The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus, #4)

by Rick Riordan

[Chelsea]

Well this book wasn’t surprising at all. It was as good as I expected it to be. There was lots of action and adventure, the same as always but it was the characters that really got me.

I love how we got to see more of Leo and Nico this time. They never really had any time in the spotlight. Nico especially. There was a pretty cool surprise about him. I found he’s getting better as a character now. Same with Leo. His little trip really helped him grow up a little and I think now he’s in the same league as the other characters. Hazel was a big part of this book too. She learns to use her magic which is was really cool. There’s always something new. I really loved that even though those characters were kind of spotlighted, you still got to see all the other characters. Percy and Annabeth were still around even though they were in Tartarus. Jason and Piper had their moments and even Frank and Hazel had some spotlight time.

The plot was really cool as always. Obviously there was a trip to the House of Hades, but there were a lot of little adventures too. I love that in every book we meet some new Gods and Goddesses. In this book, we met a whole bunch. I LOVED seeing how Tartarus works especially. It was probably the coolest part for me. There was a lot of monsters we’ve seen already but it was a whole new world basically.

I’d recommend this book to everyone! Every book is the same yet different. There’s always a new adventure!