The Blood of Olympus

  
The Blood of Olympus
Rick Riordan
516 pages
Heroes of Olympus

Summary: Rick Riordan's website ("The Blood of Olympus - Heroes of Olympus: The Online World of Rick Riordan." The Blood of Olympus - Heroes of Olympus: The Online World of Rick Riordan. Web. 22 Dec. 2014. <http://www.rickriordan.com/my-books/percy-jackson/heroes-of-olympus/The-Blood-of-Olympus.aspx>.)

Though the Greek and Roman crewmembers of the Argo II have made progress in their many quests, they still seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, Gaea. Her giants have risen—all of them, and they’re stronger than ever. They must be stopped before the Feast of Spes, when Gaea plans to have two demigods sacrificed in Athens. She needs their blood—the blood of Olympus—in order to wake. The demigods are having more frequent visions of a terrible battle at Camp Half-Blood. The Roman legion from Camp Jupiter, led by Octavian, is almost within striking distance
Though it is tempting to take the Athena Parthenos to Athens to use as a secret weapon, the friends know that the huge statue belongs back on Long Island, where it might be able to stop a war between the two camps. The Athena Parthenos will go west; the Argo II will go east. The gods, still suffering from multiple personality disorder, are useless. How can a handful of young demigods hope to persevere against Gaea’s army of powerful giants? As dangerous as it is to head to Athens, they have no other option. They have sacrificed too much already. And if Gaea wakes, it is game over.

My Opinion:
This book. OMG! The series is over. It just killed me, never saw this happening. Get ready for Spoilers ahead. I have to talk with people about this.






Words I've spoken to a friend about the book. She compared the book to what James Patterson did with the last Maximum Ride book (the James Patterson). This is my response.

• "It was awesome. I didnt see the James Patterson resemblance besides the Leo thing, but that was a cool sweet ending. And Nico needed to get it in with Will. "
• "It wasnt as bad as I thought it would be. Like James Patterson's ending had me mad, this one had me satisfied with like he had a few loose ends. And now Ricky is doing Asgard. Bruh I'm not ready for Loki bae"

Now on to our regularly scheduled programming. I really liked this book. Most of the plot loose ends from other books were resolved. Some things like Leo being thought as dead needs to be resolved though. Ricky needs to do a short story to let the gang meet back up together again. I would love that.

These Percy Jackson books have been life to me. I look forward to each October when a new part of the series is unlocked. Now that story of my life is over. I cant wait though when  Rick Riordan does a new series on a new part of mythology (I hope Norse: Loki is fav or even Native American and Spanish). Only time will tell.