User blog comment:Hermione Chase/"The Blood of Olympus" Expectations/@comment-10901795-20140518164415/@comment-3146930-20140521223500

I'm not saying that love isn't a powerful emotion, but love is an emotion. Yes love can push a person to do things they wouldn't normally do. For example the "mother lifting a car" stories have been around forever; however what they don't tell you is that the body sends out signals that numb pain so you can go beyond what your normal limit would be. This normally results in mussel damage or even broken bones once the high of the event is over. It also isn't always triggered by love, but fear and anger will also trigger it.

The biggest problem I have with the Power of Love is that it doesn't really make sense. Charmspeak I get, as it requires the target to at least somewhat like the person using it in order for it to work. However bringing a mechanical dragon to life which everyone agrees shouldn't be possible (even the characters in the book said that). He is a machine with wires, circuits, and microchips; he isn't alive in the same way as people or animals are so having him come to life felt very forced. Not to mention Khione had her hand on Piper's arm and began to froze it, but Piper used love to melt it. Piper isn't Leo, she doesn't have power over fire or even heat and she melted Khione's ice.

The entire scene just felt very forced and very corny, not to mention we most likely won't see any of these powers used again.