User blog comment:Awesomeness34/Thoughts on Son Of Neptune and The Lost Hero/@comment-4132675-20111211223119/@comment-3146930-20111211223744

Nico is a good character after all and in same ways is more dangerous than any of the other Big Three children. While most of the have shown to be good in battle, Nico is more intelligent than all of them I think, possible on par with Annabeth. I mean he is only about 14-15 years old in The Son of Neptune, yet he has already shown himself to be a detective and wisdom rarely seen in others