The Blood of Olympus (Book #5 of Heroes Of Olympus Series) by Rick Riordan

Synopsis :

Nico had warned them. Going through the House of Hades would stir the demigods' worst memories. Their ghosts would become restless. Nico may actually become a ghost if he has to shadow-travel with Reyna and Coach Hedge one more time. But that might be better than the alternative: allowing someone else to die, as Hades foretold.

Jason's ghost is his mother, who abandoned him when he was little. He may not know how he is going to prove himself as a leader, but he does know that he will not break promises like she did. He will complete his line of the prophecy: To storm or fire the world must fall.

Reyna fears the ghosts of her ancestors, who radiate anger. But she can't allow them to distract her from getting the Athena Parthenos to Camp Half-Blood before war breaks out between the Romans and Greeks. Will she have enough strength to succeed, especially with a deadly hunter on her trail?

Leo fears that his plan won't work, that his friends might interfere. But there is no other way. All of them know that one of the Seven has to die in order to defeat Gaea, the Earth Mother.

Piper must learn to give herself over to fear. Only then will she be able to do her part at the end: utter a single word.

Heroes, gods, and monsters all have a role to play in the climactic fulfillment of the prophecy in The Blood of Olympus, the electrifying finale of the best-selling Heroes of Olympus series.


This is what I say :

Finally it's over.  Finally, I have read all five books under the Heroes of Olympus Series and with that, a reading marathon that was started a few years back is now completed.  This series took me four years to complete as I wasn't able to get hold of the forth and fifth title after reading the first three and it was only recently that I managed to do just that (get hold of book 4 and book 5).

So, how was The Blood of Olympus? Being the fifth and final title of the series?   Saying I like it doesn't seems to be enough.  It was olympic in a way but at the same time there's a dull buzz too.  I guess it's all about managing expectations.

While book four has more content on Percy, book five has less.  In fact, he wasn't really being mentioned at all during the final battle with Gaea.  Nico certainly takes centre stage and so is Piper and Jason.  

There's more about Reyna too but to me book five is a lot about Nico and in a way, that's good as Nico has also being the underated hero and it's good that he finally found a pace to call home.

I am happy to end this olympic journey with the heroes.