User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The House of Hades Official Discussion/@comment-24065371-20131018135727

I finished the book shortly after it was released and like a few others i consider this the best along with the last olympian.

Main characters)

Hazel and Frank were developed in power, there were many power upgrades in this book which although possibly random are common in fantasy series and essential to the plot since otherwise the characters are going to die. I much prefer Frank now and i think he will be a good leader. The mist powers are interesting and i am glad Hazel has them though it was obvious that her fight with the sorcerorus would be easy

Jason, i liked his development in this, i prefer percy still since i have known him longer but i am pleased Jason has more development now and his interaction with other team members especially Nico is pleasing. I like that he is embracing the greek (and in my opinion superior side)

Nico, still my favourite demi god followed by Annabeth, many people have mentioned his orientation as a good or bad point, i think it fits him. Adding homosexual characters for the sake of it is annoying but for Nico it fits well with the past actions and his persona, if Leo had been revealled as homo/bisexual that would have been weird and unacceptable, although Leo-Nico would have been amusing. I love the powers that Nico has and it is interesting to see how threatened Jason feels when Nico is angry. Hope things work out well for him but i doubt it will,

Leo, my third favourite character but though i like his Calypso interaction i am not fond of their relationship, it would be better for them to have become friends not interested romantically in eachother that seems unnatural and Leo would be good as a role model for single people atleast to state that you do not need a love interest to be a hero.

Percy and Annabeth, little to say though perhaps a few more old enemys in tartarus would have been interesting, given how they are only injured demigods though it may have been unpractical for them to fight too many. I like that Percy is noting how he neglects some characters, we see how oblivous he is to Nico (much how he was to Annabeths feelings at first) which should be interesting in BofO, we see how he has essentially used and betrayed "Bob" who is an interesting character and how he forgot about Calypso (yes he did free her but as he said himself he had not given her much thought since)

Piper. still weak and underdeveloped in my opinion but she does not annoy me she just could stand to be more than she is. Though her effect on Festus was interesting and may be a source for improvement in her abilities

Immortal beings)

Calypso as said not a fan of the relationship but not put off by it, they would have been better as just friends

Nix a joke to beat i do not mind them tricking enemys since otherwise they would be killed with a flick of a finger but as the avatar of night surely she can see in the dark and not be hindered by her childrens powers?

Hecta i like her alot, glad she had more development i like that it covers her being older than the gods too

Cupid, brilliant a perfect interpreation i am glad they could not beat him in a fight despite Jasons efforts,

i am also pleased with the West wind i wondered whether they would mention the homosexual tendancies of the gods such as apollo but i doubted they would, very glad they did though

The anti Ares giant was ok but neutral to him it was obvious he would join them but i do not think that is a bad thing

Bob. hope he comes back or that Percy pays tribute to him and notes how much of a donkey he was to him.

Tartarus, i would have prefered him not to have gained a form, i prefered to think of him as a storm or dimension making him into a physical form especially short (considering what he is) seems weird but oh well

Things i want to see in BofO

Nico, Percy and Jason fighting together side by side or in competition i would love to see who is stronger, perhaps Nico is angered by magic or an enemys powers and attacks percy in a rage as his crush is revealed and jason trys to interfere

Bob to return or to have homage paid

Develope piper in power so she is useful like frank is now and hazel

Gaia beaten in a large fight if not war in different places Kronos was beaten too easily but i did love that seen

What happened to kronos, some mention of it perhaps citied reforming slowly in tartarus, it is mentioned he is assumed to be blasted to atoms but i would like to know more i expected his voice to be heard in tartarus,

Long message but i hope you will comment on my thoughts and discuss it (: