagram.

Rating: 3/5

                 The House of Hades

This is by far my favourite book in the series. It had all the best elements of a Rick Riordan book; love-able characters, an enticing plot, and mythology. There really isn’t anything wrong with this book, I loved it.

Rating: 4.75/5

                The Blood of Olympus

The last book was really good, but it had its faults. The way the characters arcs concluded was so nice. I liked the last third of this book was very enjoyable - though I have a problem with it. In my opinion the final battle with Gaea was resolved too quickly, especially seeing as there was so much built-up to that battle. I guess I expected abit more from the battle. Although the ending was satisfying. And I loved how the series began and ended with the first trio of characters (Jason, Piper, Leo). 

Rating: 4.5/5

Overall Thoughts: I’d highly recommend anyone who has read the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series to read the Heroes of Olympus series. The characters are just as good as before if not better. The plots get more dense, and there’s alot more of mythological elements than in the first series. And you get to see some characters from PJO get more development. 

**Also this is my favourite line in all of the series 😉