User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The House of Hades Official Discussion/@comment-24308873-20131013180807

am i the only person who felt this book was kinda stupid.

SPOILERS

Let's get it out of the way. Nico's gayness. I have nothing against gays. But I HATE when writers make characters gay just to get good with the homosexual crowd. Also the way they revealed it was weird....And i don't for a second believe Rick intended him to be gay. It was an afterthought. The whole thing ruins the relationship they have.

Leo Calypso. Why? Leo (arguably the best new character) for a love interest get Percy's table scraps. Why Rick? Why not a more suitable love interest? *Cough* REYNA*Cough* but no instead he's pairdd with Calypso. And what really makes me mad is Rick teases Leyna like twice. But no he gives us this the Lepso. And it is SOOO unbelievable and cliche. Easily the most forced,contrved rushed relationship in the PJO universe. I don't buy it. They're not right for each other. And Reyna (easily the 2nd greatest new character) who's Calypso was also horribly out of character. She was nothing like she was in BOTL.