User blog comment:Hyperborean/"The House of Hades" – official expectations blog/@comment-3146930-20121108002440

Ok, so I haven't commented at all on this blog, lol. So what am I expecting? Well I'm so glad you asked.

Anyway, the story will most likely start right where The Mark of Athena left off. I think this because the Romans are getting ready to attack Camp Half-Blood, meaning any event that happens in The House of Hades would have to happen within that time span. In fact, the entire Heroes of Olympus series has only been about 7 months from start to finish. Anyway, Leo will upgrade the Argo II so expect to see some neat little additions to it.

As far as the story goes, I expect that the group will be heading to Greece. They have the Athena statue with them so what it is used for may come to light. I image that they will try and return it to the Parthenon and doing so will unlock some kind of power the statue has that makes it the bane of the giants. Maybe it will come to life and act like an avatar for Athena. Maybe by returning the statue, even for a short time, Athena will forgive the Romans or something, leading to the two sides coming together (however, I don't think this will happen until Book 5). Anyway, the main goal will be to get to the House of Hades in order to find a way to free Annabeth and Percy from the Underworld. It may be that in this book will lead to the Doors of Death finally closing, but most likely this book will lead to the group finding a way to close it instead of actually closing it.

Just out of curiosity, has any noticed that Gaea is going to wake up in a month and Camp Jupiter is planning on attacking Camp Half-Blood in a month? Coincidence, I don't think it is. This will most likely be some kind of plot point in The House of Hades. Not sure exactly how, but I think it will.

Anyway, pretty sure that this book will have an all Roman POV, as The Mark of Athena was all Greek. Anyway, I don't think Percy and Annabeth will have a POV as Percy has already gone twice and while Annabeth has only narrated once, she will most likely narrate in Book 5. It has also said that we will find out what happened to them, but I think we will see them in visions of some kind, maybe Piper's knife or Hazel's flashbacks. Speaking of Hazel, I think she will finally sort out her feelings with Leo. While they seem to be ok around each other after her vision of Sammy with Leo, they still seem kind of weird around each other.

As far as some other stuff I want to see:
 * I hope Calypso is in this book, but I hope she is in every book.
 * I want to know what Aphrodite/Venus told Reyna.
 * I want to see more of Reyna.
 * I want to hear more about what the gods are up to. I mean I know the gods are at war with their Roman/Greek aspects, but one of the things I like about the Percy Jackson series was the gods.
 * Also, what's up with Poseidon? I mean he is the only god of the 7 that hasn't contacted his child in one way or another. Hazel doesn't count as Pluto not contacting her was in a way a message to her and Jupiter helped Jason by sending down a lightning bolt.
 * I want to see Nico prove himself in a way. While Nico is said to be very powerful, we really never see it. I mean he is a cool character, but seeing him on the front line every once in awhile wouldn't be bad.