When I first read the Percy Jackson books, last year, I was immediately captured by the writing. I loved the story, the characters and the world Rick Riordan built. So, of course, I was very excited when the final book came out. I read it in less than a day, because I just couldn’t put it down.
As a conclusion to the Heroes of Olympus saga, The Blood of Olympus was pretty much what I expected. I mean, the good guys end up winning. I don’t think anybody would have expected for anything different.

One of the things I love most about this saga is how they incorporate the elements from Greek and Roman mythology with our modern world. So, of course we get a lot of that here. So, one goddess (I cannot remember who exactly, but it was a sea goddess) gets promised to have her own action figures if she helps the demigods against Gaea.

To be absolutely honest, I didn’t care much for Jason Grace in the first books of this saga. I mean, he’s boring. But in this book, he kind of grew on me. Yes, he was still a tad dull, but he’s also a good guy. I loved that he fully intended to keep his promise to all the gods they met in their journey, so everyone gets to be worshipped.

Another awesome thing in BoO: Nico gets his own POV chapters!! I’ll admit that I wasn’t a Nico fan in the first saga. The whole emo-kid act didn’t work for me. But in this saga, Riordan make it very clear that there were indeed a whole bunch of hidden depths in here. When he revealed that he was gay in HoH, I was very surprised (there’s certainly a lack of LGBT characters in YA fiction), but that should be in my review of that book.

In BoO he gets a boyfriend!! Okay, maybe I’m rushing a little there, but I ship Nico/Will forever and ever.

Rick Riordan has a way of making his character face the worst parts about their pasts in order to save others, which is great. First, because he shows the depths in them, and that’s how they evolve in the end; secondly, because it gives them actual strength, as opposed to the author just saying that his characters are strong. Reyna’s past here was utterly sad, and made me want to give her a big hug. Then, again, I always want to hug Riordan’s characters.

I still have mixed feelings about the ending, though.

While Leo is one of my favorite characters in the series, I’m still not sure if I actually wanted him to survive anyway. And I felt bittersweet when the other characters were mourning about him. And then we got a final chapter that revealed that he was okay and going for Calypso. As a huge Caleo shipper, I was happy about that. But I think that the final was a little too perfect for everyone. I don’t know. Maybe someone should’ve died, you know. Then, again, I love that Leo keeps his promise. I’m not sure about that ending, in other words.

All in all, I enjoyed this book. Yes, even if it is meant for middle-grader’s and I’m a twenty-two year old. Books, like love, have no age. So… that’s it. I’m a Percy Jackson fan and I’m not even sorry.