User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Blood of Olympus Official Discussion/@comment-4887996-20141012160835

So I'm not really a community member here (sorry :P), but:

1. First and foremost, I loved this book. The Camp-Half Blood series have basically been my childhood and even though they are technically kids' series they're pretty darn perfect xD

2. Because it was a kids' book, there were a few small things that bothered me: The immaturity of Nike, Apollo, and Hygeia. The Kymopoleia action figure thing was pushing it, but I just could not stand how... ungodly the other three were. I understand the series is supposed to interpret modern versions of the deities, but constant screaming and insurance cards? Really? Nike could have been a more interesting threat (along the lines of Hecate and Nemesis) and I was expecting more from the twin gods. The sun and the moon will still rise every day in both Greece and Rome, so Apollo and Artemis should have been more stable and helping in the battle against the Giants before the rest of Olympus showed up.

Also, I know it is pushing the limits of a children's series by mentioning the word gay, but I'm pretty sad that we couldn't get canon confirmation about Nico's true sexuality.

3. I know people are upset by the lack of Percy, Annabeth, Hazel, and Frank, but I was fine with it throughout most of the book. I think that they deserved chapters to themselves- A Hazel/Frank POV (one chapter, told by two people, simple tbh) during the final battle, where Hazel learns she can control her curse to make lucky gold rock weapons and fire unlucky crystal weapons and Frank finds out what a good leader he is and how he can hold back his father's tendency for bloodlust and he could have a moment where his firestick falls out but Hazel or one of his Roman comrades picks it up and Frank realizes his life can be trusted with others.

A Percy/Annabeth chapter could follow that, where Annabeth has to use her strategic skills to channel the Athena Parthenos and create a border between the monsters and demigods or something. Then, Percy could have his big moment where he summons a tidal wave ( storm  or fire) that holds back Gaea's extremely powerful black Earth cloud thingy until Leo grabs her. Then Percy wants to keep fighting Gaea but he has to realize he has done his part and held Gaea back long enough, and now he needs to be a leader and fight with CHB instead of killing the goddess. Also a first-person Percy epilogue would have been an end that destroyed my feels, and we could clear up the school situation and have a scene with his mom and witness demigods being recruited in other states (Grover/Percy/Annabeth momenttttttt) and Percy could spot a gold dragon (Leo) flying towards Camp-Half Blood in the distance but not know what it is, but trust others to handle it because he is now ready for a relaxed life.

4. PIPERRR, Jason, and Leo. Character development to the max here, and it was perfect. Piper was a queen tbh and even though I would have appreciated her big word (sleep) being a little more climatic and the Piper/Annabeth scenes being less about boys and Annabeth's weaknesses (she is NOT that cowardly), she was amazing in this book. Jason shone as a leader and I love how he found his true place. The Leo thing was pretty awesome too, but predictable after all the foreshadowing. I kind of regret the entire series ending on his POV as well, but I get why it happened.

5. Nico and Reyna's storyline was BY FAR what made the book, and one of the best storylines in the series. Their inner strength was amazing, and I loved their interactions with the Hunters, Coach Hedge (this book was his best moment), and the Legion. I have ALWAYS wanted a child of Apollo to have a large storyline(like I seriously spent half the book wishing an upbeat, Roman, and maybe gay son of Apollo was travelling with Nico and Reyna) so I was unbelievably ecstatic and emotional when Will Solace showed up and got all of that development with Nico. Reyna and Piper's scene in the end was pretty awesome too (but again it could have been less about boys and more about independence in general).

6. SPIN-OFF/SEQUEL IDEA: After being punished by Zeus, Apollo recruits the Hunters of Artemis, their Roman ally, Reyna Ramirez-Arellano, and his son, Will Solace, to defeat Python once more and bring back the power of Delphi. Of course, there's more power at play (a forgotten Titan and hidden Giant have teamed up to take down the powers of the Oracle), so the quest becomes a mission across the world. The book would center around Thalia, Will, Nico, and Reyna with lots of attention given to Apollo, Artemis, Rachel Dare, the Hunters, and what is left of the Amazons. We could even get an Apollo/Reyna romance because it takes more than a demigod to heal her heart, he needs a tough girl to bring down his cockiness, and Reyna deserves to be an immortal Amazonian praetor tbh. Then the book could end with the power of Delphi and the Sibylline books uniting to reveal the next Great Prophecy, which will bring together the three great courts of deities: Greek/Roman, Egyptian, and Norse.

Sorry for the long stuff, I'm a ranty person xD