User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The House of Hades Official Discussion/@comment-24058332-20131016162724/@comment-4515675-20131016164022

I don't think anyone hates it, I just think people are disappointed. There was no need to give Leo a love interest, his growth as a character should have come from the fact that he finally understood that being alone doesn't equal being lonely or pushed away. His major drama was more self caused rather than an effect caused by the others. He was the one being mean to Frank from the very beginning and not because he had a crush on Hazel. Then he goes on to complain how he's the 7th wheel but he puts himself in that position.

Also, Thalia and Rachel are both characters that not only don't have boyfriends but also can't even date anymore yet they seem pretty fine to me. Where do you add that the relationship came out of nowhere and Calypso had a sudden change in personality just so she could become the type of girl that Leo ultimately falls for. She's a 3000 year old immortal acting like a brat throwing a tantrum. It wasn't Percy's fault that the gods didn't keep their promise but they were pretty busy themselves seeing as how Gaea was rising and she knew all that. What does she do? Curse Percy obviously.

Not only that but the relationship developed waaaaay too quickly. A few days and he's already in love? Why? Because she's the only girl that offered him the time of day? She also falls in love eventually with most guys that end up on her island and I thought it was really far fetched for RR to show that just because Leo isn't gorgeous looking then he's not as shallow as the rest. Percy wasn't exactly a walking god when he reached her island but she never called him an insult.

Thus Caleo is a joke of a pairing. I would have rather see Leo do some growing by himself then swear like an idiot on the River Styx for a girl he barely knows. The world is ending but your romantic life obviously has more priority.