User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The House of Hades Official Discussion/@comment-3146930-20131011044335/@comment-1411267-20131011173613

I sort of agree that Nico being gay felt a bit forced and rushed, but that could just be Rick being cautious about adding that. OFC when he wrote the original series, he couldn't even hint at Nico being gay, for fear of being torn to shreds by parents. Now he can, but obviously he was being cautious. Hopefully he will ease in to in in BoO and thus, bring it full circle (at this point, the rushed gay aspect of Nico's character is the only flaw for Nico ATM, and its more the fault of RR being cautious)

And holy god were Nyx and Tartarus jokes in this. I mean I can *sort of* get Tartarus being a bit weak as him not being used to a physical form is a pretty decent excuse. But Nyx... What the serious f@#k. I geeked out when I saw she would be in the book, I too was thinking they would have to make an extremely painful and horrific deal with Nyx in order to get past her, but NOOOOOOO. She is reduced to something even more stupid than a monster, and weaker than a mortal. By the gods! This is NYX, she is the SISTER of GAEA, mother to quite a few minor gods, ZUES, himself would not dare cross her! Why, because she is nearly as powerful as Gaea. She is the night itself! Just standing in the presence of her physical form, ought to be enough to terrify every single existing immortal (god, monster, giant, titan, crap some of the Protogenoi would run and hide from her)